Businesses
Useful website links for businesses
Listed below are websites you may find useful.
Federal Government links
Links to information about Federal Government assistance that people can receive through Centrelink:
- Ausindustry - Small Business Advisory Services (SBAS) - provides enhanced access to information and advice on issues important to sustaining and/or growing small business in response to the current global recession.
- Australian Apprenticeships - are available to anyone of working age and do not require any entry qualifications. You can be a school-leaver, re-entering the workforce or simply wishing to change careers.
- Australian Human Rights Commission - provides information about human rights for everyone, everywhere, everyday.
- Australian Industrial Relations Commission - provides information about handling termination of employment claims.
- Australian Jobsearch - information about job vacancies and Australian Apprenticeship vacancies available in your local area.
- Australian Securities and Investments Commission - administers and enforces company and financial services laws to protect consumers, investors and creditors.
- Australian Taxation Office - help and information for businesses on tax and employer issues including Business Activity Statements (BAS), Australian Business Numbers (ABN), the business portal, and extensive information on redundancy
- Australian Workplace - provides job seekers, employees and employers with information about finding a job, starting work, workplace issues, and government programs to help unemployed people who want to start a business.
- Business.gov.au - a whole-of-government service providing essential information on planning, starting, and running your business.
- Child Support Agency - provides information about updating child support details, and recommendations about child support payments thay may not be able to be backdated.
- Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations - information about extra PPP Training Places for Retrenched and Vulnerable Workers and Early Access to Services for Redundant Workers.
- Employment Services Providers - Australia's largest free online jobs board.
- Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency - useful information to help organisations to achieve equal opportunity for women.
- Fair Work Ombudsman - provides advice, assistance, information and education on workplace agreements, redundancy, and employers obligations.
- Industrial Relations - links to State and Territory Government industrial relations websites.
- Information for businesses - the Australian Government website link to information for businesses.
- www.moneysmart.gov.au - provides financial information to help people make smart decisions about their personal finances. The website includes 26 calculators, that give fast answers to money questions and some even set action plans for people to take.
- Safe Work Australia - provides information about national efforts to improve occupational health and safety in Australian workplaces.
- SkillsInfo - provides skills-related information for industries and regions.
- Valuing Australia’s Older Workers (Australian National Training Authority) - provides hints for employers and managers to ensure that redundancy provides a chance to build a positive new life.
State Government links
Links to information for small business, apprenticeships, traineeships and funding for training:
- Queensland Government
- New South Wales
- Victoria Online
- Government of Western Australia
- Government of South Australia
- Tasmanian Government
- Australian Capital Territory
- Northern Territory Government
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