The Essential Eight for small businesses, in plain English
What ASD's eight cyber security strategies mean for a 10-person office, which maturity level to aim for, and a practical first step for each one.
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News, explainers and practical guides for Australian small businesses. Newest first.
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September 2026
How much does website hosting cost in Australia?
Published hosting prices from Australian and global providers, the gap between intro and renewal rates, and the extras that add to a small business's bill.
How to check a supplier invoice before you pay it
Warning signs of payment redirection scams, a five-step check before paying, a bank-details policy to copy, and what to do straight away if you've paid.
Card surcharges: what you can and can't charge customers from 1 October
Which cards the surcharge ban covers, who enforces it, and what happens to service fees, weekend surcharges, cash discounts, invoices and terminals.
Cloudflare's new AI crawler settings: how to refuse AI training without dropping out of Google
Cloudflare changed its AI crawler controls on 15 September. Its 'Block' setting now also stops Googlebot and Bingbot. What to check on your site.
Strikethrough prices: digiDirect's $99,000 penalty and the 'was' price test for online stores
digiDirect paid $99,000 over strikethrough prices it almost never sold at. What the ACCC expects from 'was' prices before the Black Friday sales.
How to set up two-factor authentication across your business accounts
A step-by-step guide to turning on two-factor authentication in Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, Xero, MYOB and Meta, and what to do when a phone is lost.
.au domain names: renewals, transfers and the direct .au, explained
Who can hold a .com.au, how renewals and the 30-day grace period work, how to move registrars or sell a name, and whether you need the direct .au.
auDA's plan to tighten .com.au rules: what it means for your domain, and why a petition is fighting it
auDA has backed, in principle, removing the rule that lets a .com.au match what you sell. Nothing is final. What's proposed, what the petition claims, and what to check.
Can you put client information into ChatGPT? What the privacy rules say
What the privacy regulator says about entering customer and patient details into AI tools, which businesses the rules cover, and what to check first.
Website accessibility: what the Disability Discrimination Act means for your site
How the Disability Discrimination Act applies to business websites, what WCAG 2.2 asks for, what happens if someone complains, and the checks to run first.
Adobe's Photoshop, Express and Firefly tools now work inside Gemini, but only on personal Google accounts
Adobe's Photoshop, Lightroom, Express and Firefly tools now run inside Gemini. What it can do for your posts and product photos, and who can't use it yet.