Media
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Confidence Building for Small Business People Continues
For Immediate Release CONTACT: Mr Peter Strong EMAIL: ceo@cosboa.org.au PHONE: 0433-644-097 Confidence Building read more ›
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Small Business Ministry in the Treasury Portfolio - Who Would Have Thought
For Immediate Release CONTACT: Mr Peter Strong EMAIL: ceo@cosboa.org.au PHONE: 0433-644-097 21 May 2013 read more ›
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Confidence Building for Small Business People
17 May 2013 For Immediate Release Contacts: Mr Peter Strong 0433-644-097 Amanda Lynch 02 6282 4277 &nb... read more ›
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Small Business Acknowledges Support Despite Deficit But Says Complexity Was Overlooked
For Immediate Release CONTACT: Mr Peter Strong EMAIL: ceo@cosboa.org.au PHONE: 0433-644-097 Small business acknowledges support despite deficit but says complexity was ... read more ›
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FOCUS ON SMALL BUSINESS IN WORKPLACE RELATIONS - Ideology Takes Second Place to Practicality
For Immediate Release CONTACT: Mr Peter Strong EMAIL: ceo@cosboa.org.au PHONE: 0433-644-097 Focus on Small Business in Workplace Relations - Ideology Takes Second Place to ... read more ›
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One week left for small business opinions to be heard
For Immediate Release CONTACT: Mr Peter Strong EMAIL: ceo@cosboa.org.au PHONE: 0433-644-097 One week left for small business opinions ... read more ›
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Tell 'em What You Think
For Immediate Release CONTACT: Mr Peter Strong EMAIL: ceo@cosboa.org.au PHONE: 0433-644-097 Small Business Gets the Chance to Give Their Verdict on Regu... read more ›
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Small Business Gets a Chance to Regulate the Regulators
For Immediate Release CONTACT: Mr Peter Strong EMAIL: ceo@cosboa.org.au PHONE: 0433-644-097 Small Business Gets a Chance to Regulate the Regulators read more ›
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COSBOA Welcomes Renewed Demand for a National Small Business Summit
For immediate release: 11 April 2013 The Council of Small Business of Australia, COSBOA, welcomed the focus on small business yesterday in Western Sydney, which highlighted the evident fact that small business is too big to ignore. Talking about the camp... read more ›
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2.5 Million People Deserve Better
2.5 MILLION PEOPLE DESERVE BETTER COSBOA is extremely disappointed that we will once again have a new Small Business Minister. The small business community is facing crisis, the number of bankruptcies are at record levels, the big landlords and big retailers are running a... read more ›
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2.5 million people deserve better
COSBOA is extremely disappointed that we will once again have a new small business minister. The small business community is facing crisis, the number of bankruptcies are at record levels, the big landlords and big retailers are running amok across the Australian business landscape. ... read more ›
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Media Release: Small Business Financing Misses a Bullet
For Immediate Release CONTACT: Mr Peter Strong EMAIL: ceo@cosboa.org.au PHONE: 0433-644-097 CONTACT: Mr David Gandolfo read more ›
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Media Release: COSBOA Appoints New Chair and Deputy Chair
MEDIA RELEASE For Immediate Release CONTACT: Mr Peter Strong EMAIL: ceo@cosboa.org.au PHONE: 0433-644-097 COSBOA Appoint... read more ›
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Home-Based Business People are the Way to Asia so Leave Them Alone
MEDIA RELEASE For Immediate Release CONTACT: Mr Peter Strong EMAIL: ceo@cosboa.org.au PHONE: 0433-644-097 Home-based Business Peo... read more ›
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Don't Mistake Anarchy for Activism
MEDIA RELEASE For Immediate Release CONTACT: Mr Peter Strong EMAIL: ceo@cosboa.org.au PHONE: 0433-644-097 Don’t Mistake Anarchy f... read more ›
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NAB and COSBOA announce new secondment to enable greater collaboration
COSBOA is pleased to announce the secondment of Janett Egber from National Australia Bank (NAB) who will provide advice and guidance on a wide range of issues facing the small business sector. The appointment of Janett Egber will enable COSBOA to focus on a number of key issues facing ... read more ›
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COAG Key Small Business Outcome
MEDIA RELEASE For Immediate Release CONTACT: Mr Peter Strong EMAIL: ceo@cosboa.org.au PHONE: 0433-644-097 COAG key small... read more ›
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COSBOA and the COAG Business Advisory Forum
MEDIA RELEASE For Immediate Release CONTACT: Mr Peter Strong EMAIL: ceo@cosboa.org.au PHONE: 0433-644-097 COSBOA and the COAG Busi... read more ›
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Small Business People are the Best Employers - so where's the respect?
