Feb 8, 2011 | Small Business Newsletter
One of the potential consequences not immediately apparent from our recent string of natural disasters is that many affected small businesses may not reopen. Experience from natural disasters in the United States suggests around 40% of small businesses may not reopen...
Jan 27, 2011 | Newsletters
The tragic floods across Australia have triggered an enormous response from all Australians. With the worst of the floods over, the debate has moved onto repair and recovery in flood affected areas. While we do not yet know the exact bill, the recovery effort is...
Dec 9, 2010 | Small Business Newsletter
Support for the federal government’s policies from small and medium enterprises has collapsed to its lowest level in nearly 10 years according to the latest Sensis Business Index – Small and Medium Enterprises survey. The proportion of SMEs that believe...
Oct 25, 2010 | Small Business Newsletter
Small business has been doing it tough since Labor was elected in 2007. The number of small businesses in Australia dropped by over 24,000 from June 2007 to June 2009. See for yourself: Labor are making this worse by burdening small business with being the pay clerk...
Sep 15, 2010 | Newsletters
Twelve weeks ago today the Labor Party assassinated Kevin Rudd and installed Julia Gillard. Just under four weeks ago the Australian people returned a hung Parliament, and last week the rural independents decided to support Labor despite the fact that the Coalition...
Jun 25, 2010 | Newsletters
After Labor powerbrokers and union leaders determined that they no longer supported Kevin Rudd, Australia has a new Prime Minister. Julia will attempt to put distance between herself and Kevin Rudd, but she has been at the centre of every decision of this government...
