The Greens’ Caroline Le Couteur has announced her party’s plan for business:
The ACT Greens will:
— Allocate an additional $811,000 to micro-credit programs in the ACT including additional support for Lighthouse for running these programs
— Provide $738,000 to establish a Business Services Office – a single entry business entry point
— Provide $200,000 for a cost-benefit analysis of the need for a Small Business Commissioner to provide additional support to the small and local business sector
— Allocate $100,000 to a ‘connect and collect’ website to improve construction & demolition waste recycling
— Direct $351,000 to ACT Procurement Solutions to employ a sustainable procurement change agent to provide better training on sustainable procurement and to develop processes better suited to local, micro, small and medium sized businesses
— Commit $200,000 to implement supermarket competition reforms