The Australian Bankers’ Association (ABA) has come out and labeled the current debate on banking regulation in Australia spearheaded by Labor’s Wayne Swan and the Liberal’s Joe Hockey as “long on rhetoric but short on facts”.
Tony Abbott’s Coalition through Bruce Billson, Shadow Minister for Small Business, Competition Policy and Consumer Affairs will introduce legislation to cut red tape and compliance burden for small business under Labor Government’s paid parental leave scheme.
Gift and Homewares Australia (GHA) is calling on the new Labor minority Government to do its part for small business and establish a dedicated seat for the Minister for Small Business in Cabinet.
Julia Gillard has become the first elected female PM after independent MP’s Rob Oakeshot and Tony Windsor threw their support behind Labor in a press conference in Canberra today.
Australia’s mining industry is driving an increase in job advertisements in the past six months, with job ads in the sector up almost 30 percent in the industry.
Wayne Swan claims Labor is responsible for the 3.3 percent growth in Gross Domestic Product in the National Accounts data released by the ABS today.
Telstra has rained on Tony Abbott’s plan to supply “up to 12Mbps” broadband as a cheaper alternative to Labor’s National Broadband Network by announcing the telco has switched on 20Mbps mobile broadband across the country.
Australia’s hung Parliament after Saturday’s election has Australian businesses fearful that any compromise struck by either major party to take power will result in uncertainty and a focus on short term outcomes, not reform.
The Australian Bankers Association has strongly criticised Labor’s “Fairer, Simpler Banking” policy on credit cards unveiled by Julia Gillard, Wayne Swan and Chris Bowen.
With the Federal election only weeks away, here are 14 election policy initiatives that business owners across Australia demand action on.
