Oct 18, 2011 | Media, Media Releases
It looks like a conflict of interest, it smells like a conflict of interest, but according to the Government, it is not a conflict of interest. Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Small Business and Fair Competition Senator Scott Ryan called on Prime Minister Julia...
Aug 17, 2011 | Media Releases
Today’s ACCI Small Business Survey confirms that small business conditions and expectations continue to fall, continuing the trend of the past year. Profit growth, sales revenue and selling prices were all in decline, as was investment in buildings, structures...
Aug 2, 2011 | Media Releases
Last Friday, while no one was looking, Julia Gillard quietly announced that the Government was planning to exempt itself from its own red tape, despite continuing to tie everyone else down with it. Julia Gillard exempted her own Government’s responses to the Henry Tax...
Jun 14, 2011 | Media Releases
Small Business Minister Nick Sherry’s prediction today that online shopping would wipe out bookstores should be seen in the context of his government’s record, according to Senator Scott Ryan, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Small Business and Fair...
Jun 8, 2011 | Media Releases
Julia Gillard’s government remains clueless about addressing the needs of business. The results from the March quarter Dun and Bradstreet National Business Expectations Survey show another downturn and yet more pessimism. According to Dr Duncan Ironmonger, Dun and...
May 31, 2011 | Media Releases
Small Business Minister Nick Sherry’s recent release of the Resolution of Small Business Disputes options paper is nothing more than window dressing. In Budget Estimates in the Senate Economics Committee last night, Senator Sherry admitted that no money had...
