Lynda McAlary Smith
Lynda McAlary-Smith is the new Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman (ASBFEO), starting her five-year term on March 11, 2026. A qualified lawyer with extensive experience in dispute resolution and advocacy, she succeeds Bruce Billson to lead the agency in supporting small businesses
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As small businesses continue to face tough conditions, the Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman, Lynda McAlary-Smith, shares how the ombudsman’s office can help. Small businesses continue to battle tough trading conditions exacerbated by the global fuel crisis. In addition to recent Government measures to ease the cost of fuel impacting small businesses, the…
The new Australian small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman, (ASBFEO) reveals her prioirties for the year ahead. I am honoured to have commenced as Australia’s Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman (ASBFEO). I join ASBFEO after having most recently served as the Victorian Small Business Commissioner. Prior to that, I served in senior executive roles…
