26 - Industry, Business and Commercial Activity, and Small Business
Mover:
Seconder:
Source:
Policy Committee: EEIRT
My Private Notes
Preamble
There are a range of small businesses some of which are essentially family concerns where owner/workers only seek to earn a wage and prepare for retirement.
Some are not operating as a capitalist entity. They do not exploit hired labour nor seek maximum profits based on prevailing commercial rates of return.
Their financial viability is being damaged by both restrictive trade practices of major corporations and unfair competition due to efficiencies of scale.
General Resolution
Level playing field – local small business
That ACT Government will consider what needs to be done to protect local small businesses from encroachments from major interstate corporations where the local small business is either a sole proprietor or essentially a family business seeking only to earn a wage and prepare for retirement.