- Reducing the company tax rate from 30% to 28.5%
- Scrapping the Government’s plan to phase out the statutory formula method used to calculate car fringe benefits
- A more generous paid parental leave scheme (to be administered by the Government, not employers)
- Ensuring Government agencies pay small business bills within 30 days
- A commitment to work with the financial sector to improve access to small business finance
- The freezing of the 9.25% superannuation guarantee rate until at least 1 July 2016
- Immunity from fines for breaches of employment entitlements (provided the breach is not deliberate and advice from the Ombudsman was sought).