Among the variety of concerns raised by Australia’s devastating bushfires, the mental health of the families who have suffered directly and of the firefighters and others involved in responding has received considerable attention. In part this reflects the greater openness…
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Climate policy is a fraught debate in Australia. It has claimed many political careers; it inspires intense feelings; and it requires us to weigh and manage lots of risks to the community and industry. Ai Group has been an active…
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There has been an influx of media attention focused on the increase of Work Health and Safety (WHS) penalties recently across Australia. This week Victoria and Northern Territory became the third and fourth Australian jurisdictions to make Workplace Manslaughter a…
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The Workplace Gender Equality Agency has released its latest scorecard for the 2018-2019 reporting period. How does industry fare? More employers are embracing flexible work, greater access to paid parental leave and adopting policies to support employees experiencing family and…
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As another decade of disappointingly slow growth in Australia draws to a close, policy makers, business leaders and many others are pondering what needs to happen before growth picks up to the old pre-GFC levels that we had come to…
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Australians generate a lot of rubbish, as do the people of all advanced economies (and increasingly, the people of less advanced and developing economies). In 2016-17, Australian businesses and households generated 68.9 mega tonnes (Mt) of waste, from a vast…
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A seminar organised by the Australian Industry Group (Ai Group) for industry and waste management experts in Newcastle earlier this month put on show many imaginative and effective approaches to the waste crisis that is confronting businesses both locally and…
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On 8 August, the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) Education Council announced it would conduct a Review of Senior Secondary Pathways into Work, Further Education and Training. The terms of reference have been established to look at: The essential skills…
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The National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) has recently released a report that looks at apprenticeship completion rates for apprentices and trainees employed through group training compared to those directly employed by a business. Completion rates have been an…
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The latest quarterly data release about apprenticeships and traineeships was issued by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) on 5 September. There were 276,250 apprentices and trainees in-training as at 31 March 2019, a decrease of 0.9 per…
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