Small businesses excluded from procurement, says ombud Economy & Industry Australian small business and family enterprise ombud has slammed the government for rejecting most of his procurement recommendations.
Booze industry gets the blues from Digital ID cost hangover February 1, 2024 By Julian Bajkowski Communications & Technology Independent and small competitors could be forced out of the online liquor market as transaction costs of $2 create merchant sticker shock.
Small business contributes half a trillion dollars to Australian economy, provides 5.1 million jobs June 26, 2023 By David Adams Community & Social The Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman report compiles data from the ABS and ATO to outline the SME sector’s footprint in 2021-22.
Home Affairs conscious of fixing small business visa delays, as some applications stretch to 16 months May 24, 2023 By David Adams Federal Home Affairs is working to make the skilled visa application process easier for small businesses, according to a department representative.
Labour-hire regulation will hurt businesses and could bite government May 11, 2023 By Peter Strong Community & Social The federal government should identify the real issues with labour-hire arrangements and fix those — not create new problems.
Gallagher orders urgent probe into discrimination warping $80bn APS procurement spend March 30, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Federal The small business ombud has been tasked with determining whether procurement reforms that let in small businesses are working — or not.
Queensland’s positive growth in Indigenous-owned companies doing business with government November 1, 2022 By Melissa Coade Community & Social Procurement from First Nations-owned businesses jumped 36% in the last financial year, according to new Queensland state government data.
Dominello hardens ServiceNSW security, boosts authentication October 18, 2022 By Julian Bajkowski Communications & Technology Millions of users of the highly successful Service NSW app and online portal are set to be given multi-factor authentication (MFA) tools for their MyServiceNSW accounts.
Queen’s memorial holiday wage bill $731m for public sector September 13, 2022 By Julian Bajkowski Economy & Industry States will absorb the vast bulk of the cost of the September 22 public holiday ahead of the commonwealth and councils.
Workplace lifelong learning is the only way to solve our skills and productivity challenges September 1, 2022 By Vu Tran Education Jobs and Skills Summit discourse has been thin about incentivising SMEs to upskill their employees, who are the majority of private sector workers.
NSW minister sacked following workplace bullying allegations August 1, 2022 By Anna Macdonald Economy & Industry Minister for small business and fair trading Eleni Petinos has been let go of her ministerial portfolio following allegations of workplace bullying.
Small business ombud not happy with big business July 20, 2022 By Tom Ravlic Federal 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.
QLD business grant application set to reopen following issues May 12, 2022 By Anna Macdonald Economy & Industry The new dates for the Queensland Business Basics Grant are 9am May 16 for regional Queensland and 9am May 17 for southeast Queensland.
Ombud calls for formalisation of disputes for digital-platform small businesses May 10, 2022 By Anna Macdonald Communications & Technology Australian small business and family enterprise ombud Bruce Billlson advocates for government support for small businesses that trade on digital platforms.
Budget delivery reveals changes to government procurement rules March 31, 2022 By Melissa Coade Defence Small and medium businesses will benefit from the changes, which will make government procurement more accessible to SMEs.
