| | Newsletter 4 February 2025 | | | | | Add SEE to your 2025 staff development strategy | | Boost your business in 2025 with the Skills for Education and Employment (SEE) Program. SEE is a free Australian Government initiative, enhancing employees' language, literacy, numeracy and digital skills. | | | | | Contractor rights and protections Contractors have different workplace rights and protections to employees. Whether you're a contractor or you hire contractors, it's important to know the rules.
 Find out more | | | | | Stop. Check. Protect. Scams are everywhere. Whether it's fake emails or online schemes, scammers always find new ways to steal your money or personal information. Learn how to keep safe from scammers.
Find out more | | | | | Do you tender for a government contract? If you're an employer, the Workplace Gender Equality Agency has issued information about compliance certificates.
Learn more | | | | | National Small Business Strategy The National Small Business Strategy outlines how different levels of government will work together to better support Australia's nearly 2.6 million small businesses.
Find out more | | | | | Right to disconnect Eligible employees have the right to refuse employer outside of working hours in some circumstances. For small business employers and their employees, the right to disconnect provisions apply from 26 August 2025.
Learn more | | | | | Mandating cash acceptance While people are using digital payments more, there is an ongoing place for cash in society. Have your say on mandatory acceptance of cash for the purchase of essential items by 14 February 2025.
Have your say | | | | | R&D Tax Incentive If you're using machine learning (ML) techniques or conducting R&D in this space, the new hypothetical case study may interest you. This case study demonstrates how entities using ML can assess their activities for the R&D Tax Incentive. | | | | | Cooperative Research Centres Project grant ACE Infrastructure has received a $3m Cooperative Research Centres Project grant to develop wireless charging for trucks and buses. A world-first prototype will be tested on regional roads, making Australia world pioneers in wireless vehicle charging. | | | | | Find government assistance, grants and events | | Use our finder tools to explore government services available to help businesses. | | | | | What do you think of the business.gov.au newsletter? | | | | | | |