'Certainty Enables planning.' COSBOA's New CEO Lays Out a Five-Point Plan for Small Business Growth

'Certainty enables planning.' COSBOA's new CEO lays out a five-point plan for small business growth

From a permanent $150k asset write-off to AI literacy support, COSBOA has a five-point productivity blueprint, and it’s aimed squarely at Canberra. What’s happening: In her first public statement as CEO of the Council of Small Business Organisations Australia (COSBOA), Skye Cappuccio has set out five structural reforms she says are essential to lifting national productivity. Why this matters: Australia’s approximately 2.6 million small businesse…

Small business and productivity ‘central’ to economic future, Cosboa says

Raising productivity and helping small businesses are “central” to Australia’s economic future, the Council of Small Business Organisations Australia (Cosboa) has said in its pre-budget submission for the 2026/27 federal budget. Cosboa’s new CEO, Skye Cappuccio, made her first public statement in the role, in which she set out her priorities for engaging with small businesses, industry bodies, and associations to understand what is limiting grow…

If Australia is serious about productivity, small business must be central to the solution

The Council of Small Business Organisations Australia (COSBOA) says lifting national productivity will depend on practical reforms that enable small businesses to invest, attract skilled staff, innovate and operate efficiently. In a first public statement as CEO, Skye Cappuccio says her immediate priority has been engaging with small business community leaders, industry bodies and associations to understand the structural barriers limiting produ…