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 The internet provides emerging businesses throughout Australia with instant access to an extensive range of information, services, benchmarks and tools. Details and links to these resources are listed here. AusTrade  This is the web site for the Australian Trade Commission. It includes information about exporting. Businesses can add their details to the AusTrade database.
Australian Venture Capital Journal The Australian Venture Capital Journal is the only regular source of news and information on Australia's private equity industry, covering venture and development capital and management buyouts and buyins.
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Australia's official statistical organisation. ABS assists and encourages informed decision-making, research and discussion with governments and the community by providing a high quality, objective and responsive national statistics service.
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) The ACCC implements the competition policy reform program regulated under the Trade Practices Act, effectively prohibiting anti-competitive conduct in Australian businesses. The site contains information on anti-competitive practices, unfair market practices, mergers and acquisitions of companies and price surveillance.
Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) The ASIC is an independent Government body established to administer the Corporations Law in the Commonwealth, States and Territories. Provides a range of services to the community including searches of companies, electronic company registration, and information on many issues such as running a company, fundraising, advice for investors and small business.
Bank Choice Compares interest rates from a variety of leading institutions. Also includes information on different types of loans, including business and commercial rates.
BizLink Provides on-line information regarding business assistance from government and industry groups, tax and record keeping guides, occupational health and safety and workplace relations for small business.
Business Channel Lists government information and services available to businesses in Victoria. It draws on the information of key Victorian agencies, 78 local councils and the Australian Taxation Office. Attempts to simplify the process of finding information provided by government in the one web site. Includes information about government assistance for starting a business, subsidiaries and concessions and export marketing.
Business Entry Point An interactive information and transaction service providing access to government via telephone hotlines, the Internet and computer disk.
Department of Employment Workplace Relations and Small Business It's always useful to make benchmark comparisons with other businesses. This Federal Government site contains a general summary of such things as business and employee income, firms making a profit or breaking even - and the proportion of firms exporting - all ranked by the size of the firm.
Department of Industry and Trade (South Australia) This site has useful information on business planning.
Dymanic Small Business Magazine Known as "The Magazine for Making Money", Dynamic Small Business Magazine is regarded as essential reading for Australian small business. The magazine is itself a burgeoning small business, facing the same challenges as its readers on a daily basis. This first hand experience is passed on to readers in innovative "how to" articles, presented in a contemporary easy to read format.
Industry Commission The productivity commission is a principal advisory body to the Commonwealth government on all aspects of micro-economic reform. Monitors the performance of government trading enterprises. Includes articles from Economic Planning Advisory Commission.
Innovations Services On-line This site includes useful information on inventors and investments, patents and contact details of Australian patent attorneys.
Innovic (Victorian Innovation Centre) Lists business opportunities for inventors, includes an innovation checklist.
Institute of Public Affairs (IPA) The IPA is an Australian private sector think tank on economic, political and social issues. Since it was established in 1943 it has been a significant contributor to public policy debate. This site contains interesting articles and publications.
My Business Provides information on small businesses, business advice and a daily survey.
Small Biz A web site with information on small business and technology.
Small Business Development Corporation (Western Australia) Provides a model business plan that may be useful to new businesses.
Small Business Victoria (SBV) SBV is the Victorian Government Department charged with the primary role of encouraging and promoting the development of small business in Victoria. The site contains a great variety of information which a small business can use to help it grow and prosper.
SBV provides downloadable information sheets covering such matters as business establishment costs, business valuation, financial management, cash flow planning and costing methods.
Trade Show Central This site provides information on more than 50,000 tradeshows, conferences and seminars around the world, with the intention of connecting people who organise and support trade shows with those who attend and exhibit them.
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