The Small Business Champion’s list of useful news and information…
 

• Single Touch Payroll Reporting starts on 1 July – do you employ 20+ people? Are you ready?  Learn more here.
• The $20K instant tax write-off has been extended – learn more about how it works here.
• Learn about creating mentally healthy workplaces for small business at Heads Up, an initiative of The Mentally Healthy Workplace Alliance and beyondblue.
• Providing labour hire services in Queensland? You may need to apply for a licence before 14 June. Find out more here or call this hotline to speak to a human: 1300576088.
• The Queensland plastic bag ban commences on 1 July. No more lightweight plastic shopping bags to in-store or online customers. Read more here or call the National Retail Association’s Retail Hotline on 1800 RETAIL (738 245).
• A Queensland Government Procurement Compliance, Coordination and Referral Unit has been established to receive/refer/respond to procurement-related complaints and enquiries.  Contact the team at QPPCompliance@hpw.qld.gov.au
• There is plenty of help available to better understand Cyber Security – don’t let it stump you, think of it like putting on a seat belt! More information is available in this guide from the Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman (ASBFEO).
• Misuses of or breaches of private customer data are important for small businesses to understand. Find out your obligations here. An example of a handy toolkit is available here (scroll right down).• Electricity pricing is being investigated nationally by the ACCC – Queensland small businesses’ feedback has gone into the mix.  The final report is due out soon.
• Submissions recently closed on the Inquiry into the Franchising Code of Conduct. Updates will be shared as they come. Inquiry information is available here.  Do you have a franchising enquiry or dispute?  It is free to discuss your dispute with the Office of the Franchising Mediator Adviser.
• The ASBFEO’s Inquiry into Payment Times and Practices is having impact.  There is now a national payment transparency register. Check the list, or join the list here. The Business Council of Australia has published supporters of its Australian Supplier Payment voluntary Code here. 
• Nationally there is work being done to better understand the impact of internet competition and digital disruption on small business across Australia. Read the Inquiry report here, and about the Small Business Digital Taskforce here.
• Current Inquiries or investigations being led by the ASBFEO:o Inquiry into affordable capital for SME growtho Inquiry into access to justiceo Call for businesses in trouble with or adversely  affected by the ATO

And last but not least - don’t forget to get involved and join in Queensland Small Business Week!