Only 1 in 4 small businesses have a disaster plan

Only 1 in 4 small businesses have a disaster plan

The Small Business Natural Disaster Preparedness and Resilience Inquiry report, tabled in Federal Parliament this week, found that taking simple steps to be better prepared, sensible risk mitigation action, and bolstering resilience can help small and family...
Payroll jobs remain relatively flat

Payroll jobs remain relatively flat

Bjorn Jarvis, head of labour statistics at the ABS, said payroll jobs fell by 0.7 per cent in the second half of September and rose by 0.4 per cent in the first half of October as people returned to work after the school holidays. Payroll jobs in mid-October were...
The mark of a taxman

The mark of a taxman

In early September 2022, COVID finally found Chris Jordan. Australia’s twelfth Tax Commissioner had been going into the office most days right through the pandemic, whenever lockdowns permitted. A natural communicator, he liked to be able to talk with people...