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Thursday, 7 September 2023
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7 September 2023: Message from the CEO
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Latest IR changes – HAVE YOUR SAY
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Your views can help us to deliver a clear message to Canberra about industry concerns with the latest IR laws before Parliament.
How would your business respond operationally to the proposed changes? You can email me at ceo@aigroup.com.au with how you think the IR changes will impact your business.
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These laws are set to up-end rules around casuals and how they are employed; impose costly and extremely burdensome new rules related to the payment of labour hire workers; and give the Fair Work Commission a raft of new powers to regulate the engagement of contractors in not only the ‘gig economy’ and road transport sector but potentially a raft of other sectors.
They will also give unions much greater access and influence at workplaces regardless of how many members they have; and impose extreme new penalties for non-compliance with industrial instruments, including jail terms.
Our latest media statements can be found at the top of our In the News section below.
Also:
Register now for our webinar on the new IR Bill live online at 11.00AM AEST tomorrow morning, Friday 8 September.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Regards,
Innes Willox
Chief Executive, Ai Group
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7 September 2023: Workplace Relations Reform
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Senate IR Bill inquiry a welcome move to allow for proper scrutiny
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Today's move by the Senate to establish an inquiry into the latest changes to workplace regulation is a welcome move that will provide more time for proper scrutiny of the planned laws. A comprehensive inquiry is essential, given the breadth, scope and impact of the Government's proposed measures on employers, their workers, casual workers, labour hire employees, contractors, transport workers and gig workers.
Read our comment in full
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7 September 2023: Hydrogen Connect Summit
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Advantage Isn’t Enough: How Can Australia Turn Energy Superpower Dreams Into Reality?
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Australia has high hopes for hydrogen and other clean economy opportunities, but major economies are pursuing vigorous new forms of industry policy to advance their own energy visions. That may advance some Australian goals and delay or deny others. What should we do in response? How big can we go? And which opportunities should we prioritise? Read Ai Group Chief Executive Innes Willox's address to the Hydrogen Connect Summit 2023 in Brisbane this morning.
Read the speech
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5 September 2023: Australian Industry Index
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Australian Industry Index: Supply chain pressures continue to ease
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The Ai Group Australian Industry Index® indicated contractionary conditions in August, for the 16th month since the start of the current interest rate rising cycle. There was positive supply chain news, with the input price indicator starting to fall while input volumes turned positive for the first time since the pandemic.
Find out more
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5 September 2023: The Economy
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National Accounts – Ai Group comment
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While the economy is not slowing as rapidly as expected, it continues to be affected by the policy measures aimed at reducing inflation. With inflation looking to be on a downwards trajectory and further slowing of the economy in the pipeline, there is certainly no pressure for additional interest rate rises as long as prices and wages do not leap higher.
Read our comment in full
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5 September 2023: QLD Women in Manufacturing
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Titans strengthen opportunities for women in manufacturing
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The Gold Coast Titans National Rugby League Women’s team has thrown its support behind a mentoring program run by Ai Group to support women in the manufacturing industry. A joint initiative with the Queensland Government, the Women in Manufacturing Mentoring Program helps young women in school and new entrants to manufacturing build confidence, develop their careers and expand their networks.
Read our Blog post to find out more
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25 August 2023: Manufacturing Skills Program
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Attention Victorian employers: engineering skills up for grabs
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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.
Find out more and express your interest
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>>TOMORROW 8 Sept: Ai Group Online Event
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New IR Bill briefing and consultation
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Ai Group will be delivering an industry briefing tomorrow morning on the Australian Government’s next tranche of proposed changes to IR laws. The briefing will provide key insights into the major elements of the 'Closing Loopholes Bill' which the Government introduced into Parliament earlier this week.
Find out more and register now
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>>14 September: Ai Group CET Online Event
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Generative AI: a game changer in educating and training the workforce?
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As generative AI tools change people’s roles in the workforce, what will it mean for education and training? This timely event presented by the Ai Group Centre for Education and Training will examine the future of skills as AI infiltrates our workplaces, with our expert panel including Dr Sean Gallagher of Swinburne University's Centre for the New Workforce, and Dr Simon Eassom, Chief Futurist with the Australian Council of Professions.
Find out more and register now
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>>19 September: Ai Group Online Event
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Navigating a slowing Chinese economy
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In this Ai Group webinar, you will hear from experts on how the Chinese economy is changing, how global politics and markets are adjusting, and what this means for Australian industry. Explore the complex web of global geopolitics and economic dynamics that will shape the future of one of the world's biggest economies.
Find out more and register now
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>>20 September: Ai Group Online Event
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HR Fundamentals Part 9: People policies – getting them right
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Our HR Fundamentals webinar series returns in September with Part 9, in which we consider an absolute fundamental: your organisation's people policies. We'll provide key recommendations and practical guidance on general principles, including how policies interact with contracts and industrial instruments; the types of policies that typically are, and should be, in place; and
recommended terms (and terms to avoid).
Find out more and register now
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ATO: New Luxury Car Tax Determination
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The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has recently published a luxury car tax (LCT) determination on how to establish the principal purpose of a vehicle, following consultation on the draft determination.
LCT does not apply to commercial vehicles which have the principal purpose of carrying goods.
If you (including manufacturers and car dealers) modify luxury vehicles, the ATO encourages you to read this determination. It explains how to determine whether a car's 'principal purpose' is to carry passengers, or goods for LCT purposes. It also provides taxpayers with additional guidance on what cars are considered commercial vehicles, and when modifications to a car will effect a change in its principal purpose and if LCT will apply.
Check you're up to date with LCT obligations by viewing the determination.
Find more information on getting your LCT obligations right
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