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The head of Australia's corporate watchdog says in the past financial year a record number of businesses have been placed into administration.

Ombudsman calls on federal govt to help small business.

Small businesses should get government payments when forced to scale back operations due to employees volunteering, the sector's ombudsman says.

Australia’s former Prime Minister Scott Morrison has listed his achievements in government including standing up to a “bullying" China as he unsuccessfully argued against being censured by the Parliament for secretly amassing multiple ministerial powers

Following an inquiry into Scott Morrison's decision to secretly appoint himself to several ministries, Anthony Albanese has announced plans to censure the former prime minister. Here's what you need to know.

New data has revealed small businesses are waiting several months before larger organisations pay their invoices, triggering concern from the ombudsman.

New rules are being introduced to allow Australian businesses, organisations and individuals to shorten their web address to a simpler .au domain name instead of .com.au, .net.au or .org.au

Cyber criminals could take advantage of upcoming changes to Australian website rules allowing registration of the shorter .au domain, an ombudsman warns.