Small Business

Cara Waters

Cara is Fairfax media's small business editor based in Melbourne

Kelly O'Dwyer: MyTax will be open to sole traders and contractors.

MyTax expands to sole traders

Sole traders and contractors are eligible to use myTax to file their tax returns this year but there is no movement on BAS yet.

Georgie Hobart, founder and owner of Hobes, says the easy fit of her shoes makes them perfect for online sales.

If the shoe fits

Georgia Hobart needed a shoe for a party and she ended up with a $2 million business.

Small Business Minister Kelly O'Dwyer pictured at the Austrade office in New York City.

Kelly O'Dwyer battles US brain drain

The Minister for Small Business is in the United States meeting small businesses and startups as she investigates how to address the flow of entrepreneurs from Australia.

Chief executive and co-founder of Square and Twitter Jack Dorsey poses at 5 & Dime Bagel.

Jack Dorsey: the hipster billionaire

The chief executive and co-founder of Twitter and Square is a billionaire who pays himself $2.75 and is spending his time in Melbourne staying in a tent.

A SuperSealing spokesman's advice for other businesses in a similar situation is to document everything and follow the ...

Sacked for taking drugs

Family business sacks the owner's brother after he failed drug tests and survives an unfair dismissal claim before the Fair Work Commission.