Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman

Small business ombud protests government’s pledge to have restaurants state the origin of their fish, lobster, prawns, and other seafood.

A new report finds that big businesses are not even meeting the 30-day payment goal despite larger businesses having sought to improve invoice-payment punctuality.

Bruce Billson says small businesses are made to shoulder the weight of ‘disproportionate’ government regulation. 

The government intends to spend $5.6 million over four years to create the small business unit within the employment watchdog.

Bruce Billson outlines state and territory governments law reforms required to ensure the amusement & leisure sector has funding for its insurance problem.

The former deputy chair of the committee which had called for Bruce Billson to be censured has described the appointment as “disgraceful”. Inaugural ombud Kate Carnell’s term ends next month.

Kate Carnell on Thursday said such a panel would be ‘essential’ to the critical role small businesses play in Australia’s post-pandemic economic recovery, and posed a ‘golden opportunity’ to support the creation of jobs in the small business sector.

Richard Boyle, a tax office whistleblower facing a possible 161-year jail sentence for shining a light on ATO debt-collection activities, has today launched a crowdfunding campaign to cover his legal costs.

The Australian Taxation Office is destroying some small businesses with its approach to debt repayments, argues Small Business Ombudsman Kate Carnell.

Both the government and opposition have promised to subject the Australian Taxation Office to independent scrutiny once again following this week’s episode of Four Corners, while the agency itself and two unions argue the report’s presentation was unfair.

A new Ombudsman inquiry will look into whether ‘30 days to pay’ reforms imposed on federal and state agencies are working.