MEDIA RELEASE For Immediate Release CONTACT: Mr Peter Strong EMAIL: ceo@cosboa.org.au PHONE: 0433-644-097 Small Business People are th... read more ›
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Can an Employer be a Human Being with Rights?
MEDIA RELEASE For Immediate Release CONTACT: Mr Peter Strong EMAIL: ceo@cosboa.org.au PHONE: 0433-644-097 CAN AN EMPLOYER... read more ›
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Small Business Champion 2012
Small Business Champion for 2012: Ondina Gregoric COSBOA is pleased to announce the name of our Small Business Champion for 2012. Ondina Gregoric from read more ›
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New Chairman Appointed
For Immediate Release Mr Ken Phillips, Executive Director of Independent Contractors of Australia, has stood down from the position of Chair of the Council of Small Business of Australia (COSBOA) and has been succeeded by Ms Amanda Lynch, the CEO of the Real Estate Institute o... read more ›
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Big Landlords' Greed Puts Community at Risk
BIG LANDLORDS' GREED PUTS COMMUNITY AT RISK COSBOA is disappointed that the Shopping Centre Council of Australia is attempting to down grade qualifications of real estate agents to meet short-term budgetary needs. read more ›
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Asian Century? Small business people are there already.
COSBOA welcomes the release of The Asian Century White Paper today by the Prime Minister Julia Gillard. This paper is comprehensive and contains many challenges for the whole of the Australian community not just business. The White Paper provides the genesis of a blue print fo... read more ›
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Tax on Overseas Sales Missed and Small Business People Pay
COSBOA is concerned that the government is forcing small business people to make up for the shortfall in revenue caused by non-collection of GST on overseas purchases. We are also concerned that we will eventually be forced to complete the same amount of tax paperwork as big bu... read more ›
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Historic Moment as National Small Business Commissioner Appointed
For immediate release Contact: Mr Peter Strong Email: ceo@cosboa.org.au Phone: 0433-644-097 Historic moment as a National Small Business Commissioner Appointed COSBOA congratulates the government and Mark B... read more ›
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No job is better than $15 or $24 an hour? How?
COSBOA has provided a submission to the Senate inquiry into the Fair Work Act and penalty rates. COSBOA supports the proposed changes to penalty rates. Peter Strong, Executive Director of COSBOA said today "there are businesses out there that have been forced to ... read more ›
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National Harmonisation Does not Mean Race to the Bottom
Original Release Date: 28 August 2012 CONTACT: Mr Peter Strong EMAIL: ceo@cosboa.org.au PHONE: 0433-644-097 National Harmonisation Does not Mean Race to t... read more ›
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Carbon Tax Survey Highlights the Failure of Competition Policy in Australia
Original Release Date: 20 August 2012 CONTACT: Mr Peter Strong EMAIL: ceo@cosboa.org.au PHONE: 0433-644-097 Carbon Tax Survey Highlights the Failur... read more ›
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The small workplace is in focus at the National Press Club
Original Release Date: 8 August 2012 CONTACT: Mr Peter Strong EMAIL: ceo@cosboa.org.au PHONE: 0433-644-097 The small workplace is in focus at the National Press Cl... read more ›
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A Carbon Tax Calculator Written in the Language of Small Business – Cash Flow!
