Yajush Gupta

More than eight in ten Australians no longer trust what they read online, and most are now doing their own research before spending. 

The 2026 Federal Budget lands on 12 May. Before the night, several major measures are already confirmed. Here is what small business owners need to know right now.

Insolvency specialists are warning that Payday Super won’t create new business failures, but it will bring them forward. 

From July 1, any branded SMS your business sends without a registered sender ID will be labelled “Unverified” and grouped with scam messages. 

This week’s edition of Let’s Talk tackles client concentration risk, and our experts share what they wish more founders knew before it became a crisis.

Two Australian startups selected for PepsiCo’s global supply chain program as corporate innovation push accelerates

ABRT Chair Eddie Griffith has a message for small business owners under pressure: if someone is offering you a single product as the fix to your financial stress, that is not advice, it is a sales pitch. 

Word of mouth is still the most powerful marketing tool a small business has. New CommBank data shows it beats social media, local markets and every other channel for discovery.

UNSW Founders has opened expressions of interest for Impact X, a free 10-week health pre-accelerator for women and founders from diverse backgrounds across NSW.

CEDA CEO Melinda Cilento says the real test of next week’s budget is whether the government can make disciplined, coherent policy choices in a volatile environment. Here is the four-point framework CEDA will use to assess it on budget night.