NSW Police and Service NSW are working to identify a number of incidents of fraudulent applications made for COVID-19 business support payments throughout the pandemic. In a joint statement this week,

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A spirited advocacy push from the accounting profession has resulted in the NSW government holding off on its unexpected plan to force businesses to retest their JobSaver eligibility every fortnight.

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Accountants are blaming a dire backlog of business grant applications on onerous government red tape, which the industry body has been warning members to push back against.

Frustration is building in the federal government as it finds itself bearing the brunt of criticism for a problem that is of the state government’s making.