| Advice - industry specific | Advisory Finder |
| Business Information Line | Free call 1300 123 232 during business hours to be transferred to your local Business Enterprise Centre or Regional Development Australia Office. |
| Business name registration | Consumer and Business Services
Phone: 8204 9779 or 131 882 |
| Business reporting | Standard Business Reporting |
| Company registration | Australian Securities & Investments Commission
Phone: 8202 8400 or 1300 300 630 |
| Business migration to SA | Immigration SA
Phone: 8303 2420
Department of Immigration and Citizenship
Phone: 13 18 81 |
| eBusiness | Department of Further Education, Employment, Science and Technology
Phone: 8303 8701
Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy
Phone: (02) 6271 1000
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| Employment | SafeWork SA - OHS, Employment Relations Information Services, Award Rates and Conditions
Phone: 1300 365 255
Office of the Employee Ombudsman
Phone: 8207 1970
Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman (Workplace Agreement)
Phone: 13 13 94
Traineeship & Apprenticeship Services
Phone: 1800 673 097
Department of Further Education, Employment, Science and Technology
(employment programs)
Phone: 8463 5533 |
| Environmental | Business Sustainability Alliance
Phone: 8113 0700
Environment Protection Authority
Phone: 8204 2000
Free call - non-metro only: 1800 623 445
To report a pollution incident: 8204 2004 |
| Food industry | SA Food Centre
Phone: 8348 4442
Food safety
Phone: 8226 7100 |
| Franchising | Franchise Council of Australia
Phone: 1300 669 030
The Office of the Franchising Mediation Adviser
Phone: 1800 150 667
Free call 1300 123 232 during business hours to be transferred to your local Business Enterprise Centre or Regional Development Australia office. |
| Incubators: protect your start-up business | Lobethal - 8389 6979
Mt Gambier - 8723 1050
Port Adelaide - 8440 2440
Port Augusta - 8642 5577
Thebarton - 8152 9300 |
| Indigenous businesses | Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
Phone: 8400 2100 or 1300 653 227
indigenous.gov.au - information for the Indigenous business community |
| Industrial and commercial land | Land Management Corporation
Phone: 8207 1300 |
| Innovation, research, development and commercialisation | AusIndustry
Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research
Phone: 8406 4700 or 13 28 46
Innovate SA
Phone: 8113 0700 |
| Intellectual property | Australian Copyright Council
Phone: (02) 8815 9777
IP Australia - trade marks, patents, designs
Phone: 1300 651 010 |
| International trade | Council for International Trade and Commerce South Australia
Phone: 8300 0110
Australian Customs and Border Protection Service
Phone: 1300 363 263
Australian Quarantine & Inspection Service
Phone: 1800 020 504
Austrade
(Australian Trade Commission)
Phone: 13 28 78
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Phone: 8403 4899 or 1300 555 135
Australian Institute of Export
Phone: 8224 0333
International Trade Association South Australia
Phone: 1300 367 796 |
| Legal | Institute of Patent & Trademark Attorneys of Australia
Phone: (03) 9819 2004
The Law Society of South Australia
Phone: 8229 0222
Litigation Assistance Fund - information from the Law Society of South Australia
Phone: 8231 0740
Access to Justice - locate someone in your area who can provide information, help you understand your options and decide what to do
Law Handbook - information from the Law Handbook by the Legal Services Commission of South Australia |
| Licences and permits | Business Licence Information Service
Phone: 1800 188 018
GovForms - find, manage and complete forms and transactions with all levels of government
Consumer and Business Services
Phone: 131 882
SafeWork SA
Phone: 1300 365 255 |
| Marketing | Australian Direct Marketing Association
Phone: (02) 9277 5400
Australian Marketing Institute
Phone: 1300 737 445 |
| Ombudsman / Regulatory / Advocacy | Employee Ombudsman
Phone: 8207 1970
Ombudsman SA
Phone: 8226 8699 or 1800 182 150
Federal Ombudsman
Phone: 1300 362 072
Equal Opportunity Commission
Phone: 8207 1977 or 1800 188 163 |
| Personal counselling services | Find a personal counselling service - financial, family, rural, drought |
| Research and statistics | Australian Bureau of Statistics
Phone: 1300 135 070 |
| Retail trading hours | SafeWork SA
Phone: 1300 365 255 |
| Small Business Support Line (Australian Government) | Phone: 1800 777 275 open Monday to Friday - 8 am to 8 pm (Australian Eastern Standard Time). Closed on national public holidays. |
| Standards | Standards Australia
Phone: 1800 035 822 |
| Superannuation | Small Business Superannuation Clearing House - for businesses with fewer than 20 employees; reduce time complying with superannuation obligations |
| Taxation | Australian Taxation Office
Phone: 13 28 66
Revenue SA
Phone: 8226 3750 or
1800 637 778 toll free for callers outside Adelaide |
| Trade practices | Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
Phone: 8213 3444 or 1300 302 502
Small Business Helpline:
Phone: 1300 302 021 |
| Training | Workers Educational Association of SA
Training in Small Business
Phone: 8223 1272 or 1800 638 749
New Enterprise Incentive Scheme - find out if you are eligible
Phone: 1300 363 079
Text Telephone for the hearing impaired (TTY): FreeCALL TM 1800 554 609
Training and Skills Commission
Phone: 8226 3065
Business SA
Phone: 8300 0000
Small Business Training Centre
Phone: 8207 8373 |
| Weights / measurements / labelling | National Measurement Institute |
| Women in business | Women's Information Service – Office for Women
Phone: 8303 0590 or 1800 188 158 |
| Youth in business | South Australian Young Entrepreneur Scheme
Phone: 8300 0270 |