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Business resources for the Hunter

The links our team actually sends people to, plus documents and guides you can download and keep. If you cannot find what you need, ask reception, and if it is not something we do, we usually know who does.

Updated July 2026

Workplace safety and workers compensation

Recent changes to workers compensation legislation took effect from 1 July 2026, so this is worth a look even if your policies have not changed in years. These links come recommended to us by icare's Mobile Engagement Team.

Small business hub

icare's starting point for small business, covering premiums, safety, claims and education in one place.

Visit icare

Workers compensation reform FAQs

icare's answers to the questions every business is asking about the recent changes to workers compensation legislation.

Read the FAQs

Workers compensation information hub

SIRA's detailed guide to the legislation changes, for businesses that already know their way around workers compensation.

Visit SIRA

Injury prevention resource hub

Templates and tools for risk management and injury prevention. icare's team also runs injury prevention workshops tailored to each business, at no extra cost to policyholders.

Browse the tools

$1,000 SafeWork small business rebate

A NSW Government rebate of up to $1,000 towards items that improve workplace health and safety in a small business.

Check your eligibility

Easy to do WHS toolkit

SafeWork NSW's plain-language toolkit to help a small business understand its work health and safety obligations (PDF, 2025).

Download the toolkit

Mobile Engagement Team events

icare's face to face and webinar events run through the year, with recordings of previous webinars you can work through in your own time.

See events and recordings

Hiring? Workforce support

Filling roles is its own job. Our workforce page connects Hunter businesses with Work Initiatives and the people who can help.

Workforce support at the Hub

Employing staff

Hiring, paying and supporting your team

Official guides from business.gov.au, the ATO and the Fair Work Ombudsman for taking on staff, paying them correctly and finding the right tools and templates.

Guide to hiring employees

business.gov.au's step by step guide to taking on staff, starting with deciding on the type of employee you need.

Read the guide

Hiring workers

From the ATO's Essentials to strengthen your small business: what to do when you take on employees or contractors.

Visit the ATO

Paying workers

From the ATO's Essentials to strengthen your small business: paying wages, tax withheld and super correctly.

Visit the ATO

Super guarantee employer obligations

From the ATO's Essentials to strengthen your small business: who you must pay super for, how much and when.

Visit the ATO

National Employment Standards

The Fair Work Ombudsman's guide to the minimum entitlements every employee in the national system must receive.

Visit Fair Work

ATO product register

The ATO's register of business software, useful when choosing payroll or accounting software that works with the ATO.

Search the register

Tools and templates finder

business.gov.au's collection of free tools and templates for running a small business.

Find tools and templates

Small business masterclasses

Free online masterclasses from the Australian Taxation Office on tax and running a small business.

See the masterclasses

Hub documents

Documents you might need from us

Room hire terms and conditions

The terms that apply to board room and training room bookings at the Hub, dated March 2022. Rates and availability are on the room hire page.

Download the terms (PDF)

Bomb and extortion threat checklist

A printable checklist to keep near the phone, so anyone who takes a threatening call knows exactly what to note down while it happens. Unpleasant to think about, invaluable if you ever need it.

Download the checklist (PDF)

Guide library

Short guides on the fundamentals

These short guides come from the Hub's business start-up kit library, first published in 2016. The fundamentals they cover still hold, but rules and rates change, so treat them as a starting point and talk to our team or the Start Your Own Business program for advice that fits your situation today.

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Handy links

The government sites worth bookmarking

Registering a business name, getting an ABN, licences and permits, grants, fair work rules and your local council: our handy links directory collects the official sources in one place, so you are never googling from scratch.

Browse the handy links

Talk to us

Tell us what your business needs

Call reception, send an enquiry, or drop in. We will point you to the right room, program or person, and if it is not something we do, we usually know the local business that does.