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Tuesday 2 February 2010
Statement by Mr Peter Anderson,
Chief Executive The
business community should welcome
but seek further information on today's
climate change statement by the Federal
Opposition, which proposes an alternative
to the cap-and-trade system in order
to reduce Australia’s greenhouse
gas emissions by 5% below 2000 levels
by 2020. Read
more on our designated news page.
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Tuesday
2 February 2010
Statement by Mr Peter Anderson,
Chief Executive
Today's decision
by the Reserve Bank to not further
increase interest rates is the right
decision for an economy with sluggish
private sector investment and a business
community still finding capital hard
to access.Read
more on our designated news page.
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Tuesday 2 February 2010
Business Conditions and Outlook Post
an Improved Result
The February 2010 Commonwealth
Bank - ACC! Business Expectations
Survey has found that all business
actual and expectations indicators
improved over the December quarter.
Nevertheless, the survey continues
to find that actual conditions remained
below the previous quarter's expectations.
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more on our designated news page.
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Thursday
28th January 2010
Statement
by Mr Peter Anderson, Chief Executive
A draft report released this week
by the Productivity Commission on
the regulatory burdens created by
differences in Australian occupational
health and safety (OHS) systems, strongly
supports the case for national consistency
in OHS frameworks and supports industry
calls for regulation on business that
is workable and practical. Read
more on our designated news page.
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Wednesday
27 January 2010
Statement by Mr Peter Anderson,
Chief Executive
Today's consumer price index data
for the December 2009 quarter is no
basis for a February interest rate
increase. Read
more on our designated news page.
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Friday
22 January 2010
Statement by Mr Greg Evans,
Director of Economics and Industry Policy
The Australian Chamber of Commerce and
Industry (ACCI), Australia’s largest
and most representative business organisation,
has called on the Australian Government
to now publicly release the report of
the Henry Tax Review. Read
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Friday
22 January 2010
Statement by Mary Hicks,
Director of Employment, Education
and Training
The Australian Chamber of Commerce
and Industry (ACCI), Australia’s
largest and most representative business
organisation, welcomed the announcement
last night by Federal Minister for
Employment Participation Senator Mark
Arbib of the success of the Apprentice
Kickstart initiative and reiterated
its earlier calls for employers to
consider taking on an apprentice.
Read
more on our designated news page.
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19 January
2010
The
Sydney Business Chamber has expressed
its concern at today’s announcement
by the NSW Government that it intends
to put on hold any further property
purchases in Rozelle for the Metro.
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more on our designated news page.
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Tuesday
19 January 2010
Statement by Greg Evans,
Director of Economics and Industry
Policy
The Prime Minister has correctly identified
that improving the country’s
long term productivity growth is essential
to addressing the challenges ahead
including the consequences of an ageing
population.
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more on our designated news page.
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Tuesday 19 January 2010
Statement by Mary Hicks, Director
of Employment, Education and Training
The Australian Chamber of Commerce and
Industry (ACCI), Australia’s largest
and most representative business organisation,
strongly supports the National Assessment
Program – Literacy and Numeracy
(NAPLAN), which provides benchmarks
to the Australian community for improving
basic skills. Read
more on our designated news page.
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Monday
11 January 2010
Statement by Mr Peter Anderson,
Chief Executive
The Australian Chamber of Commerce
and Industry, Australia's largest
and most representative business organisation,
has expressed serious concern at the
national economic implications of
a two month-long maritime union strike
in the north west of Western Australia
and Bass Strait, which industry experts
estimate is now costing the resources
industry around a million dollars
a day in losses.
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more on our designated news page.
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11
January 2010
NSW’s largest business
organisation, NSW Business Chamber,
says the latest research that claims
NSW’s “economic ranking”
was below that of all the other States
and Territories represents a potentially
misleading assessment of how NSW is
performing. Read
more on our designated news page.
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Wednesday,
6 January 2010
Business Conditions Improve
but Weakness in Investment Outlook
Remains
The January 2010 ACCI Survey
of Investor Confidence shows that
business conditions improved over
the December quarter, with most expectations
indicators for the next 3 to 12 months
moving into expansionary territory
and increasing above their five year
averages. However, one notable exceptions
is the index of Own Expected Level
of Investment which remains in negative
territory. Read
more on our designated news page.
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Monday 4 January 2010
Statement by Mr Peter Anderson,
Chief Executive
The Australian Chamber of Commerce and
Industry, Australia’s largest
and most representative employer organisation,
says that small and medium businesses
will need independent advice from Chambers
of Commerce and industry organisations
about the the government’s ‘fair
work’ national employment standards
and modern industrial awards. Read
more on our designated news page.
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1
January 2010
The highly anticipated redevelopment
of Chatswood Mall is set to commence
on Monday 15 February 2010. The upgrades
will see Chatswood Mall rejuvenated
into a modern and vibrant café
and retail promenade offering more dining
space, outdoor seating and areas for
events and entertainment.The construction
works will be undertaken in stages to
maintain public thoroughfare and access
to the shops and services located in
Chatswood Mall throughout the 10 month
construction period. Read
more on our designated news page.
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1
January 2010
Statement
by Mr Peter Anderson, Chief Executive
The Australian Chamber of Commerce and
Industry (ACCI), Australia’s largest
and most representative business organisation,
has welcomed the import tariff reductions
which commence today.Tariffs applying
to passenger motor vehicles and parts
components will be cut from 10% to 5%.
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more on our designated news page.
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