In the final newsletter for this year, I want to take some time to share with you the findings of the Small Business Natural Disaster Preparedness and Resilience Inquiry conducted by my office and just recently tabled in Federal Parliament.

The Reserve Bank yesterday increased official interest rates for the seventh consecutive month. Rates have now risen by a total of 2.75 percentage points and stand at 2.85%.

The Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman Bruce Billson says tonight’s Budget...

The recent cyber attack against Optus is a terrible reminder that companies of all sizes can be vulnerable. 

If you or your business are an Optus customer, please monitor for activity on your accounts that is not you and be alert for unusual contact from scammers. Optus says its email and SMS notifications will not have hyperlinks and customers should not click on any links sent to them claiming to be from Optus.

There’s a big change coming to internet domain names and small and family businesses have just 20 days left to avoid their internet identity being sold to someone else.

A new system is being introduced allowing anyone with a connection to Australia to register the .au category of domain name. It’s a crisp, abridged domain name that tells people your business name and that you are based in Australia.