Editorial policy

Who writes our guides

Guides on G’day Business are written and edited by the G’day Business editorial team at 7B Marketing. The team has run the site for Australian small business owners since 2009. Articles submitted by outside contributors are written by the named author shown on the article, then edited and fact-checked by our team.

How we choose topics

We write about the questions Australian small business owners and job seekers actually face: starting a business, finding customers, managing money and people, and building a career. We look at what readers ask us, what people search for, and which official rules and programs have changed. Each guide covers one topic properly rather than many thin pages on the same subject.

How we research and fact-check

• Official sources first. We check facts, figures, thresholds and rules against official sources such as business.gov.au, the ATO, ASIC, the ACCC, Fair Work, the ABS and state government agencies.
• Sources on every guide. Each guide lists its sources and the date we checked each one, and links to the official page for the detail.
• Australian context. We use Australian rules, terms, spelling and examples.
• General information, not advice. We explain options and who can help. We don’t give personal financial, tax, legal or investment advice, and we don’t compare insurance or financial products. See our disclaimer.

How we keep guides up to date

We review guides on money and legal topics every six months and other guides every twelve months, and sooner when a law, fee or program changes. The “Last reviewed” date at the top of each guide shows when it was last checked. When we merge or replace an older article, we redirect its old address to the guide that now covers the topic.

Corrections

If you spot an error or something out of date, email web@ausbusiness.net with the page and what needs fixing. We check every report against the official source and correct the guide, updating its review date.

Submitted articles are labelled sponsored

• Every article submitted by an outside contributor, paid or unpaid, is labelled “Sponsored article” at the top of the page and on every listing.
• They show the author’s name and an “About the author” section.
• We edit them for accuracy, clarity and our style, and we decline articles that are mainly advertising or that cover topics we don’t publish.
• All links in submitted articles are marked as sponsored for search engines.
• If an article was first published on the author’s own website, we tell search engines where the original is.
• Payment never buys a positive mention in our own guides.

How we use AI

We use AI tools to help with research, drafting and checking, in the same way we use search engines and spell checkers. A person on our team decides what each guide covers, checks every fact and figure against the official source listed on the guide, and edits the final text before it’s published. Some guides include a short “Using AI for this” box with practical ways readers can use AI tools for that task.

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