Gabogrecan's Involvement with Government

Barbara has become an expert in the field of understanding the needs of the Micro sector (she coined the word Micro and defined it as employing 0-5 in 1995, one year before John Howard’s Government came into power, and took the same word and definition to describe this growing sector). Most Home Based Businesses (HBB) are Micro Businesses. Consequently Barbara has been invited to sit on a number of Government Committees to advise the Government on this sector. The Herald Sun referred to Barbara as the "...... micro business expert and author"

Barbara’s work with the Government includes:-
* Undertaking research on the home based business (HBB) sector for six councils in Victoria
* Facilitating and running seminars on e-commerce for four local councils in Victoria
* Facilitating and running 42 GST workshops in conjunction with the GST Start Up Office
* Consulting to local councils on HBB in Victoria, South Australia and Queensland
* Developing content for a HBB website facilitated by the City of Casey
* Running numerous seminars for groups such as Streetlife and the Department of Aboriginal Affairs

Barbara (standing to the right of Ella in red) with the committee (the Micro Business Consultative Group) responsible for writing the report 'Under the Microscope', handed to the then Minister for Small Business, the Hon Peter Reith (centre)