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Friday, 25 August 2023

24 August 2023: Intergenerational Report

Intergenerational Report should drive renewed productivity push

The Intergenerational Report, released yesterday by Treasurer Jim Chalmers, provides welcome insights into the direction of the Australian economy; the challenges we face; and the opportunities of which we can take advantage. The additional focus in the latest Report on the tasks involved in achieving net zero emissions and in adequately adapting to climate change are critical additions.

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24 August 2023: Global Business Coalition

Willox calls for digitalisation focus at G20 meeting

Ai Group Chief Executive and outgoing President of the Global Business Coalition, Innes Willox, has called on G20 leaders to invest more in cyber security capabilities to ensure we build resilient and inclusive Global Value Chains. Mr Willox is Australia’s representative to the Business 20 (B20) meeting in New Delhi which is being held ahead of next month’s G20 meeting, and spoke during a panel session today on the importance of embracing digitalisation.

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25 August 2023: Manufacturing Skills Program

Attention Victorian employers: engineering skills up for grabs

Are you an Engineering or Manufacturing business looking for an apprentice or entry level employee? Ai Group Apprentice and Trainee Centre, under its government-funded Victorian Manufacturing Skills Project, currently has candidates who are job ready, trained up, and looking to make a start in the sector.

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25 August 2023: Product Stewardship

Product Stewardship Excellence Awards

Applications are now open for the annual awards celebrating excellence in product stewardship by businesses and collective schemes. Previous award winners include Ai Group members Bata Shoes (SME winner 2021) and Remondis Australia (Digitalisation winner 2022). If you are doing product stewardship, check the prospectus and apply for the 2023 round via the following link.

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>>1 September: Ai Group Online Event

Understanding the National Construction Code. What businesses can expect on the path towards Net Zero

This webinar will provide members with a look behind the curtain of the National Construction Code and what industry (in particular supply chain businesses) may expect from changes to the Code in a zero carbon future – essential viewing for any business grappling with how it will survive and prosper on the path towards net zero.

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>>NEXT TUESDAY 29 Aug: Ai Group Online Event

Higher Level Apprenticeships in Queensland: What, Where, When, Why?

In this webinar, designed for QLD employers and stakeholders in the electrical, engineering and education fields, we will be joined by the Hon Di Farmer MP, Minister for Employment & Small Business and Minister for Training and Skills, to explore how businesses can train and access a skilled workforce capable of meeting the demands of the future. Useful information about the recently commenced higher level apprenticeship for electricians and electrical engineers will be on offer, as well as recent developments in degree-level apprenticeships.

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>>NEXT TUESDAY 29 Aug: Ai Group Online Event

Sourcing skilled staff: onshoring versus offshoring

This webinar will provide a comparison of the benefits and considerations for sourcing skilled staff by bringing them to Australia (onshoring), carrying out business activity in another country (offshoring), or a combination of both.

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Ai Group recognised for helping to make superannuation universal in Australia

Ai Group’s long-standing support of superannuation in Australia and the country’s largest super fund, AustralianSuper, was acknowledged at our 150th anniversary celebrations in Melbourne last week.

At the start of the 1980s, superannuation was generally limited to public servants and white-collar employees of large corporations and was not transferable between employers.

Bert Evans, then Chief Executive of the Metal Trades Industry Association of Australia (MTIA), a predecessor of Ai Group, was instrumental in unions and business eventually cooperating on universal superannuation for Australian workers as part of industrial relations negotiations under an historic agreement between the Labor Government and the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) known as the Prices and Incomes Accord (or "the Accord").

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