Source: COSBOA
Small business advocate Peter Strong has announced his retirement as chief executive of the Council of Small Business Organisations Australia (COSBOA) after 11 years.
Strong commenced three months leave in June, with Alexi Boyd stepping in as interim chief executive. Boyd has now been appointed as chief executive of the council, which brings together small business organisations from around the country.
Strong has played a high-profile role in supporting the nation’s small businesses over the past decade, and been intimately involved in key policy areas affecting small business, including industrial relations and vocational training, as well as the introduction of policies such as Single Touch Payroll and e-invoicing.
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Atlassian co-founders Scott Farquhar and Mike Cannon-Brookes. Source: supplied.
Some of Australia’s highest profile tech entrepreneurs have written to the Australian Taxation Office to propose a collaborative workshop on the R&D Tax Incentive (RDTI) scheme as it applies to software research.
The letter, addressed to ATO Commissioner Chris Jordan, is co-signed by the likes of Atlassian co-founders Scott Farquhar and Mike Cannon-Brookes, and Canva co-founder Cliff Obrecht.
Other high-profile signatories include AirTasker founder Tim Fung, Brighte founder Katherine McConnell, Culture Amp founder Dider Elzinga and Deputy founder Ashik Ahmed, as well as StartupAus chief executive Alex McCauley.
In total, the 13 signatories represent 12 tech companies and organisations.
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