Posts tagged "support"

What can Australia do to improve its apprenticeship completion rates? That's the core question to be answered by a new federal government review, tasked with assessing existing incentive schemes and how to best support trainees and employers alike.

Ashli Templer turned to her closest friends after a Melbourne warehouse fire torched her skincare business' stock. Now, Templer says a broader community of loyal customers is pitching in to help Yours Only recover from the devastating blaze.

A new Treasury report details how the stigma around mental health is keeping many small business owners from seeking professional support.

The Respect@Work Council has launched new website informing employers how best to eliminate and respond to sexual harassment in the workplace.

Small business luminaries fear the move to redirect funding could limit the Small Business Ombudsman's other business support initiatives.

A lot can change in six months. Just ask Treasurer Jim Chalmers, who will on Tuesday deliver a vastly different federal budget to the economic roadmap laid out by the Coalition in March.

The federal government will commit nearly $15 million in funding to mental health support and debt counselling for small business owners in the upcoming federal budget.

Victorian communities have rallied around small businesses affected by severe flooding, as shopfronts in Echuca brace for the chance of further inundation in the coming days.

Australia's retail, hospitality, and service sectors appear more susceptible to the financial impact of rising COVID-19 case numbers than other industries.

As SMEs across Sydney count the cost of yet another flood disaster, Treasurer Jim Chalmers has confirmed the nation's top economic department will resume its modelling of the risks posed by climate change.

Natural gas prices have surged from an average of between $6 and $8 a gigajoule to in excess of $30 a gigajoule in some regions, as international and domestic factors drive demand.

"In mid-March 2020, an atomic bomb called COVID-19 landed, and I’ll be brazen enough to say there were few as close to the epicentre than the wedding and event industry," writes Kate Austin.