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Australian Small Business Start-Up Course

This practical course guides aspiring and early-stage business owners through the essential steps involved in starting a small business in Australia.

About the course

Have a business idea but feel unsure about where to begin?

This practical course guides aspiring and early-stage business owners through the essential steps involved in starting a small business in Australia. It covers business planning, structures, registrations, tax, insurance, finances, legal responsibilities, employees and common start-up risks.

Designed to make the process feel clear and manageable, the course helps participants understand what needs to be done, where to find reliable information and how to avoid costly mistakes.

Ideal for first-time business owners, sole traders, side-hustlers and professionals moving into self-employment, this course provides a clear roadmap to help turn an idea into a compliant, well-structured and launch-ready business.

This course comes with a suite of editable policies ready for you to add your logo as well as your own 'Business Policy Manual'. You also get access to 'The Smart Startup Workbook' designed to support goal setting and planning made simple.

Australian Small Business Foundational Policy Templates

Save time, reduce uncertainty and put essential workplace foundations in place with this practical suite of Australian small business policy templates. Designed for growing businesses, the pack includes editable templates covering:

  • Code of Conduct
  • Work Health and Safety
  • Equal Opportunity, Anti-Discrimination and Anti-Bullying
  • Privacy
  • IT, Email and Social Media Use
  • Leave and Attendance
  • Conflict of Interest
  • Complaints and Grievances

Each template provides a clear starting point that can be customised with your business name, contacts, responsibilities and internal processes. Together, they help set expectations, support consistent decision-making and reduce the workload involved in developing policies from scratch. Ideal for new employers and small businesses formalising their operations, this policy pack makes it easier to build a professional, organised and more compliant workplace framework.

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