The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) is a business portal not only for taxation information and services, but also other services for small business.

These include:

• Business Benchmarks
• Business assistance program
• Record keeping
• Registrations

Australian Business Licence Information Service (ABLIS) helps business operators and people who are considering starting a business. ABLIS can identify state and territory, local and Australian licences, permits, approvals, regulations and codes of practice required for your business, helping you to obtain information and manage compliance obligations.

The ACCC provides small business support and information regarding franchising, mergers, authorisations, your obligations, professions and industry codes of conduct.

ASIC is Australia’s corporate, markets and financial services regulator. ASIC provides a range of information and guides to help start and manage your business.

business.gov.au is an online resource provided by the Federal Government for the Australian business community. It offers simple and convenient access to all government information, forms and services required by business owners including information on planning, starting and growing your business. Information regarding grants and incentives for research and development, support for small businesses, tax and duty concessions, and assistance for industries in transition can also be found via this site.

Learn more about operating a retail food premise, food handling skills and Council's role HERE.

Business owners can sort through more than 500 grant and funding offerings from the NSW Government with the Grants and Funding Finder. This tool brings together savings, rebates and budget relief from 46 separate government websites HERE.

icare offers support, rehabilitation and return to work programs for injured workers.

Fair Trading NSW is a division of the NSW Office of Finance and Services (OFS) whose role is to make doing business in NSW simple, accessible and fair for employees, consumers and industry while providing best value for government.

The NSW Department of Industry leads the State Government’s contribution to making NSW a prosperous state, creating the conditions for NSW to be a place where people want to live and work, and where businesses choose to invest and grow.

Services include:

• Invest in NSW - Establish, Grow and Innovate
• Business in NSW - Start Grow, Tools and Resources and Support Services
• Industry Development - Industry Specific Assistance and Support
• Export from NSW - Getting started and Support Services

 Other services:

• Office of the Small Business Commissioner - Support, mediation and advocacy

NSW Industrial Relations' (NSW IR) primary responsibility is to monitor wages, employment rights, obligations and employment conditions in NSW. NSW IR works with employers and employees to achieve fair, equitable and productive workplaces.

The NSW Planning Portal – a digital space where community, industry and government can work together to better understand and meet their obligations under the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979.

The NSW Small Business Commissioner is an independent authority which:

• Provides a central point of contact for small businesses to make complaints about their commercial dealings with other businesses and their dealings with government agencies,

• Facilitates the resolution of disputes involving small businesses through mediation and other appropriate forms of alternative dispute resolution,

• Encourages government agencies and larger businesses to enter into productive working relationships with small businesses,

• Supports the fair treatment of small businesses,

 As an advocate for the interests of small businesses the Commission operates a subsidised mediation service to help businesses resolve disputes quickly and efficiently.

The Commissioner works with government, industry groups and other stakeholders to reduce red tape and make it easier for small businesses to operate. 

Any small business can also contact the Commission for information or assistance, especially if they have been unable to get what they need elsewhere.

State Insurance Regulatory Authority (SIRA) regulates the Workers' Compensation Scheme in NSW