HOME > USEFUL LINKS 
   

AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT

AusIndustry
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)

Australian Communications Authority 
This site contains useful information for small business owners such as: how to lodge a complaint against a phone company, problems with billing, problems with services provision.

Australian Commonwealth Government

Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC)

Australian Customs Service

Australian Governments' Entry Point 
National Library of Australia Australian Government Information

Australian Parliament

Australian Privacy Commission

Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC)

Australian Survey and Land Information Group(AUSLIG)
The Australian Government's agency for mapping, surveying, land information, etc. You can access geographic facts & figures, order maps and satellite images, etc.

Australian Tax Office

Australian Trade Commission (Austrade)

Business Entry Point (BEP) 
Providing Federal, State and Territory and local government information and transactions for people operating a business in Australia and their Advisors, and people planning to start a business, including on-line registration for an Australian Business Number.

Business Gateway 
This is the entry point to the ACT Government for business. It provides information on business policies and strategies, events, assistance programs, investment opportunities, business management advice and transactions.

Centrelink

Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade (DFAT)

Department of Employment, Workplace Relations & Small Business (DEWRSB)

Export Finance & Insurance Corporation

IPAustralia, Patents, Trademarks & Designs

National Consumer Credit Code Site
Credit Code information and assistance

National Occupational Health and Safety Commission
NOHSC National Solutions Database

WageNet - "Wage rates at your fingertips"

 

RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT - RELATED SITES

CSIRO 
Various divisions of the organisation conduct industrial/scientific research.

  

BUSINESS MAGAZINES ON THE WEB

Australian Financial Review

Business Review Weekly

Franchising Magazine

My Business

WA Business News

GST RELATED SITES

BAS / ANTS Training GST Startup Office 
Nearest Venue and date is available by entering State & City/Town

GST Start Up

GST Support

Oz Tax

Australia's GST Resource Site

ASCPA Taxation Reference

ATO The New Tax System 

Tax Reform and the Tax Practioners 

A Guide to Registering for the New Tax System

TOOLS TO SEARCH FOR INTERNATIONAL BUSINESSES

World Wide Yellow Pages 
searchable directory of commercial sites.

Yahoo's Index of Business & Economic sites

Yahoo links to information 
for small businesses.

FRANCHISING

Franchising Code of Conduct

Franchising Council of Australia

Franchising Magazine

FINANCE AND VENTURE CAPITAL

Australian Stock Exchange e-market site

Australian Venture Capital Guide

BSX - Australia's Alternative Equity Market

Elderslie Finance Corporation

First Corporate Pty Ltd