Let them eat cake! Carbon tax means cake will cost 10 cents more as majority...
Despite fears about increased costs for business and consumers once the carbon tax comes in this weekend, the price of a $25 birthday cake will increase by less than 10 cents and most manufacturers are...
View ArticleThe first days of the carbon tax – Wesfarmers chief warns price rises slow,...
The carbon tax may only be two days old, but already business leaders are warning prices will start rising – and you better get used to it.
View ArticleThe small business carbon tax preparation guide – seven methods for saving...
It’s been two days since the carbon tax was introduced, and already the Federal Government is in defensive mode, arguing why its latest tax is a good investment and why small businesses don’t have to...
View Article"Let the carbon tax take the blame": Brumby's busted blaming price rises on...
Bakery franchise Brumby’s has been caught red-handed attempting to blame price rises on the carbon tax, after a letter sent by the company to franchisees was leaked.
View ArticleBrumby's carbon tax blunder: What the baker should have done and what you can...
Brumby's felt the wrath of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission yesterday after trying to blame price rises on the carbon tax, but the bakery franchise could easily have avoided this...
View ArticleACCC says it's "not hitting business heavily" as it investigates two solar...
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has accepted informal undertakings from Polaris Solar and ACT Renewable Energy after discovering misleading carbon price claims made by the companies.
View ArticleBrumby’s boss quits over carbon tax furore as SMEs face reality of absorbing...
Small business lobby groups believe many SMEs seeking to pass on carbon tax cost increases will keep quiet about the reasons for any price hikes, after seeing the furore bakery chain Brumby’s found...
View ArticleLabor can attack the Greens, but they are both stuck in a carbon loop:...
The biggest problem that the ALP has in attacking the Greens over their allegedly “loopy” policies is that the most “loopy” of all Green policies – placing a high tax on carbon at the wrong time – has...
View ArticleHotline runs cold: Hardly any small businesses dobbed in to the ACCC's carbon...
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission hotline has received more than 630 complaints and enquiries about the carbon price since July 1 but very few have been in relation to small business.
View ArticleBusinesses taking action to improve energy efficiency, but investment still...
Two-thirds of businesses have started making improvements to their energy efficiency in order to cut costs, according to a new survey from Australian Industry Group – but the employer advocacy...
View Article"We're not on a witch hunt": ACCC accepts undertaking from Brumby's over...
Brumby's Bakery has been slapped with an undertaking by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission after telling its franchisees to blame price rises on the carbon tax – but the competition...
View ArticleBusiness travel costs to rise as carbon tax, mining boom weigh on airfare and...
Small business travellers should prepare – prices are about to rise and the carbon tax is partly to blame.
View ArticleBusiness unimpressed as Productivity Commission set to review carbon tax...
Business has spoken out against a new Productivity Commission consultation paper which suggests assistance for industries affected by the carbon tax may not be increased, and that aid could even be...
View ArticleACCC catches out yet another business for carbon tax exploit
The competition watchdog has struck down yet another attempt by a company to blame the carbon tax for its price increases.
View ArticleGym pays up, as ACCC banks first carbon tax infringement fine
A fitness club has paid an infringement fine to the competition watchdog after it offered new contracts it claimed would help members avoid price increases due to the carbon tax.
View ArticleLabor's carbon pricing backflip will give Abbott headaches too: Kohler
Climate change is no longer the great moral challenge of our time or a great economic catastrophe; it's just a bit of a policy bugger.
View ArticleCarbon tax price floor scrapped but Coalition says it's just "window...
The Federal Government has scrapped its carbon tax price floor but the Coalition says the change will make little difference to small business.
View ArticleSolar industry overcast about Victoria's move to slash feed-in tariffs
The solar industry has given a mixed reaction to the Victorian Government's decision to scrap feed-in tariffs from 25 cents to just eight cents, saying the program deserves more support but also...
View ArticleCarbon tax complaints only make up 6% of calls in first 100 days, ACCC reports
The competition regulator has reported on the first 100 days of the carbon tax, and while businesses are quick to complain about the impact of the dreaded charge, it turns out only 6% of complaints...
View ArticleGovernment lifts freeze on clean tech programs but at what cost?
The Federal Government has resumed its Clean Technology Investment Programs following a two-month freeze, but there are fears that the pause will have had a negative impact on prospective grant...
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