Small businesses feel excluded from Canberra’s “in-crowd” of suppliers and say competition mechanisms — including the Albanese government’s latest attempt — are being overlooked. A new paper reveals the...
Australia’s small business ombudsman Kate Carnell has lashed the administration of the research and development incentive, handing down a report that labels the scheme untimely, inconsistent and having had...
Government’s tendency to think of small business as little big business is just plain wrong, according to Kate Carnell. And when it comes to innovation the problem is particularly...