“It makes no sense”: Why business owners don’t want to pick super funds for employees
Australian small-businesses owners are calling for fewer obligations when it comes to dealing with workers' superannuation.
‘It’s a grand idea, until you try it’: The surprising downsides of working from home
Working from home sounds like an awesome idea, until you actually try it. The reality is there are downsides that will surprise you.
Peter Strong: What will 2019 bring, and what do small businesses want?
There will be an election in 2019, and small business owners make up a huge chunk of eligible voters, so here are the issues we have our eyes on.
Six (very serious) last-minute gift ideas for small business owners
You've still got time to run to the shops before Christmas Day and get a present for the special small business owner in your life.
Peter Strong: Why 2018 was a good year for most small business owners
Council Of Small Business Of Australia chief executive Peter Strong reflects on the small business outcomes, good and bad, from 2018.
Five ways small businesses got screwed over in 2018
From confiscated websites to "telecommunications hell", here are five ways small businesses were hard done by in the year that has been 2018.
“Formula for failure”: Sweeping industrial relations reforms on the table for Labor
Labor's industrial relations spokesperson Brendan O'Connor says Labor will consider sweeping changes to Australia's employment landscape.
Government moves on “double-dipping” casual workers — but changes far from bulletproof
Employers will have an avenue to offset claims for back pay from 'regular casuals', but the government has stopped short of trying to change the Fair Work Act to clarify the definition of casual work.
A misguided $2 billion: What good is small-business capital if founders don’t know how to use it?
Over 70% of small businesses have no written plan of any kind, so what use is a $2 billion government-funded securitisation fund?
Superannuation crackdown for small businesses under new laws for dodgy operators
A crackdown on superannuation and changes to the Fair Work Act have been passed in the final sitting week for the year in Canberra.
Coalition-led committee backs move to stop full-time employees being replaced by casuals
A Coalition-majority committee chaired by Barnaby Joyce has recommended changes to the Fair Work Act to protect workers from casual work pitfalls.
A state-by-state guide to payroll tax: How does your state stack up?
There have been a few changes to payroll tax across the country in 2018, we examine the current state of play, comparing conditions state-by-state.
