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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.

Last week the Federal Government announced $225m in tax relief to small breweries and distillers as part of the 2021-22 Federal Budget.

The Australian Government announced it will invest an additional $100 million into extending the Junior Minerals Exploration Incentive (JMEI) over the next four years, to the end of June 2025.

Stuart Robert, as the new Minister for Employment, Workforce, Skills, Small and Family Business, now is your time to make change.

Australian retail sales grew 2.3% against the last year in March 2021, with several media reports highlighting the softening of retail demand. But the March headline growth number is misleading, given the 10% surge in March 2020 as panic buying took hold.

Beneath the surface, there is agility within our higher education institutions which we need to enhance and work to our advantage in a post-COVID world.

In our latest podcast, Tony Pititto, National Head of Agribusiness, Food & Beverage at Grant Thornton and Madina Aziz, Audit Partner discuss the opportunities for the sector through the Modern Manufacturing Initiative and what we need next from Government to help Australia target non-traditional export markets.

There has been an ongoing debate amongst those of us who practice in stamp duty as to how duty should appropriately apply to tenant’s fixtures, particularly in the context of renewable energy projects.

There’s nothing in the Modern Manufacturing Initiative for the real estate and construction sector, right? Well there is, and it could take the sector into new regions and new kinds of work.

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.

The ATO has recently announced they are reviewing a number of activities that involve alcohol entering the Australian domestic market for consumption without payment of the required amount of excise duty.

The Government has a 10 year plan to implement the Modern Manufacturing Initiative and develop our manufacturing capability.