Peter Strong: It’s time to tackle the mental health crisis facing small business owners
The mental health crisis facing small business shows the failure of governments and those responsible for health policy.
Who is actually working from home, and where do they live?
COVID-19 lockdowns brought about a huge change in how we work. Or that's what we thought.
As people and businesses struggle, how much COVID-19 damage are governments prepared to ignore?
There is a fierce debate going on about whether governments — and by extension, the rest of us — are doing enough to counter the spread of the virus.
After lockdowns, SME business travel will play an important role in economic recovery
SMEs will be a key driver in the country’s travel recovery, and will play an important role in giving the economy a much-needed boost.
Adam Schwab: When will Australia learn to live with COVID?
Delta’s fast incubation period and high transmissibility has killed the dream of COVID-zero and herd immunity, but the larger battle of when Australia will start ‘living with COVID’ continues to rage.
ATO is chasing debts as lockdowns continue, but is it making a bad situation worse?
Australia’s latest lockdowns pose a challenge for the ATO: start collecting the business debts outstanding from 2020 and risk putting companies under further pressure, or allow those debts to continue to grow.
“It’s not 2020 anymore”: The sunk costs of COVID decisions from Australia’s leaders
The attitude of almost every Australian politician in maintaining a devotion to COVID-zero is a classic example of a failure to understand the principle of sunk costs.
Groundhog Day: Why lockdown is scrambling our memories and sense of time
With roughly half of Australia in lockdown at the moment, a common experience is a warped sense of time and poor memory. Here's why.
Three ways SMEs can continue networking during lockdowns
As lockdowns continue across the nation and companies pivot to working from home, these few steps can help business owners to keep building relationships and revenue.
Prolonged lockdowns see industry groups call on government to bring back JobKeeper
Industry group leaders have appealed to the government for a boost in urgent support to businesses struggling under the current prolonged lockdowns in Sydney and Melbourne.
COVID-19 lockdowns: A state-by-state guide to business support
As state governments across Australia continue to impose restrictions in response to the Delta strain of COVID-19, we've collated the business support available.
“When small business suffers, Australia suffers”: Jason Murphy on the cost of lockdowns
By this stage of the pandemic, weary small and medium business owners know the majority of the downside falls on them.