| Business Start-Up |
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| business.gov.au |
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| Government service providing information on planning, starting and running your business. |
| Business plan template: |
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www.business.gov.au/businessplan |
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| Small Business NSW |
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www.smallbiz.nsw.gov.au |
| The NSW Government website for people starting, running or growing a small business. Useful small business toolkit, including steps to starting a business and checklists, loan finder. |
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| Department of Fair Trading |
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Phone: 13 32 20 |
| Download forms to register business names. |
www.fairtrading.nsw.gov.au |
| Business Licence Information Service (information & forms for licences and certificates). |
blis.fairtrading.nsw.gov.au |
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| Australian Business Register |
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www.abr.gov.au |
| Apply for an ABN, TFN, GST, PAYG. Search for an ABN using ABN Lookup. |
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| Australian Securities & Investments Commission |
www.asic.gov.au |
| Setting up and registering a company, compliance and reporting, raising funds, takeovers, insolvency and deregistering a company. Search ASIC registers for Company and Business names. |
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| Digital Business |
www.digitalbusiness.gov.au |
| Want to get your business or community organisation online, but don’t know where to start? Need some help with your transition to e-commerce? Or do you just want practical advice about the internet and what it means for your organisation? digitalbusiness.gov.au provides information that may assist you. |
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| Product and Publication Listing |
www.becsmallbiz.com.au |
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| Domain Names & Web Hosting |
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| If you are a sole trader, have a state registered business name or a registered company, you can register a .au domain name. Registrars offer services in addition to domain registration e.g. web and email hosting, and have differing prices (.com.au domains from around $35 for 2 years). |
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| WHOIS Domain Search tool |
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www.mywebname.com.au |
| Check if an .au domain name is available. Once you have chosen the domain name you want, you need to contact a registrar to register the name. |
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| Australian Domain Name Administrator (auDA) |
www.auda.org.au |
| Read auDA’s policy on domain name eligibility and allocation and search for an auDA accredited registrar. |
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| Website Creation |
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www.wordpress.org |
| A free, easy to use web publishing platform and self-hosted blogging tool. |
www.weebly.com |
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| Employing Staff |
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| Fair Work Australia |
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www.fairwork.gov.au |
| The national workplace relations tribunal that covers: the safety net of minimum wages & employment conditions, enterprise bargaining, industrial action, dispute resolution, termination of employment and other workplace matters. |
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| Employee or Contractor |
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www.ato.gov.au |
This guide provides information to help payers determine whether their workers (payees) are employees or independent contractors (for example, an individual, partnership, trust or company). |
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| WorkCover |
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www.workcover.nsw.gov.au |
| WorkCover promotes workplace health and safety, and provides a workers’ compensation system for the employers and workers of NSW. |
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| General Business Resources |
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| ABN Lookup |
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www.abn.business.gov.au |
| Access to the publicly available information provided by businesses when they register for an Australian Business Number (ABN). |
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| AusIndustry |
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www.ausindustry.gov.au |
| Commonwealth Government agency for supporting industry research and innovation. Phone: 13 28 46 |
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| Ausinvent |
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www.ausinvent.com |
| The NSW Government's online Innovation Advisory Service, helping inventors and innovators build on their ideas. |
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| Australian Taxation Office |
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www.ato.gov.au/businesses/ |
| Business tax information. |
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Phone: 13 28 66 |
| Small Business Benchmarks |
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www.ato.gov.au/benchmarks |
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| Australian Competition & Consumer Commission |
www.accc.gov.au |
| Small business support, franchising, mergers, authorisations, your obligations, professions and industry codes of conduct. |
| Small business helpline: 1300 302 021 |
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| Government Contracts & Tenders |
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Federal: www.tenders.gov.au |
| Information on applying for government tenders. |
NSW: www.tenders.nsw.gov.au |
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| GrantsLink |
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www.grantslink.gov.au |
| Government website with a grant finder by Industry and State. |
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| Home Office Expenses Calculator |
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www.ato.gov.au |
You can claim a deduction if you carry out income producing work at home and incur expenses in using your home for that purpose.
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| Local Government |
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| Hurstville City Council |
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www.hurstville.nsw.gov.au/doingbusiness |
| Initiatives to promote Hurstville and the wider region as a dynamic place to do business. |
Phone: 9330 6250 |
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| Kogarah City Council |
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www.kogarah.nsw.gov.au |
| Local initiatives for small business owners in the region. |
Phone: 9330 9400 |
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| Shire Business |
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Phone: 9710 0607 |
| Information and assistance for businesses in the Sutherland Shire. |
www.shirebusiness.com.au |
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| Shire Tourism |
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www.sutherlandshireaustralia.com.au |
| Information regarding Sutherland Shire as a tourism destination. |
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| State Chamber of Commerce |
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Phone: 13 26 96 |
| Information and assistance for business and international trade assistance and contacts. |
www.nswbc.com.au |
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| Rockdale City Council |
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Phone: 9562 1666 |
| Locally delivered initiatives to provide much needed opportunities for local businesses to thrive. |
www.rockdale.nsw.gov.au |
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| Grants and Assistance Finder |
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| Finding business related government grants. This tool provides State and Territory grants and assistance. |
www.grantfiner.com.au |
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| Import/Export |
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| Australian Customs Service |
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www.customs.gov.au |
| Import/export regulations. |
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Phone: 1300 363 263 |
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| Austrade |
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www.austrade.gov.au |
| Information on export assistance, research and development grants etc. |
Phone: 132 878 |
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| Australian Institute of Export |
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www.export.org.au |
| Provides export education & training, exporter services, a conduit between industry & government, and events. |
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| Licences & Trademarks |
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| Australian Copyright Council |
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www.copyright.org.au |
| An independent non-profit organisation providing information about copyright, including information sheets and frequently asked questions. |
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| Institute of Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys |
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www.ipta.org.au |
| Provides news and resource information about patent and trade mark law in Australia. |
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| IP Australia |
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www.ipaustralia.gov.au |
| Patents, trademarks, design and intellectual property. Before lodging an application to register a patent, trade mark or design, you should conduct a search of existing records on IP Australia’s databases. |
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| Legal Information |
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| Lawlink |
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www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au |
| NSW government portal website to law and justice agencies and services in New South Wales and legal information resources. |
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| Market Research |
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| Australian Bureau of Statistics |
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www.abs.gov.au |
| Australia's official statistical organisation. |
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| Community Profile |
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www.id.com.au |
| Access demographic and statistics based on Local Government Area. |
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| IBIS World |
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www.ibisworld.com.au |
| Industry-specific market research, industry risk ratings, company research, business environment analysis. |
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| Marketing Tools |
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| Free Online Business Directories |
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| The following websites offer free business listings. Include as much information as possible about your products and services, your contact details and a link to your own website. |
| www.aussieweb.com.au |
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www.startlocal.com.au |
| www.searchmysuburb.com.au |
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www.truelocal.com.au |
| www.aussielocal.com.au |
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www.localbusinessguide.com.au |
| www.biglocal.com.au |
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www.hotfrog.com.au |
| www.infolink.com.au |
(architecture, building, construction and design industry) |
| www.google.com.au/lbc |
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| (Google Local Business Centre – makes it easy for customers to find you on Google search and Google Maps) |
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| Email Marketing and Newsletters |
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www.constantcontact.com |
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www.icontact.com |
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| Online Surveys |
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www.surveymonkey.com.au |
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| Loans and Banking Products |
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| InfoChoice |
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www.infochoice.com.au |
| Compare financial products from a wide range of providers. |
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