Hearing

17 July 2002

Motor Trades Association of WA

• GST and small Business and effect of percentage of direct and indirect tax take;
• business licences required by service station operators
• public liability and insurance relief package
• conflicting state and territory legislation
• difficulties repair shops have with insurance companies
• AMBRA submission to the review of the TPA

Department of Training

• Report of pilot project on small business , smart business

Hearing

18 July 2002

Beverley Ford

• Evaluation of delivery of government services to small communities and suggestion to improve 'Whole of Government services' to Regional Australia

Hearing

24 July 2002

Business Enterprise Centres Australia Incorporated

• Rules of BEC Australia Inc
• Speech the Small Business Services UK CEO made in 2000 - proposed changes to the delivery of small business delivery in the UK.
• Integrating the Business Support Structure for SME's: A National Framework for Business Support.

APESMA:

• Evaluation of mentors program

Melbourne Development Board

• Copy of CD ROM - Small Business Sites - A Taste of the Web (CDonly)

Pacific Access

Barriers to employment – Micro and other small business

Hearing

25 July 2002

Dusseldorp Skills Forum

• A discussion paper on enhancing employers contributions to skill formation and use (distributed as separate document)

BPW Australia

• Suggestions for GST and impact on cash economy

Hearing

6 August 2002

Office of Small Business

• Various including responses to subsequent written questions

Australian Taxation Office

• Various: Simplified Tax System; ATO services for small business; Subscription to ATO assist; Alienation Personal services income;:

Canberra Business Council

• Statistics on Home-based business in ACT

National Farmers Federation

• Taxation Zones and the City – Country Divide

Hearing

15 August 2002

Austrade

• Statistics on success of companies using programs; Feedback on Business Club Australia; and details of EMDG as they relate to business skills

Hearing

12 September 2002

National Federation of Independent Business (Gold Coast)

• Correspondence with Senator Coonan on compensation for GST

Hearing

13 September 2002

Australian National Training Authority

• Training module in the cleaning industry

Hearing

8 October 2002

Australian National Training Authority

• Coverage of training packages

Australian Taxation Office

• policy and strategy for reducing burden compliance; etax; industry partnerships; estimates of compliance costs GST cash flow problems; review time spent on NTS; estimating compliance burden tax changes; pilot test of regulations affecting small business; assessment of how regulation changes affect business;  further changes to BAS; ATO to operate as information point;  pharmaceutical products and GST; Fast sheets insurance settlement amounts

CREEDA

• Online interactive business support services
• Growing Micro and Home-based Business Report
• Backyarders and Front Runners
• CREEDA Incubator Operational review

Hearing

17 October 2002

Productivity Commission

• Responses – on a range of issues

Individual/Organisation

Document

Subject

Australian Business Deans Council

letter to chair

Programs run by universities

Hearing:

Perth, 17 July 2002

Motor Trades Association WA: Australian Motor Body Repairers Association Charter of Fairness [EWRE 4]

Motor Trades Association WA: Copy of report on survey on responses on red tape, BAS [EWRE 6]

Hearing:

Melbourne, 24 July 2002

Association of Professional Engineers, Scientists and Managers: Attachments to submission [EWRE 278]

Hearing:

Sydney, 15 August 2002

Austrade: Why Australia Needs Exports – discussion paper; Knowing and Growing the Exporter Community

Hearing:

Canberra, 8 October 2002

Department of Industry Tourism and Resources: Location of offices of Ausindustry offices [EWRE 920]

Department of Education, Science and Training: Report of Small Business Professional Development Program [EWRE 925]