Posts tagged "small business in Australia"

When Treasurer Jim Chalmers hands down the Albanese government’s first budget tonight, he will mention the words “small business” only once.

As COVID-19 restrictions are rolled back and floods hit the east coast, small business owners are hunkering down to fight for their survival.

Noted economist Saul Eslake's recent paper tries to "hide a disdain of small business behind an unemotional façade of statistics and unproven assumptions", writes Peter Strong.

With the federal budget just around the corner, we ask small business owners around Australia for their pre budget wish list and what they are hoping to see on Tuesday evening from Parliament House.

In Australia the small business landscape is dominated by males. In fact, approximately 65% of all small businesses in Australia are owned o…