Council of Small Business Australia CEO Peter Strong says governments will have to make some tough decisions when it comes to relief packages for small businesses affected by the bushfire crisis.
On Monday, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced small businesses in disaster zones would be offered grants, concessional loans and tax relief under a suite of new measures.
Small Business Minister Michaelia Cash said the measures were aimed at those who were under-insured but the government was eager to discourage business owners from bypassing insurance all together. Mr Strong said assessors would be making decisions on a "business-by-business" basis. “So if I’ve insured my business for $50,000 and I should have insured it for $100,000, do we support someone who really needs to be a better business operator?” he said.
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