The South Australian Business Chamber has expressed concern over the Fair Work Commission's decision to increase Minimum Wages an…
3 Jun 2024 | South Australian Business News
Businesses make final plea for support ahead of Thursday's State Budget
28 May 2024 | Policy
State opposition supports changes to payroll tax scheme
The Leader of the South Australian Liberal Party has announced his support for two of the six recommendations made by the South A…
14 May 2024 | South Australian Business News
What's in the federal budget for SA businesses?
While there are commendable initiatives in the budget, it falls short of addressing the cost challenges many businesses currently…
30 Apr 2024 | South Australian Business News
Why is the nation's best-performing economy dragging behind in business confidence?
It should be welcome news to all South Australians that our economy has topped the leaderboard for the second consecutive time in…
30 Apr 2024 | South Australian Business News
Mad March Didn't Deliver, Business Survey Reveals
Despite the economic activity, the findings in the South Australian Business Chamber and William Buck quarterly Survey of Busines…
17 Apr 2024 | South Australian Business News
Calls for one-off $500 grants for Automated External Defibrillators
There are calls for the state government to provide grants of $500 to businesses, contributing to the cost of the installation of…
16 Apr 2024 | South Australian Business News
Business priorities in the upcoming State Budget
The submission highlights the critical need for the government to reduce the cost imposts being faced by businesses and provide s…
11 Apr 2024 | South Australian Business News
Young entrepreneur program at risk of losing state government support after 26 years
The long-running South Australian Young Entrepreneurs Scheme (SAYES), facilitated by the South Australian Business Chamber is fac…
16 Apr 2024 | South Australian Business News
Payroll tax for good?
Ask any business owner what’s the one tax they’d like to see the back of and there is a good chance payroll tax will be top of th…
26 Mar 2024 | SA Business Journal
Payroll tax puts the breaks on local business
Richard Billings, Managing Director of RT Diesel, is eager to take on more apprentices but the rate of payroll tax is preventing …
26 Mar 2024 | South Australian Business News
It's time for payroll tax reform
Abolish payroll tax! As a policy position it’s a headline grabber, but in reality, has a less than zero chance of success with an…
18 Mar 2024 | South Australian Business News
Push for energy rebate boost in the upcoming state budget
The South Australian Business Chamber is urging the state government to fully fund and double the $650 energy rebate scheme in th…
18 Mar 2024 | South Australian Business News
Surviving the Federal Government’s Industrial Relations Agenda
The scope of these reforms is extensive, with the whole concept of employment hit hardest. It is not an overstatement to say that…
4 Mar 2024 | South Australian Business News
Labour challenges still a top concern for businesses
According to recent findings from the South Australian Business Chamber and William Buck’s December quarter Survey of Business Ex…
27 Feb 2024 | South Australian Business News
Businesses treading water as cost pressures continue to bite
Despite feeling the brunt of rising costs of doing business, South Australian operators are quietly optimistic about the future, …
27 Feb 2024 | South Australian Business News
Breaking down the issues facing bigger businesses
It’s becoming increasingly apparent that addressing the challenges faced by the larger end of town demands a nuanced approach dis…
7 Dec 2023 | South Australian Business News
Strong farming sector holds up manufacturing in Yorke’s
Businesses in Yorke Peninsula are concerned about high taxes and poor roads, notwithstanding the opportunities in the manufacturi…
27 Sep 2023 | South Australian Business News
Allied health businesses demand equal payroll tax amnesty treatment as GPs
The South Australian Business Chamber is urging the South Australian State Government to extend the same payroll tax amnesty to all allied health businesse…
22 Aug 2023 | South Australian Business News
Business confidence and conditions expected to crash to GFC levels
June quarter survey underscores a significant drop in business confidence and conditions drawing comparisons to the aftermath of …
15 Jun 2023 | South Australian Business News
State Budget Summary and why we believe it was a missed opportunity for SA businesses
Attending the State Budget Lockup, the South Australian Business Chamber was keen to hear of new initiatives that would provide much-needed relief for busi…
8 Jun 2023 | South Australian Business News
STATE BUDGET: We must change the rules for employing international students and graduates
Although South Australia’s unemployment rate rose from its historic low of 3.7% in March to 4.3% in April, the labour market rema…
16 May 2023 | SA Business Journal
South Australia’s Business Confidence Above the National Average
According to the March quarter the South Australian Business Chamber William Buck Survey of Business Expectations, both business confidence and conditions …
20 Apr 2023 | South Australian Business News
Tell us how your business is going and have your voice heard, and represented in our policy positions
14 Dec 2022 | South Australian Business News
Government intervention in the gas market
On 9 December the Federal Government announced it would impose wholesale price caps of $12 a gigajoule for gas and $125 a tonne f…
24 Nov 2022 | Policy
Call for contributions from SA Power Networks
What new products or improved services do you want SA Power Networks to provide from 2025, and how much would you be willing to p…
23 Nov 2022 | South Australian Business News
Australia-India trade: new agreement ratified
On 22 November Australia’s Parliament ratified an Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement with India.
17 Nov 2022 | South Australian Business News
Power cuts have hit SA businesses
ElectraNet and SAPN – both members of the South Australian Business Chamber – have been working extremely hard to get power restored to those impacted by o…
17 Nov 2022 | South Australian Business News
Multi-employer bargaining and what it could really mean for SA businesses
The new single interest stream is the wrong approach and would force employers and their employees to be made parties to an agree…
15 Nov 2022 | Media release
JOINT MEDIA RELEASE: South Australia’s leading business organisations call for the Senate to reject controversial parts of Federal IR Bill.
If passed in the Senate next week, this flawed Bill will result in the most significant and regressive industrial relations chang…
9 Nov 2022 | South Australian Business News
What the proposed industrial relations changes really mean for South Australian businesses
If passed, this will result in some of the most significant employment reforms in well over a decade.
8 Nov 2022 | Media release
How good could it be if we had the people?
I have just returned from the US to meet our global partners, and I can tell you that this labour shortage is a global challenge.
8 Nov 2022 | Media release
Businesses need practical skills, not just graduates
The September results of South Australia’s longest-running business survey are out, and business confidence has had an optimistic…
2 Nov 2022 | Media release
Federal Bill a threat to South Australian businesses
The South Australian Business Chamber, along with most national and state employer organisations, has grave concerns about the process and substance of the…
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