Minister for Emergency Management, Murray Watt, discusses 2022 natural disasters, government support, emergency management reforms, climate change bill, ICA Climate Change Roadmap, Disaster Ready Fund and insurance.
DRAFT PRACTICAL COMPLIANCE GUIDELINE PCG 2022/D4
Draft Practical Compliance Guideline - Claiming a deduction for additional running expenses incurred while working from home - ATO compliance approach
Inquiry into childcare pricing welcomed
The ACCC today welcomed the direction from the Australian Government outlining details of the ACCC inquiry into the supply of childcare services in Australia.
Business to Power Victoria's Future
The Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry has launched its first advocacy video to promote our 2022 State Election Platform, Powering Victoria's Future.
FY22 Annual Report for the Inspector-General of Taxation and Taxation Ombudsman is now available
Karen Payne, the Inspector General of Taxation and Taxation Ombudsman has released the FY22 Annual Report.
Opinion piece: Economy needs its zip back
A generation ago, rules in some states governed when bakers could bake their bread. Many families had to do their grocery shopping in a mad rush on Saturday morning before stores closed for the weekend. Energy markets were run by inefficient monopolies, and the electricity grid was much less joined up across states than it is now.
Competition law changes help give consumers and farmers a fair go
The National Farmers' Federation (NFF) has welcomed the new and tougher penalties that will be imposed on companies that breach competition and consumer laws.
Regional and rural Australia to be better connected by the Albanese Government
The Albanese Government's Better Connectivity Plan for Regional and Rural Australia will provide $400 million over five years to expand regional mobile coverage along highways and roads and in underserviced regional communities. It will also support telecommunications resilience, such as preparing mobile base stations for natural disasters with additional power sources.
Inner West Sydney eligible for farmer support measure, while flood-affected rural areas left out
A New South Wales government grant for "critical producer" farming industries has been criticised for being open to metropolitan areas in Sydney.
Potato supply in Tasmania impacted as wet conditions make harvesting a challenge
Supplies of fresh potatoes in Tasmania's supermarkets are low, with a major grower forced to temporarily halt harvesting as weather conditions make it too wet to get tractors onto paddocks.
Australians owe almost $45b in unpaid tax
Australians owe almost $45 billion in unpaid taxes - and the tax office is coming to collect.
Address to the Australian Government Solicitor Civil Regulation Conference - Speech
I acknowledge the Gadigal people, the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we meet, and pay my respects to their Elders past and present.
Rewrite unfair contracts or face penalties, businesses warned
Big businesses that have entered into unfair contracts with small firms and consumers will have 12 months to rewrite the agreements before they face penalties for the first time, the consumer watchdog and the Albanese government have warned.
