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Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry boss Paul Guerra and Treasurer Tim Pallas in March this year.

Business calls for tax reform as opposition slams Victorian government’s ‘pathetic’ economic growth plan

Victoria’s promised economic growth statement, designed to drive economic growth, is not expected to include tax reform. Business and the opposition want more.

  • Rachel Eddie and Kieran Rooney

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Widows in Perth have been told they cannot be buried in pre-purchased plots beside their husbands because of a technicality.

Perth families denied burial plots seek ‘compassionate’ way forward

After closing a cemetery, a Perth metropolitan council has advised widows they can no longer be buried in the lots they bought beside their husbands.

  • Gary Adshead
Tariffs on goods including washing machines, fridges and even chopsticks will be cut.

Toothbrushes to dodgem cars cheaper with tariffs on chopping block

The Albanese government says cutting almost 500 tariffs on everyday products will be the biggest change to the system in two decades and will help businesses and households.

  • Rachel Clun
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Unintelligible gobbledygook: Government paperwork needs urgent overhaul

Inequality must not be perpetuated nor entrenched by technology. The challenge for the digital economy is not just to be efficient, but to also be fair.

  • Jon Faine
A suite of planning measures will give businesses greater flexibility - and generate $250 million over 10 years - including rules that allow food trucks to operate at any time with a landowner’s consent.

Rules relaxed during COVID-19 pandemic set to stay and deliver $3.1b boost to economy

A raft of relaxed rules introduced during the pandemic – such as takeaway alcohol services and 24-hour retail deliveries – are set to stay.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg is promising to help small businesses improve their cash flow.

Red tape on small businesses in Frydenberg’s budget sights

Small business owners would get a cash flow boost under a government plan to change the way tax bills are calculated as the economy rebounds.

  • Katina Curtis
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Assistant Treasurer Michael Sukkar argues the reforms will help ensure charitable contributions go to lawful causes.

Charities fear $150 million hit from cost of new government rules

Research commissioned by a number of charities and not-for-profit groups shows rules designed to stop unlawful acts could cost up to $150 million in their first year.

  • Nick Bonyhady
Will Robinson, 19, and his mum Charlotte have been trying to get a replacement birth certificate for Will for over a year. He’s unable to get his licence without it.

‘Can you please do your job?’: Births, Deaths and Marriages registry complaints jump

Like most of us, 19-year-old Will Richardson’s life feels like it has been put on hold. But it’s not just lockdowns holding him back – it’s an inability to get a copy of his birth certificate.

  • Rachael Dexter
AFR NEWS: PM Scott Morrison speaks at the Business Council of Australia’s Annual Dinner. 19th April 2021, Photo: Wolter Peeters, The Australian Financial Review.

Industry key to Australia’s emissions target, not ‘inner city dinner parties’: PM

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has promised not to “tax our industries off the planet”, saying net zero emissions can’t be achieved at “dinner parties and wine bars” but with the assistance of manufacturing and agriculture.

  • Shane Wright
Small Business Minister Paul Papalia with the mayors of Victoria Park, Gosnells and Canning.

Food trucks to move easier between Perth's south east with streamlined permits

The simplified trading partnership permit, launched on Friday, gives food trucks and mobile food vendors the ability to trade at approved events across the Town of Victoria Park and cities of Canning and Gosnells. 

  • Hamish Hastie

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