The Australian dollar has fallen substantially since the beginning of September, and was hovering around US$0.81 today, close to its lowest level since June 2010, or in four and half years. Since September, it has fallen around 13 cents from US94c to around…
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A decision of a Full Bench of the Fair Work Commission in the DP World Anti-bullying case has highlighted the need for employers to implement clear policies on the acceptable use of social media sites like Facebook by their employees….
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Ai Group is taking a leading role in the Fair Work Commission’s Casual and Part-time Employment Common Issues Case to be heard by a Full Bench as part of the Four-Yearly Review of Awards. The case will be heard by…
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The more observant among you may have noticed some recent changes to Ai Group’s ‘branding’. Just as the launch of this Blog has signified new directions for our organisation in terms of our communications with our membership, so too does…
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Electricity prices have risen steeply for NSW energy users of all sorts over the past five years. Some of that was from the former carbon tax, the removal of which has lowered many bills over the past six months. But…
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Each quarter, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) publishes a survey of private capital expenditure by business over the year ahead. The Capex survey, as it is called, gives an indication of the pace of business investment in the forthcoming…
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The ABS recently released annual data on the performance of each State and Territory economy, known as Gross State Product. This is the most complete measure of economic activity by state because it takes into account each State and Territory’s share…
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Ai Group recently made a short submission to a Senate Inquiry into the ability of Australian law enforcement authorities to eliminate gun-related violence in the community. It doesn’t sound typical of the sort of policy issues we usually get our…
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Ai Group’s latest Economics research note presented a strong relationship between the Australian PSI® and various ABS data on the services sector and the economy more generally. For example, movements in the Australian PSI® are closely aligned with annual growth…
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There is a lot of talk about “advanced manufacturing” at the moment. It is associated with words and phrases like “innovation”, “collaboration”, “high tech” “global supply chains”, “moving up value chains”, “adding value”, “going global”, “value adding services” and “clean”…
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