{"id":86073,"date":"2026-09-02T12:01:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T12:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/86073\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T12:01:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T12:01:09","slug":"bleed-us-to-the-brink-of-closing-influencer-salon-owner-launches-furious-rant-against-labors-slaughtering-of-small-businesses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/86073\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Bleed us to the brink of closing’: Influencer salon owner launches furious rant against Labor’s ‘slaughtering’ of small businesses"},"content":{"rendered":"

A salon owner has gone viral after unleashing a furious rant over the “slaughtering\u201d of small businesses like her own. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Luxe Label owner Krystal Solera said she does not usually share her political opinions online, but felt she had no choice after being left so \u201cscared\u201d and \u201cangry\u201d she considered closing the doors of her business for the first time.<\/p>\n

She said she feels her Western Australian business has been bled by the government, despite creating jobs and paying tax.<\/p>\n

Solera took to Instagram, where she has 100,000 followers, to rip into the government.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery quarter there\u2019s another deadline, another bill, another increase, another f***ing thing we have to comply with and a penalty waiting if we don\u2019t,\u201d she wrote at the start of a lengthy post.<\/p>\n

Solera listed payday super, 12 per cent super payroll tax, workers comp, \u201cmore f***ing insurance\u201d, award increases, BAS and STP as some contributing factors.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe employ people. We pay wages. We pay super. We pay tax. We collect GST for you. We pay payroll tax for the f***ing privilege of employing MORE people,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n

Solera described her view that the government is “slaughtering [small businesses] and bleeding us all dry”.<\/p>\n

\u201cThen Albanese stands there carrying on about \u2018supporting small business\u2019 WHERE?\u201d<\/p>\n

The owner took aim at the incentives that have been offered to small business owners, claiming that the $325 power credit does not \u201ctouch\u201d a wage bill.<\/p>\n

\u201cA 20k instant asset write of?? WITH WHAT F***ING MONEY ARE WE BUYING ASSETS?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are a third of the economy.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you bleed us to the brink of closing, you don\u2019t just lose a salon or a trade, you lose everyone we were going to train.\u201d<\/p>\n

Solera took issue with what she called the government’s neglect of apprentices over the past year.<\/p>\n

In the May budget, the government announced further upcoming cuts to apprentice employer incentives, which Solera says is already stopping businesses hiring and training people.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou cannot scream about a labour shortage while making it impossible for the people who train the workforce to stay open,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love this country.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love my home. I\u2019ve been proud to be Australian my whole life.<\/p>\n

\u201cI employ staff and paid MILLIONS in tax.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have never thought harder about shutting the doors and leaving.\u201d<\/p>\n

Australian comedian Dave Hughes, who has regularly spoken out against the Albanese government, tagged politicians in his comment on the video, asking them to \u201cplease get out of your bubble and listen to honest people trying to make honest livings.\u201d<\/p>\n

Solera told News.com.au<\/a> that she felt implored to make the post after reading up numbers from the ATO on small businesses.<\/p>\n

\u201cI got sick of feeling it without understanding it, so I went and read the actual numbers,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wrote the post for every other owner lying awake over the same things thinking it was just them.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A salon owner has gone viral after unleashing a furious rant over the “slaughtering\u201d of small businesses 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