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Queensland budget: 19 things small businesses need to know
SmartCompany
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June 24, 2025
From grants to financial wellness coaches and export support, here’s what the Queensland budget has in store for SMEs and startups. Queensland Treasurer David Janetzki speaks to media during a press conference at the Bob Atkinson Operational...
Drive now, save big: How EOFY car sales could be the best tax-time hack for Australian drivers
iTWire
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June 24, 2025
GUEST OPINION: As the financial year draws to a close, Australians across the country are taking advantage of one of the best opportunities to save on big-ticket items. Topping the list? A new set of wheels. The end of the financial year isn’t...
‘Smashed’ Liberals look to aspiration and modern Australia, Opposition Leader Sussan Ley pledges
The West Australian
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June 24, 2025
Sussan Ley will concede the Liberals got “smashed” at the May election and say the party must reflect a modern Australia that encompasses all corners of the country and world, as she lays out the areas she wants her party to focus on over the next...
Rio Tinto and Hancock commit $1.6bn for Australia’s Hope Downs 2 project
Mining Technology
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June 24, 2025
Rio Tinto and Hancock Prospecting have announced plans to invest $1.6bn in the Hope Downs 2 iron ore project in Western Australia’s Pilbara region, with Rio Tinto’s share being $800m. Having received all necessary government approvals, the project...
MP urges local businesses to apply for safety grants
Sunshine Valley Gazette
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Member for Nicklin Marty Hunt is calling on local businesses to put forward practical project ideas to improve safety in their communities, as a new round of state government funding opens for applications. The Secure Communities Partnership...
Two Australian energy giants announce price increases
Sky News Australia
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June 24, 2025
Energy prices are set to rise for thousands of Australians with two of the country’s biggest providers announcing increases. Alinta will increase costs for NSW customers by 11 per cent, and the Daily Telegraph reports EnergyAustralia will also...
CONRAD LIVERIS: There’s no superhero to fix Australia’s productivity. It’s up to us
The West Australian
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June 24, 2025
Australia’s productivity growth is limping along at 0.7 per cent. We’re moving slower than traffic on the freeway in peak hour, with about as much co-ordination. It’s the kind of dysfunction you’d expect from an episode of Utopia: big ambitions,...
E-Invoicing Could Unlock Over $22 Billion for the Australian Economy, Avalara Finds
iTWire
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June 23, 2025
Avalara Inc., a leader in modern tax compliance automation, has released a landmark global report in partnership with the Center for Economics and Business Research (Cebr) quantifying the economic impact of electronic invoicing (e-invoicing)...
Free Digital Servitisation Toolkit Launched to Support SME Manufacturers
Process Industry Informer
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June 24, 2025
A new digital servitisation platform developed by InterAct-backed academics at the University of East Anglia (UEA) is set to boost innovation and growth for UK SME manufacturers. A brand new digital servitisation platform, crafted by academics at...
Virgin Australia Relists on ASX 200 After IPO Milestone
Kalkine Media
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June 24, 2025
Highlights Virgin Australia Holdings Ltd (ASX:VAH) makes official return to public markets via the ASX Airline completes relisting after administration and private ownership under Bain Capital New model targets domestic mid-market travel with...
Virgin Australia returns to ASX with A$439 million IPO
Proactive Australia
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June 24, 2025
It was the most anticipated Initial Public Offering (IPO) of the year and perhaps the biggest since Mexican fast-food chain Guzman y Gomez (ASX: GYG) delivered Australia's strongest IPO debut in three years in May 2024, with shares surging more...
Small businesses are an innovation powerhouse. But for many, it’s still too hard to raise funds
Inside Small Business
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June 23, 2025
The federal government wants to boost Australia’s productivity levels – as a matter of national priority. It’s impossible to have that conversation without also talking about innovation. We can be proud of (and perhaps a little surprised by) some...
Cyber Wardens launches course on AI safety for small business owners
Inside Small Business
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June 23, 2025
Cyber Wardens, an initiative of the Council of Small Business Organisations of Australia (COSBOA), has launched its course on AI safety for small business operators. This course teaches how artificial intelligence can help businesses and how...
RSM Australia – Strategies for a FY26 of stability and growth
Manufacturers’ Monthly
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June 23, 2025
Heading into the 2025 tax time there are a number of important enacted and unenacted tax changes manufacturers must be take into consideration. Image: KPs Photography/stock.adobe.com With the reshaping of supply chains, RSM Australia’s Ross Dixon...
Couple brings inclusive new and used bookstore to Melbourne
Spectrum News 13 - Florida
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June 23, 2025
MELBOURNE, Fla. — A local couple is turning a lifelong love of books into a new community space with a mission rooted in inclusion and connection. What You Need To Know Connor and August Bryan are opening Moonstruck Market, a new and used...
SME Banking 2.0: The Gap Remains
International Banker
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June 23, 2025
10 By Asad Ahmed, Managing Director, Alvarez & Marsal Micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) form the economic engine of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). In the United Arab Emirates (UAE) alone, MSMEs account for more than 95...
ACCC warns tech giants are harming small businesses and competition
Inside Small Business
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June 23, 2025
The ACCC has released its fifth and final report into digital platforms, warning global tech giants like Meta, Google, Apple, Amazon and Alibaba are acting as gatekeepers to digital markets. The owners of these large digital marketplaces and other...
NSW budget: 25 things small businesses and startups need to know
SmartCompany
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June 23, 2025
NSW’s 2025-26 budget includes $80 million for startups, a new investment authority and skills funding to support small businesses and innovation. NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey poses for photographs ahead of the 2025-2026 NSW State Budget at NSW...
Microsoft Experience Centre Sydney Permanently Closes, Ending Australia’s Only Physical Microsoft Retail Presence
TechBullion
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June 23, 2025
Share Share Share Share Email SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – Microsoft has permanently closed its Experience Centre located at 188 Pitt Street in Sydney’s central business district on 10 May 2025, marking the end of the company’s only physical retail...
Mapping our legacy: Help put Greek Australians on Victoria’s map
Neos Kosmos
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June 23, 2025
The Victorian Government’s “Remember a Local – Name a Place” initiative, as spotlighted by Neos Kosmos, is a chance for the Greek Australian community to make its history public for all, while honouring the migrant pioneers who shaped Victoria....