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Audit Office to scrutinise R&D Tax Incentive

The national audit office is scrutinising the government’s administration of the research and development tax incentive program and its readiness for a number of changes to take effect in...

Aust tech giants push for R&D tax ‘workshop’

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Some of Australia’s largest tech companies have written to the tax office requesting a “collaborative workshop” to improve how software claims are dealt with under the research and development...

R&D tax scheme crackdown has eased

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The crackdown on research and development tax incentive claims has eased, with a more collaborative and fair approach to audits adopted and a number of recent successful appeals, according...

McManus on gig economy problems

Posted on   |  by James Riley
ACTU chief Sally McManus has logged a claim for a big wage rise for Australian workers saying industrial relations law is a decade behind the gig economy and needs...

Time to regulate the gig economy?

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The federal opposition has backed a campaign calling for new legislation to address worker exploitation in the gig economy, while the government warns against “unnecessary regulation”. The Transport Workers...

Govt funds gig economy platform

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The federal government will spend $1.4 million on a platform to push just 80 unemployed young Australians into gig economy work with the likes Uber and Airtasker in a...

Unions face our uncertain future

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Increasing levels of automation and woeful NBN performance are driving a deep digital divide across Australia, according to Unions NSW secretary Mark Morey. “I read some figures recently where...

Manufacturing is not lost: Carr

Posted on   |  by Stuart Kennedy
Veteran Labor industry spokesman Kim Carr went full polemic on the advantages of Australia retaining its manufacturing capability in a speech this week, hitting out at the free market...