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Information for Melbourne Businesses

Useful web sites with information for day to day running of your business.

• ABC - Business News
• Austrade - Federal government assistance for exporting businesses.
• Australia Post - postage information, postcodes, etc
• Australian Business Register for searching Australian Business Numbers (ABN)
• Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC)
• Australian Stock Exchange
• Australian Tax Office
• Australian White Pages 
• Australian Yellow Pages
• Business Entry Point Federal Government
• The Universal Currency Converter(TM)  
• Workchoices

Business Groups and Contacts in Melbourne Victoria

Business groups are an excellent source of information for new and established businesses.  Chambers of Commerce provide networking and business lobbying for local areas. 

• Croydon Chamber of Commerce and Industry
• Greater Western Chamber of Commerce & Industry (GWCCI)
• Melbourne Junior Chamber of Commerce
• Office of the Victorian Small Business Commissioner
• Small Business Mentoring Service Inc
• Victorian Automobile Chamber of Commerce (VACC)
• Victorian Employers' Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VECCI)

Regional Victoria

• Bright & District Chamber Of Commerce Inc Alpine Shire
• Geelong Chamber of Commerce
• Greater Dandenong Chamber of Commerce
• Mildura Chamber of Commerce Inc

The Victorian government provides advice and financial support to businesses.

• Business Victoria is the Victorian government's central point of contact and information including business services provided by the government, regional development, and grants programs.
• Victorian government tenders for information about contracts for government services.
• Local government administers some licensing and business regulations.  See the Local Government Victoria for links to all Victorian local authorities.

Area Consultative Committees (ACCs) are non profit, community based organisations funded by the Federal Government and managed by committees of local business and community leaders.  They're a good source of information for business people.

• Albury Wodonga Area Consultative Committee
• Central Murray Area Consultative Committee
• Central Victorian Area Consultative Committee Buloke, Loddon, Mount Alexander, Central Goldfields, Macedon Ranges and City of Greater Bendigo
• Geelong Area Consultative Committee
• Gippsland Area Consultative Committee
• Greater Green Triangle Area Consultative Committee south-western Victoria, based around Ararat.
• Melbourne East Area Consultative Committee
• North East Victoria Area Consultative Committee based around Shepparton
• South East Development Melbourne Area Consultative Committee
• Sunraysia Area Consultative Committee
• Victorian Central Highlands Area Consultative Committee Ballarat, Hepburn, Moorabool, Pyrenees