From New Year’s Day conduct in the franchising sector will be governed by the Abbott Government’s improved and modernised Franchising Code of Conduct. The new Code heralds a new era for Australian franchising. It will help build confidence across the sector and support informed decision-making to encourage healthy business interactions and best practice. We promised…
Monday, 29 December 2014 Subjects: Pay on Time, Red Tape Repeal LUKE GRANT: We obviously have fallen at the last hurdle here before, with government paying Small Business on time – so important. What have you been able to do to get this 12 year record going? MINISTER BILLSON: Well, a couple of things. We…
Sunday, 28 December 2014 JOINT PRESS RELEASE The Minister for Small Business, Bruce Billson, and the Assistant Treasurer, Josh Frydenberg, today announced that the Government will cut red tape for employers by simplifying tax and superannuation reporting obligations through Single Touch Payroll. Under Single Touch Payroll, employers’ accounting software will automatically report payroll information to…
Sunday 28 December 2014: The Abbott Government is the best friend Small Business has ever had. We are a government made up of small business owners, farmers and family enterprise operators. This is why we know how important it is for small business to be able to bank on cash flow that is timely and…
Wednesday, 24 December 2014 The Abbott Government believes small businesses and family enterprise are the economic life blood of the country. Small Business and family enterprise play a key role in supporting growth and economic opportunity and we are committed to see them prosper. Across the Small Business portfolio we are delivering on every single…
Wednesday, 24 December 2014 Small Businesses and family enterprise are the engine room of Australia’s economy. We are committed to supporting Australian workplaces to be positive and productive environments for each of the 97% of Australians involved in small business across our nation. With this commitment at the forefront of our planning, the Government has…
Wednesday, 17 December 2014 Subjects: ACCC Fuel Monitoring Report CHRIS COLEMAN: From today the ACCC will have increased powers, both to monitor and to investigate fuel prices, but does this mean you as a motorist might be able to help bring prices down for yourself and for everyone? Let’s find out with Bruce Billson, the…
Wednesday, 17 December 2014 A new direction has been issued under section 95ZE of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to monitor the prices, costs and profits relating to the supply of unleaded petroleum products in the petroleum industry in Australia for the next three years. I…
Wednesday, 17 December 2014 Subjects: ACCC Fuel Monitoring Report, fuel shopper dockets LEON COMPTON: We’ve been talking a fair bit about petrol prices on Mornings over the last few months as the price of petrol, well the price of a barrel of oil has halved globally and slowly the petrol price in Tasmania has come…
Wednesday, 17 December 2014 Subjects: Petrol prices, ACCC Fuel Monitoring Report AMY BAINBRIDGE: Petrol prices are plunging but there are still huge variations in what you pay depending on where you live. But moves are afoot to make the market more transparent. Bruce Billson is the minister responsible for competition and consumer affairs. He’s given…