It's not so bad here from what I know. I'm not sure about opening a commercial premises, but I never plan to do that so I doubt I'll ever look into it. If you're registered as a freelancer that happens to work out of home it's fine. Like running an eBay business from home or whatever. As long as you do your taxes, keep clear transaction records and set up a superannuation fund you're pretty much okay. Our taxes for lower income brackets are fairly forgiving, but they can get quite brutal once you approach the 6 figure mark.
If I ever make it there I plan to get a lot more 'charitable' with my spending.
Sorry to hear about your issues. Sounds like a great country to get out of if you ever want to have a chance in hell. The industry is brutal enough without 'the man' keeping you down too.
or better, I don't understand why they are able to pronunce the first one but not the second one 
