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Statement by Mr
Greg Evans, Acting Chief Executive The
Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
(ACCI), Australia’s largest and
most representative business organisation,
does not believe that Australia needs
a new Bill or Charter of Rights and
that our parliamentary democracy is
best placed to consider human rights
issues. Read
more on our designated News page.
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Statement by Mr
Greg Evans, Acting Chief Executive It
is a concern that on day one of the
new Fair Work system it has been reported
that unions in the manufacturing sector
are seeking substantial wage claims
across the board, with apparently no
regard to each individual firm’s
financial or operational circumstances.
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Statement by
Mr Greg Evans, Acting Chief Executive
Wednesday 1 July 2009 is a significant
point in the history of Australia’s
often controversial workplace relations
laws.
It marks the commencement
of the Australian Government’s
Fair Work legislation. It also sees
the Government’s retitled and
reinvigorated industrial tribunal,
Fair Work Australia, open for business
for the first time.
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Statement by Mr
Greg Evans, Acting Chief Executive May
motor vehicle sales, which increased
by 5.4 per cent compared to April, indicate
that the Government’s temporary
business investment allowance has played
a critical role in encouraging business
purchases, which is particularly evident
in the 11.3 per cent surge in commercial
vehicles sales. Read
more on our designated News page.
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Statement by
Mr Greg Evans, Acting Chief Executive
The passage of the Government’s
Fair Work transition legislation this
morning means that employers now have
some certainty in transitioning into
the new industrial relations system.
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The
June quarter 2009 ACCI-Westpac Survey
of Industrial Trends reveals a marked
upswing in general business confidence
and also strengthening forward projections
by the manufacturers surveyed in respect
of their own firms. However, activity
indicators remain subdued. While stronger
than three months ago, the actual net
outcomes for demand, output and capital
expenditure plans have remained negative.
Net export and employment indicators
have marginally softened although forward
projections are improving. Profit margins
have remained under pressure albeit
less so than in the previous quarter.
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Statement by Mr
Greg Evans, Acting Chief Executive The
Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
(ACCI), Australia’s largest and
most representative business organisation,
has expressed disappointment over key
elements of the Government’s legislation
which will abolish the highly effective
Australian Building and Construction
Commission (ABCC) from 1 February 2010.
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more on our designated News page.
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Statement by Mr
Greg Evans, Acting Chief Executive The
Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
(ACCI), Australia’s largest and
most representative business organisation
has today released a report, A Systematic
Approach to the Retention of Apprentices,
examining apprenticeship completions
and detailing ways that employers can
systematically maximise apprentice retention.
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more on our designated News page.
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Statement
by Mr Greg Evans, Acting Chief Executive
Statements by the major banks that they
are reviewing the need to increase retail
lending rates in response to apparent
wholesale funding pressures means that
the Reserve Bank should give consideration
to a further easing in monetary policy.
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“Bold reform
of the Australian tax system provides
the next opportunity to boost Australia’s
economic growth,” BCA President
Greig Gailey says. Mr
Gailey has unveiled the BCA’s
submission to the Henry review of
taxation, Unrealised Gains: The Competitive
Possibilities of Tax Reform, which
sets out a long-term vision for tax
reforms that drive economic growth.
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Statement
by Mr Greg Evans, Acting Chief Executive
The Australian Chamber of Commerce and
Industry (ACCI), Australia’s largest
and most representative business organisation,
welcomes early indications by the Australian
Government that it will keep important
coercive powers in the building and
construction industry. Read
more on our designated News page.
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Statement
by Greg Evans, Acting Chief Executive
Newly appointed members of the Safe
Work Australia Council, which meets
for the first time today in Sydney,
will have a critical role to play in
the reform of Australia’s system
of occupational health and safety (OHS),
according to the Australian Chamber
of Commerce and Industry (ACCI), Australia’s
largest and most representative business
organisation. Read
more on our designated News page.
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