Setting Up a Business in Australia

An in-depth guide for foreign entrepreneurs and companies looking to enter the Australian market — a stable, resource-rich economy with a transparent, genuinely well-established foreign investment framework, and a real fiscal fragmentation across its eight states and territories.
This guide covers legal structures (Pty Ltd, branch registration via ASIC), business taxation — a 25%/30% federal company tax rate that never tells the whole story once state-level payroll tax is added — company formation, the cost of labor (12% Superannuation, the July 2026 Payday Super reform), and immigration routes for executives, investors, and entrepreneurs, including the Skills in Demand (482) and National Innovation visas. Includes a dedicated profile for each of the 8 states and territories, with real flags and local payroll tax rates, a comparison table, an operational checklist, and useful contacts.
Available in English