At the recent Paris climate summit a major new international agreement on climate change was concluded – the Paris Agreement. This post sets out some key elements of the deal, how business is affected, and what comes next. Overall, the…
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As the year draws to a close it’s worthwhile to reflect on some of the action behind the scenes in the digital policy arena. Policy can be forgotten with all the excitement around digital disruption and start-ups and this year…
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The recent Competition Policy Review has prompted proposals to change legislation relating to the Misuse of Market Power – and Ai Group wants to hear what our members think. As part of its response to the Competition Policy Review Final Report…
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In a specially convened Forum at COP21 this week, Ai Group’s Tennant Reed joined other industry organisations from around the world to discuss the great differences in the extent of Government consultation with business in the setting of national climate commitments. As the…
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In November 2015 the Prime Minister announced that Australia and the European Union will start negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement. As a bloc, the EU is Australia’s largest source of foreign investment and second largest trading partner. In 2014,…
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The National Centre for Vocational Education Research has for the first time released data that includes a more comprehensive picture of participation in VET following the introduction of mandatory reporting of training activity. Previously, training providers were only required to…
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A Full Bench of the FWC has handed down an important appeal decision regarding redundancy pay entitlements, with specific reference to the ‘ordinary and customary turnover of labour’ exclusion. The redundancy pay entitlements in the National Employment Standards do not…
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In his latest post direct from the 2015 Climate Change Conference in Paris, Ai Group’s Tennant Reed reports on an innovation in carbon offset opportunities that is much closer to home – and of great potential value to business. The COP21…
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What if an emissions accounting change could up-end narratives about which nations are high and low performers on greenhouse gas emissions? And what if the same change could help solve industry’s worries about the uneven impacts of climate policies on…
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Ai Group recently completed a major national project addressing competency based progression and completion in the engineering trades. The Engineering Excellence project set out to build a system where employers play a key role in confirming when apprentices are competent….
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