A big impact of COVID-19 has been its effect on attendance at education and training programs. Universities and TAFEs are still largely closed to physical attendance by students and apprentices, and generally companies are not allowing staff to attend training…
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“Nothing you do is the same in the pandemic.” NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has repeated this warning every morning since that state’s restrictions started to be eased in early May. As low case numbers allow restrictions to be lifted, there…
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The JobKeeper wage payment scheme was introduced to help Australian businesses survive activity restrictions that have been introduced in response the COVID-19 pandemic that began to affect Australia through March 2020. It is a payment made to eligible businesses and…
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Major changes to taxation arrangements are central to our emerging from the COVID 19 crisis with a stronger, more resilient and better economy and society. To achieve this, we should set our sails for a higher productivity economy and a…
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Energy prices are falling sharply; This will take time to filter through to most users, but will be modestly helpful to most and very helpful for some; Suppliers will be in pain and private supply investments harder to justify; The…
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You’ve probably seen the videos over the last couple of weeks showing home video meeting fails – children pulling faces in the background of important meetings, dogs seated on laps licking the keyboard and lunches being made in the background….
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The trajectory of how Ai Group members have experienced COVID-19 has really depended on their level of exports, product categories and how prepared they were for a long Lunar New Year. Meat and premium fruit exporters suffered an immediate drop…
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The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) recently released its estimates for retail sales in December. Nominal retail sales fell 0.5% over the month after seasonal adjustments. This fall mostly reflects the transfer of pre-Christmas sales from the usual shopping peak…
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Innovative Adelaide-based manufacturer Philmac Pty Ltd has just signed up two staff members to join South Australia’s pilot group of Industry 4.0 Higher Apprentices. The two will join workers from other companies including REDARC, SAGE Automation and Treasury Wines to…
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Inflation data was recently released for the last quarter of 2019, closing out the most recent decade of price changes. This Data Story illustrates how the Consumer Price Index (CPI) is composed and what goods and services have become more…
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