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All great businesses start with a great idea. It starts with passion, excitement and fire in the belly. And all of your problems today started out as a great idea.

A team of workplace inspectors is in Bundaberg today to respond to allegations of exploitation of foreign workers on Queensland farms.

‘The devil is in the detail’ is a phrase that does not apply here. This is an app which really is as simple as it sounds – perhaps even more simple.

After more than 350 startups vyed for a chance at $5 million in the Inaugural Big Pitch competition, two lucky start-ups have chosen to share the prize.

Small business Minister Bruce Billson has announced red tape reductions to ease tax compliance costs for SMEs by up to $56 million a year.

When you start a business, you have a fair idea of whether you are setting it up as a primary source of income or as equity that you can divest for a profit in the future.

It’s the quintessential party scene in countless American movies since the 1990s: exuberant youths sprawling over a house in the burbs, sipping mystery liquids from red tumbler cups.

The honey market in Australia is going through one of its toughest periods. A shortage of honey has pushed up prices, leading some companies to import produce from overseas in order to sell more cheaply on supermarket shelves. But the trend has caused confusion in the market with some imported produce being deceptively labeled. Consumers […]

Free market enterprise is the order of the day, and at its very core, is competition. This is the capitalist, and entrepreneurial system we live by.

The wealthy financial services industry is being targeted by emerging tech start-ups keen to take a share in the huge profits being generated in the sector. The founders of two of Australia’s most successful technology companies, SEEK and Atlassian, this week warned that the “insane” profits of the major banks (amounting to nearly $30bn per […]

The solution to tackling youth unemployment is to encourage entrepreneurship. At least that’s the mission of the G20 Young Entrepreneurs’ Alliance, convening in Sydney next month.

Have you ever left money sitting in a bank account for more than three years? If so, watch out. According to media reports, the government has seized a record $360 million from 80,000 idle bank accounts in the year to May.

The industrial umpire is officially investigating how businesses can maximise the productivity benefits of the enterprise bargaining process.

Did you know you can claim for cleaning costs and wear-and-tear on your furniture at your home business?

More than 90,000 Australians were ripped off for nearly $90 million in fraud scams in 2013.

The incidence of “female breadwinner” households is slowly rising with women out-earning their male partners in nearly a quarter of long-term relationships.

To remain competitive in today’s rapidly evolving marketplace, businesses must be nimble, flexible and capable of adapting to external market conditions.

Keep the ATO happy but take advantage of generous concessions by thinking ahead.

Jason T Smith wasn’t planning to go into business for himself. Instead, he aspired to become a “medical missionary” and work in the developed world helping those less fortunate than himself.

It’s a problem for the smaller business, and similarly a start-up business: it’s difficult to sell your products or services because you’re constantly up against larger, more established competitors.