I don't post often, but this got my goat today.
Small businesses are already failing. In 2025–26, 13.8% of Australian businesses stopped trading. About one in seven. ABS exit rate. 375,331 firms.
The paperwork is in excellent health.
I cannot invoice a construction job until a Justice of the Peace watches me swear I have paid my own staff. Every claim. Every head contractor. We have no subcontractors. It is a solemn promise that I have paid the people I do not have.
Wages and super are already law. Section 75 of the Queensland Building Industry Fairness Act is the excuse. End the ridiculous admin burden on small business. Start with this.
@samoconnormp@DavidCrisafulli@StevenJMiles@RennickGBR
@mattjcan That's great. We also need very cheap water. Those are the two things we need for industry. Of course if power is very cheap then it is cheap to make clean water.