This week’s release of GDP data by the ABS has generated an unusually large amount of noisy and impatient commentary about the definition of a ‘recession’ and whether or not Australia is in one. This is despite the fact that…
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While Australia has been very wrapped up in our own arguments about climate and energy policy in recent years, climate change is a global issue and trends in the international conversation tend to shape the local agenda. With an election…
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Every pay day, do you just hope you remember the right hours worked by each staff member and the correct amounts they are owed, and pay your staff according to memory? I doubt it. It would not take too many…
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Apprentice commencements are up and trainee commencements are down, according to the latest data from the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER). The latest data is for the quarter ending 30 June 2018, and show overall commencements decreased by…
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Ai Group member companies are sharing industry solutions to reduce sexual harassment at work. As a member of the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) National Inquiry’s Reference Panel, Ai Group has begun hosting member consultations with the Sex Discrimination Commissioner,…
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Over the past few weeks the Commonwealth has announced two changes to apprenticeship incentives that may well encourage more businesses to consider their options. The first, commencing on 1 July 2019, is to extend the Support for Adult Australian Apprentices…
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This week I am attending the OECD World Forum on ‘the Future of Well-Being: Statistics, Knowledge and Policy’, as a guest of the OECD. This year was the sixth annual World Forum but the first Forum at which private sector…
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On 8 October the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a special report, Global Warming of 1.5°C, a summary of the state of global research on the impacts of warming at this level and the emissions reduction pathways needed…
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There has been much discussion recently on all platforms about “future-proofing Australia” and preparing for substantial Industry Transformation. However, the matter of Standards Development can often be drowned out in all the noise. When considering these concepts, we are often…
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The recently released employer survey report, Skilling: A National Imperative, highlighted the continuing concerns employers have about workplace literacy and numeracy. Overall 99 per cent of surveyed employers reported that their business was affected by low levels of literacy and…
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