About business.gov.au

business.gov.au

The business.gov.au website is an online government resource for the Australian business community. By using business.gov.au businesses are able to comply with government requirements more simply and conveniently.

We provide a wide range of services and information about start-up, taxation, licensing and legislation, as well as significant transactions such as ABN Lookup, taxation compliance and licence applications. The website is continuously being refined and progressively offers more online transactions in response to business needs.

Business Entry Point Initiative

The Business Entry Point Initiative is funded by the Australian Government and coordinated by the Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education , with the support of state and territory governments. It is overseen by the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency and Minister for Industry and Innovation, Greg Combet, the Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Science and Research, Chris Evans, the Minister for Manufacturing and Minister for Defence Materiel, Kim Carr, and the Assistant Treasurer, Minister for Small Business, and Minister for Sport, Mark Arbib.

Through the Initiative, the Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education manages the business.gov.au website and also develops technical solutions to transform the way that business interacts with the whole of government. We keep our clients and stakeholders informed of our activities and initiatives with the business.gov.au Consultative Forum. Details of our activities are:

Awards

business.gov.au has received numerous awards in recognition of various online products and services.

Year	Award	Agency
2008	Honorable Mention at the Adobe Max Awards for the business.gov.au SmartForms initiative	Adobe Systems Incorporated
2006	United Nations Public Service Award in the category of Application of information and communication technology (ICT) in Government: e-government	United Nations
2006	Highly Commended Award for Excellence in e-Government	Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO)
2003	Government Productivity Innovation Technology Gold Award for Content Syndication	Technology in Government Committee
2001	Government Productivity Innovation Gold Award for ABRpublic (now known as ABN Lookup)	Technology in Government Committee

Evaluation of business.gov.au

In 2008, an independent evaluation of business.gov.au was undertaken by the Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education. This involved comprehensive consultations, desktop research, economic modelling as well as a large scale survey of end users. For more details please view the evaluation on the Department of Industry website.

Linking to business.gov.au

We invite you to link to business.gov.au from other Australian business-related websites. For a logo style guide or any further information about linking to business.gov.au, please contact our business.gov.au support team.

Our products

business.gov.au provides a number of products that are useful to business. If you wish to order copies of any of our products, please contact our Publications team. You should receive your order within 5 - 10 business days.