A year of tears for small business

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...

Government cuts compliance burden… but only for itself

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...

Righting some serious wrongs

Jul 29, 2011 | Articles

See the attached file for a copy of Senator Ryan’s article ‘Righting some serious wrongs” which featured in the July 29 edition of The Australian Jewish News. The Australian Jewish News_29.07.11 Last June, I spoke in Parliament about the...

Bookshops not ready to RIP

Jun 15, 2011 | News Clippings

Australian booksellers have dismissed Small Business Minister Nick Sherry’s prediction that most bookstores are doomed to close their doors within five years. Senator Sherry made the comments yesterday at a public event highlighting the expanding online business...

Bookshops to close in five years – MP

Jun 14, 2011 | News Clippings

FEDERAL Small Business Minister Nick Sherry has come under attack for suggesting most bookshops will close their doors within five years. Senator Sherry was at an event to sell the benefits of online shopping when he made the comment. “In five years, other than...