Business

The first COVID-19 vaccination in Australia rolled out on 21 February 2021 preceded by a wave of protests. With the rollout, comes a thorny question for employers about individual rights,…

On 1 January 2021, new laws came into effect that introduce a new, simplified debt restructuring and liquidation framework for small business. Drawing on key features of the Chapter 11…

We’re often asked the best way to sell a business. There are two key components at play in the sale of a business; structuring the transaction and positioning the business…

What is JobMaker? JobMaker is a credit available to eligible businesses and non-profit entities that create new jobs (not if you are merely replacing someone who left). The hiring credit…

What a year. Instead of a handful of bright, shiny material things all we really want for Christmas is an effective COVID-19 vaccine, a safe environment for our friends and…

With the borders between the State and Territories all but open and 2021 in sight, there is a hunger for a return to ‘normal’. The recent Westpac-Melbourne Institute Index of…

Extended December JobKeeper deadlines The ATO has extended the JobKeeper monthly business declaration deadline for the month of December until 28 January 2021 (from 14 Jan 2021).  This applies to…

The Small Business Digital Adaptation Program will allow eligible businesses to trial and then receive access to digital products, tools and training they can use to build digital capability in…

In what has been billed as one of the most important budgets since the Great Depression, and the first since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic dragged Australia into its…

Services Australia has an online payment guide that guides you through the payments available if you are impacted by COVID-19 and what you might be able to access. Pandemic Leave…