Posts tagged "budget"

The budget is an opportunity for the government to close the tech talent gap. Here are three small changes that could make a big difference.

ACCI has criticised a proposed three-month extension to the federal government's apprentice wage subsidy scheme, saying the program should be extended by no less than two years.

MYOB today published a report reflecting the top concerns of the local SME community, one day ahead of the federal budget.

A budget that forecast a rate lower than 4%, but adopted as a target or stretch forecast an unemployment rate lower than 3%, would make history.

Here’s how the Jobs Victoria wage subsidy helped business owner Chris Choong keep his Jamaica Blue Café afloat during the pandemic.

Many assume setting up an online store is expensive and time consuming, but in reality it can be done quickly and with a limited budget. 

After more than a year of pandemic-induced disruption, treasurer Josh Frydenberg wanted his 2021 federal budget to serve as an indicator tha…

Just because insurance numbers are solid and straightforward, we shouldn’t ignore that natural disasters have broader flow-on economic effects that can’t really be insured against.

A closer look at the digital economy strategy and funding announcements, compared with what other countries are doing, shows we may not be so well placed after all.

Here's a look at who got a cash injection last night... and who missed out.

Small and medium businesses are among the winners in this year’s budget, which puts skills and training, the digital economy and dispute resolution front and centre.

Small and medium businesses will be able to immediately deduct the full cost of all new asset purchases for another 12 months under measures included in tonight's budget.