Once an FTA negotiation has concluded people are suddenly worried about what impact it will have on their business, or what opportunity for change they missed out on. Ai Group has partnered with ANU Centre for European Studies to run…
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Thanks to repeated campaigning and the echo-chamber that is modern social media, a few myths about the Australian workforce seem to have become widely accepted in the public consciousness as if they were “facts”. One of these has been that…
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Cyber security has become big news – and with good reason. So what are the key foundational areas that business leaders need to seriously consider to avoid becoming the next weakest link in their supply chain? Business leaders are being…
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In a recent report, Building Skills for All in Australia, the OECD joins the throng of those drawing attention to low literacy and numeracy levels in Australia. The report highlights the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) survey results, which…
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Ai Group members are reporting they are going as grey as a certain Tolkein-esque wizard, as a result of delays they have been experiencing in seeking to have their enterprise agreements approved by the Fair Work Commission (FWC). These reports…
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The Queensland Labour Hire Licensing Act 2017 has now been proclaimed to commence on 16 April 2018. Businesses covered by the licensing scheme as labour hire services providers will have 60 days from 16 April 2018 to apply for a…
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Heaven is high, and the Emperor is far away This is my favourite Chinese saying. It’s particularly useful when trying to placate a frustrated Ai Group member who can’t understand why the import documents she submitted successfully to Customs in…
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Recent data from the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) indicates that there were 275,200 apprentices and trainees in training as at the end of March this year. This represents a fall of 3.7 per cent compared to the…
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Ai Group has been invited to provide views on behalf of members in order to finalise the Australian Government’s new Mature Age Employment Package, due for release during 2018 (see below for details on how to have your say). In…
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Wholesale electricity prices have doubled across Eastern Australia in the past couple of years, and the electricity sector is under a lot of pressure to do something about it. In response, generators often say that they would like to construct…
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