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Mobile phone being used to make EFTPOS purchase. Newsreel

Businesses raided in point-of-sale tax fraud crackdown

The Australian Taxation Office has raided a number of businesses suspected of using electronic sales suppression tools (ESSTs) to avoid paying tax. ESSTs or software
Read more 7 March 2024
Jakarta, Indonesia, at night. | Newsreel

$2 billion fund to boost trade into Southeast Asia

A $2 billion fund to boost investment in Southeast Asia is among a suite of Federal Government initiatives announced at the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit in
Read more 6 March 2024
Person in defence meeting. | Newsreel

Australian defence industry critical to national security

The Federal Government has released a plan that defines the strategic rationale for a sovereign defence industrial base and sets out pathways for maximising support for
Read more 5 March 2024
Electric car being charged. | Newsreel

New probe to drive transition to electric vehicles

The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Climate Change, Energy, Environment and Water will explore the issues and requirements around a transition to electric
Read more 5 March 2024
Worker on a grinder with sparks flying. | Newsreel

Australian manufacturing needs new reconstruction fund

Australia’s manufacturing sector requires a re-alignment of the Federal Government’s $15b National Reconstruction Fund (NRF) in order to combat international
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