Small business
Report
Survey of marketplace lending providers
This report provides an overview of the marketplace lending industry, based on the findings from ASIC’s survey of a limited cross-section of marketplace lending providers in November 2016.
Guide
Backing small business: creating jobs, opportunity and growth
This guide outlines the support, programmes and advice the Australian Government and its agencies provide for small business.
Discussion paper
Artisanal and small scale mining in Bougainville: risk, reward and regulation
This paper provides a high-level but comprehensive review of the status, as of mid-2016, of the artisanal and small-scale mining industry in post-conflict Bougainville, drawing on extensive fieldwork conducted during 2014–16.
Report
Black Economy Taskforce: interim report
The Black Economy Taskforce has been established to develop an innovative, forward-looking, whole-of-government policy response to combat the black economy in Australia. The Taskforce invites all interested parties to make a submission on this interim report.
Report
S2M: the economics of Australia’s small-to-medium visual arts sector
Based on a survey conducted in 2016, the data in this study reveals that the small-to-medium (S2M) visual arts sector employs over 2,000 people, puts $100 million into the economy and produces 26,000 new art works each year - with a budget worth just 0.03% of Federal Government revenue. However, there has been a 17.5%...