• Small businesses make up 97.2% of all Australian businesses
• They employ nearly 5 million Australians — 2 in every 5 private sector jobs
• More than 11,000 companies have collapsed in the past year
• Many small businesses are taxed at 25%, despite mounting financial pressures

Australia’s small businesses are in crisis.

Behind every closing shopfront is a family, a dream, and a team of workers trying to make ends meet. These businesses are the lifeblood of our economy, driving employment, innovation, and local resilience. Yet they are being left behind while costs soar and support stalls.

Big corporations have the means and influence to survive. Small businesses don’t — and they’re paying the price for it.

Enough is enough.

We call on Federal Prime Minister of Australia Anthony Albanese and Treasurer Jim Chalmers to:

• Deliver immediate, fair tax cuts for small businesses
• Provide meaningful cost-of-living and cost-of-doing-business relief in the 2025 Budget
• Cut red tape and simplify compliance burdens
• Put small business at the centre of economic recovery and reform

This is about livelihoods, communities, and the future of our local economies.

If we don’t act now, more small businesses will collapse, more jobs will be lost, and more communities will suffer.

We need 10,000 signatures to demand a fair go for Australia’s small businesses.