Business and individual taxpayers may be affected by the ATO’s plans to implement its new income tax system in late January 2010. The Tax Office’s computer systems will be unavailable from Friday, 22 January until Wednesday, 27 January 2010... read more
As part of its International Climate Champions programme, the British Council in Australia is offering five (5) project grants of AU$10,000 each for visionary Australians who will make a real difference in the area of climate change. Each grant... read more
As part of it’s herVoice Public Policy and Advocacy initiative, the Australian Businesswomen’s Network publishes a quarterly business briefing to address issues that impact working women. The Spring 2009 edition of the herVoice Business Briefing is now available. Our... read more
Complementing this month’s Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace roundtables, the federal Office for Women is inviting employees to complete a brief online survey. The Government is keen to have the broadest possible section of the community provide... read more
Compared with Norway, where the Government has mandated that listed company boards have a composition of at least 40 per cent women, the number of female directors on ASX 200 company boards is quite shocking, at just 8.3 per... read more
Businesses, government and community organisations are encouraged to apply for the 2009-10 National Work-Life Balance Awards (the Awards) ahead of the closing date on COB Friday, 18 September 2009. The Awards will acknowledge leaders in various industry sectors who excel in... read more
The Federal Government has released its issues paper on the Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace legislation and called for public comment. Submissions close on 16 October 2009 and instructions on how to make submissions are included in the... read more
In response to a common question being asked at the moment, the ATO has advised as follows: The tax office definition of a small business is: an individual, partnership, trust or company with aggregated turnover less than $2 million.... read more
The Assistant Treasurer has warned taxpayers of a door-to-door scam operated by people claiming to be consultants from the Tax Office. Senator Nick Sherry said the bogus consultants ask people to sign up to a supposed Government program promising financial... read more
In a long overdue move, the Federal Government has finally taken steps to simplify the onerous burden of small business reporting requirements. It has released new Standard Business Reporting (SBR) taxonomy and tools, so that software developers can begin... read more
Shadow Tourism Minister Steven Ciobo has advised herVoice of an issue of serious concern to Australia’s tourism industry, which has already been hard hit by the economic downturn. Tourism Australia’s CEO left in June – and $40,000 of taxpayers’... read more
Shadow Tourism Minister Steven Ciobo has advised herVoice of an issue of serious concern to Australia’s tourism industry, which has already been hard hit by the economic downturn. Tourism Australia’s CEO left in June – and $40,000 of taxpayers’... read more
