Teal MP Backs Business Chamber’s Call to Broaden Definition of ‘Small Business’

A new front could open up in the contest on industrial relations after the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) called for the legal definition of a small business to be broadened—a move that will free a swathe of businesses from regulation. ACCI Chief Executive Andrew McKellar is calling for the definition of a small business to be expanded from 15 employees to 25. He said the proposal was aimed at reducing the “absolutely unbearable” regulatory burden facing small business, and said the organisation would lobby the Liberal-National opposition to adopt it as policy. The move has received backing from “teal” MP Allegra Spender....