Basket case: ACCC calls on small businesses to share their views for supermarket competition inquiry
Does your business supply goods to Australia's major supermarkets, or does your independent grocery business compete with corporate giants? If so, the ACCC wants to hear from you for its inquiry into the supermarket sector.
Woolworths CEO Brad Banducci to retire as supermarket giants face major scrutiny
The Woolworths CEO will depart as the Treasury, the ACCC, and a Senate inquiry probe conditions in the Australian supermarket sector.
Regional banking inquiry: NSW tourism hotspot, Tasmanian business advocates to argue why cash is king
Businesses, councils, and banking representatives will speak at public hearings held by the Senate Standing Committee on Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport.
“Shut out”: Small businesses locked out of $81 billion government contracts urged to come forward
Small business operators who believe they have been locked out lucrative government contracts have been invited to share their views with a formal inquiry into the multi-billion dollar system.
Adventus raises $22 million as Labor launches inquiry into student agents
Student recruitment platform, Adventus, has just landed $22 million in a fresh round of funding led by existing investors.
Calls for a digital ‘dark pattern’ crackdown intensify as ACCC chair slams subscription lock-in tricks
Australia's competition regulator is intensifying its push to outlaw 'dark patterns', a collection of tactics digital platforms use to confuse customers, encourage them to act against their own interest, or keep paid services they no longer want.
“A signal in itself”: Senator Gerard Rennick urges small businesses to speak up about regional bank closures
Lawmakers have urged business owners across regional Australia to respond to a new Senate inquiry on bank branch closures, after the demise of Westpac in the South Australian town of Coober Pedy removed the only bank branch for hundreds of kilometres.
Rural bank branches are a “lifeline”, councils say. Now, a fresh Senate inquiry will investigate mass closures
A Senate committee is set to investigate the consequences of bank branch closures across regional Australia, as communities rail against the decline of in-person financial services.
IR reform: Burke open to changing small business coverage after Senate inquiry calls for 20 employee cut-off
Lawmakers should pass the federal government's highly contested industrial relations reform package if small businesses with fewer than 20 employees are excluded from the single-interest agreement overhaul, a Senate inquiry has found.
Business owners trying to tough out financial troubles are ending up in strife, insolvency probe reveals
Kate Carnell says business owners are leaving it too late to seek help for financial troubles as the insolvecy practices inquiry continues.
“Don’t touch these people”: Beware pre-insolvency advisors as industry faces review
Two pre-insolvency advisors are pleading guilty to money laundering in a case brought by ASIC as two separate reviews pledge to examine the industry.
Small business insolvency under the microscope as ombudsman investigates restructuring
Kate Carnell will investigate the operation of insolvency practitioners in a new inquiry that will examine why restructuring rates aren't higher.
