The proposed changes to both the tax treatment and regulatory framework of employee share schemes (‘ESS’) in Australia should be welcomed by employers and employees with tax–deferred ESS Plans.
Stuart Robert, as the new Minister for Employment, Workforce, Skills, Small and Family Business, now is your time to make change.
Three weeks out from the Federal Budget and we finally have some noteworthy spoilers on what’s to come on 11 May thanks to a speech delivered by Prime Minister Scott Morrison to the Business Council of Australia.
There is no doubt about it – Australia’s energy future will be one of increasing renewable capabilities.
The first bank in Australia, Bank of New South Wales, was established more than 200 years ago in 1817.
Australia produces a lot of food. We are a unique market in that we cannot consume everything that we produce – we must export.
Once upon a time, certainly in living memory, Australia had a thriving and diverse manufacturing sector.
The Life Sciences sector has never been more important or more in the public eye.
Modern Australia has a vibrant knowledge economy. Highly skilled lawyers, accountants, engineers, architects, consultants and business managers contribute not only to our own economy but to the global one as well.
Has the digital economy been left to sort itself out? Yes. It’s unquestionably a sector the Government understands the value of, but didn’t know how to treat.
Largely left to operate on its own, the resources sector has been a stalwart of the Australian economy.
The economic health of the retail sector isn’t something that the Government can directly influence.