Forum for small businesses

Australian ministers will join their New Zealand counterparts in Christchurch tomorrow to talk about climate change, regulatory reforms and small business.

Small Business Minister Clayton Cosgrove said it was the first time New Zealand had hosted the Small Business Ministerial Council meeting, which he would chair.

Ministers responsible for small business in Australian federal, state and territorial governments and from New Zealand government would take part.

The council would talk about creating a single system of Australian Business numbers so that businesses did not have to register separately in each state.

- NZPA