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 In an unprecedented move the Federal Government has announced temporary changes to some aspects of existing insolvency laws as part of the plan to try and keep businesses operating during this unique health crisis time. Insolvent Trading With...

With information changing daily from the Government -here are some handy links to the income and business support and tax and superannuation measures that have now become the law. The ATO has setup a dedicated site as a "one stop shop" with essentia...

Under the JobKeeper Payment, businesses significantly impacted by the Coronavirus outbreak will be able to access a subsidy from the Government to continue paying their employees. This assistance will help businesses to keep people in their jobs an...

Applications open Queensland COVID-19 Jobs Support Loans Applications are now open for the Queensland Government’s $500 million COVID-19 Jobs Support Loan scheme. This scheme is for Queensland businesses and non-profit organisations financially affe...

The Government has announced measures to allow early access of up to $10,000 for 2019-20 and a second payment of $10,000 for 2020-21. A fact sheet can be found here When can you access the $10,000 Superannuation Payment ? Payments are expected to ...

The Australian Government has increased the measures to support businesses impacted by COVID-19 and are making changes weekly. Changes are happening so rapidly at the moment - we are endeavouring each week to give our clients a Summary of the main ch...

Having worked in finance and lending for the past 15 years I have seen some interesting times, the current banking and finance environment is no exception.  It would appear that banks have changed their tune on how they deal with a situation ...

We are right among some serious times for Business not only in Australia but globally, Three weeks ago was the Savage Setback, this week we are into Survival not Guaranteed times.

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These are unprecedented times and I am not in a position to make a forecast on the length of time of the virus impact and the longer term economic effect. What we can be certain of is this. It will have economic effect. With markets like the stock m...