The Minister for Small Business is a minister of the

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within The Treasury and has responsibilities for matters relating to

small business Small businesses are types of corporations, partnerships, or sole proprietorships which have fewer employees and/or less annual revenue than a regular-sized business or corporation. Businesses are defined as "small" in terms of being able to ap ...

policy and regulation in New South Wales. The current Minister for Small Business, since 31 July 2022, is

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. The minister supports the

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, presently

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and the

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, presently

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. Ultimately the minister is responsible to the

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Role and responsibilities

Small business was first represented at a portfolio level in the sixth Wran ministry, with the appointment of

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as the Minister for Small Business and Technology, with Paciullo also holding the portfolio of Industry and Decentralisation. The portfolio was responsible for promoting the well-being, growth and development of the small business sector in New South Wales through the Office of Small Business. In the eighth Wran ministry small business was combined with industry to form the portfolio of Industry and Small Business. Small Business first became a separate portfolio in the

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, with the appointment of Deirdre Grusovin who also held the portfolio of

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. In addition to the Office of Small Business, the portfolio was responsible for Small Business Development Corporation which undertook research and investigated matters relating to the small business section of the economy and aimed at expanding the effectiveness of existing government assistance and advisory programs. The portfolio was replaced in the first Grieiner ministry by the portfolio of Business and Consumer Affairs.

List of ministers

References

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Small Business Small businesses are types of corporations, partnerships, or sole proprietorships which have fewer employees and/or less annual revenue than a regular-sized business or corporation. Businesses are defined as "small" in terms of being able to ap ...

Role and responsibilities

List of ministers

See also

References