Original Release Date: 20 July 2012 CONTACT: Mr Peter Strong EMAIL: ceo@cosboa.org.au PHONE: 0433-644-097 A Carbon Tax Calculator Written in the Language ... read more ›
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Choice of Superannuation Fund to Become More Competitive, Employers to Remain Unpaid Slaves
Original Release Date: 29 June 2012 CONTACT: Mr Peter Strong EMAIL: ceo@cosboa.org.au PHONE: 0433-644-097 Choice of Superannuation Fund to Become More Competitive, Employ... read more ›
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Economic Forum is an opportunity to focus on the 96%
Original Release Date: 12 June 2012 CONTACT: Mr Peter Strong EMAIL: ceo@cosboa.org.au PHONE: 0433-644-097 Amanda Lynch 0419 123 862 read more ›
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NAB National Small Business Summit Reaches Milestone
Original Release Date: 29 May 2012 CONTACT: Mr Peter Strong EMAIL: ceo@cosboa.org.au PHONE: 0433-644-097 NAB National Small Business Summ... read more ›
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Red Tape Becoming Lead Tape
Original Release Date: 25 May 2012 CONTACT: Mr Peter Strong EMAIL: ceo@cosboa.org.au PHONE: 0433-644-097 Red Tape Becoming Lead Tape ... read more ›
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Let’s Try, Again, to Bring Sense to Government Parental Payment System
Original Release Date: 8 May 2012 CONTACT: Mr Peter Strong EMAIL: ceo@cosboa.org.au PHONE: 0433-644-097 Let’s Try, Again, to Bring Sense to Government Parental Payment System read more ›
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The Budget can Improve the Economy at Very Little Cost
Original Release Date: 5 April 2012 CONTACT: Mr Peter Strong EMAIL: ceo@cosboa.org.au PHONE: 0433-644-097 The Budget can Improve the Economy at Very Li... read more ›
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The Architecture of Small Business Policy Grows
Original Release Date: 14 March 2012 CONTACT: Mr Peter Strong EMAIL: ceo@cosboa.org.au PHONE: 0433-644-097 The Architecture of Small Busine... read more ›
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Superannuation and Transparency Coming Together
Original Release Date: 9 March 2012 CONTACT: Mr Peter Strong EMAIL: ceo@cosboa.org.au PHONE: 0433-644-097 Superannuation and Transparency Coming Together ... read more ›
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Small Business People Have a Voice in Cabinet
Original Release Date: 2 March 2012 CONTACT: Mr Peter Strong EMAIL: ceo@cosboa.org.au PHONE: 0433-644-097 Small Business People Have a Voice in Cabine... read more ›
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Serving Coffee to a Small Business Minister in Cabinet?
Original Release Date: 1 March 2012 CONTACT: Mr Peter Strong EMAIL: ceo@cosboa.org.au PHONE: 0433-644-097 Serving Coffee to a Small Business Minister in Cabin... read more ›
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COSBOA Says That 2.5m People Want to Get On With Business
Original Release Date: 27 February 2012 CONTACT: Mr Peter Strong EMAIL: ceo@cosboa.org.au PHONE: 0433-644-097 COSBOA Says That 2.5m People Want to Get On With... read more ›
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A Circuit Breaker for Small Business Workplaces
Original Release date: 20 February 2012 CONTACT: Mr Peter Strong EMAIL: ceo@cosboa.org.au PHONE: 0433-644-097 A CIRCUIT BREAKER FOR SMALL BUSINESS WORKPLAC... read more ›
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REIA CEO Reaffirms Need to Maintain Training Standards
Real Estate Institute of Australia (REAI) CEO, Ms Amanda Lynch has today reaffirmed REIA's position in relation to nationalised training standards for the real estate industry. read more ›
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Now is the time of the small workplace
COSBOA calls upon all governments and all government agencies to focus on the needs of all the people in the small workplaces of Australia. read more ›
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Employers continue to be slaves of the system
Choice of Superannuation Fund to Become More Competitive, Employers to Remain Unpaid Slaves of the System and Our Costs will Increase read more ›
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Choice of Superannuation Fund to Become More Competitive
COSBOA notes the release of the draft report from the Productivity Commission into Default Superannuation Funds in Modern Awards. read more ›
