AGP Executive Report
Last update: 2 minutes agoWorkplace AI guidance: Australia’s first tripartite Best Practice AI Guidance is being shaped via a government roundtable with unions, employers and small business groups, focusing on how to adopt AI in ways that share benefits with workers and build trust. Tax enforcement: The ATO’s Phoenix Taskforce clawed back $190m in illegal phoenixing over 2025–26, finding $3.26b in liabilities and warning legitimate operators not to get caught up. Consumer watchdog: ACCC penalties hit digiDirect ($99,000) over allegedly misleading “strikethrough” discounts during Black Friday. Local business pressure: Victorian businesses are again questioning Grand Final Friday’s public holiday cost, arguing it hits small firms hardest. Payments and admin automation: SS Support Network launched LedgerBPO, offering dedicated remote accounting and billing teams for small and mid-sized businesses. Health and safety risk: New reporting links silicosis to engineered stone work and calls for stronger regulation, surveillance and worker education—an issue for smaller operators using dry cutting. Regional growth: Port Stephens expects major local business boost from the NSW Koori Knockout in Raymond Terrace (2–5 Oct).
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