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CFA launched bid to shut down trial

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Original article by David Marin-Guzman
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 10 : 13-Oct-16

Victoria’s Country Fire Authority wants to halt a case in the Supreme Court. The case was launched by the Volunteer Fire Brigades Victoria, which argued that the CFA’s proposed enterprise agreement with the United Firefighters Union had a number of deficiencies. The CFA says the passage of the Federal Government’s CFA legislation makes the case irrelevant.

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VICTORIA. COUNTRY FIRE AUTHORITY, UNITED FIREFIGHTERS’ UNION OF AUSTRALIA, VOLUNTEER FIRE BRIGADES VICTORIA, SUPREME COURT OF VICTORIA

Labor tax cut block to hit 100,000 businesses

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Original article by Joe Kelly, Sarah Vogler
The Australian – Page: 1 & 2 : 12-Oct-16

The business sector says the Australian Labor Party should reconsider its commitment to restricting a tax cut to businesses with turnover of $A2m rather than the Federal Government’s proposed threshold of $A10m. Tony Greco of the Institute of Public Accountants notes that between 90,000 and 100,000 businesses that boast turnover of $A2m to $A10m have employees and are more likely to use tax relief to take on additional staff than businesses that are below the $A2m threshold, as many of them are sole proprietors.

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AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS LIMITED, MYOB GROUP LIMITED – ASX MYO, AUSTRALIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE TREASURY, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET, CORELLA CONSTRUCTION

ANZ-Roy Morgan Australian Consumer Confidence edges down 0.3% to 117.5

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 12-Oct-16

ANZ-Roy Morgan Australian Consumer Confidence fell by 0.3 per cent to 117.5 in the week ended 9 October 2016, following a 2.2 per cent fall last week. The report was mixed – indicators of current conditions fell slightly while forward-looking indicators posted gains. Consumers’ views towards their current finances fell by 0.6 per cent, while views towards future finances rose 0.7 per cent. Households’ views of the 12-month economic outlook fell by 1.5 per cent, while views of the five-year economic outlook rose by 0.7 per cent.

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ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED, AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND BANKING GROUP LIMITED – ASX ANZ

Company tax cuts vital but Senate to resist

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Original article by Phillip Coorey
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 5 : 11-Oct-16

The Australian Government is believed to have conceded that its full corporate tax reform package is unlikely to be supported in the Senate. However, the upper house may pass the first stage of the tax cuts, which will apply to businesses with turnover of no more than $A10m, although the Opposition favours a threshold of $A2m. Treasurer Scott Morrison has argued that the whole tax reform package is necessary to encourage investment in Australia over the long-term.

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AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE TREASURY, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF FINANCE, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, AUSTRALIAN GREENS, RESERVE BANK OF AUSTRALIA, STANDARD AND POOR’S CORPORATION

How hardcore greens trumped unions on RET

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Original article by Graham Lloyd
The Australian – Page: 1 & 2 : 11-Oct-16

The Australian Labor Party has adopted a 50 per cent renewable energy target by 2030 under the influence of militant environmentalists. The party ignored objections from the Construction, Forestry, Mining & Energy Union. The Labor Environmental Action Network devised the target in late 2014. Its aim was to ensure that the party accepts the target as part of its ideology.

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AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, CONSTRUCTION, FORESTRY, MINING AND ENERGY UNION OF AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET, CLIMATEWORKS PTY LTD, THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY

Unions want four-year wage targets

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Original article by David Marin-Guzman
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 3 : 11-Oct-16

United Voice, which represents hospitality industry workers, claims that the minimum wage now comprises just 53 per cent of median earnings, compared with 62 per cent in 1997. The union’s submission to the Fair Work Commission’s annual wage review argues for the introduction of a "floor" to ensure that the minimum wage does not fall below 60 per cent of the median wage. United Voice also proposes the introduction of four-year targets for increases in the minimum wage.

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UNITED VOICE, AUSTRALIA. FAIR WORK COMMISSION, ACTU, THE AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRY GROUP, CONSERVATIVE PARTY (GREAT BRITAIN)

One Nation: freedom not union rule

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Original article by Phillip Coorey, David Marin-Guzman
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 1 & 4 : 11-Oct-16

One Nation has indicated that it is likely to support the Federal Government’s bills to reinstate the Australian Building & Construction Commission and establish a Registered Organisations Commission. One Nation has voted in favour of a bill to protect the rights of emergency services volunteers. Industrial relations spokesman Senator Malcolm Roberts says the party believes that volunteers should not be subject to union control, and it is likely to adopt the same principle when voting on the Government’s key industrial relations reforms.

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ONE NATION PARTY, AUSTRALIAN BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION COMMISSION, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET, VICTORIA. COUNTRY FIRE AUTHORITY, UNITED FIREFIGHTERS’ UNION OF AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, AUSTRALIAN GREENS

Senate passes CFA laws

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Original article by Rob Harris, James Campbell
Herald Sun – Page: 1 & 2 : 11-Oct-16

Employment Minister Michaelia Cash has welcomed the passing of amendments to the Fair Work Act to protect the rights of emergency services volunteers. Cash has described it as a "major victory" for Victorian Country Fire Authority volunteers in their dispute over an enterprise agreement. A total of 37 senators voted in favour of the Federal Government’s amendments, including 10 of the 11 crossbench senators, while 31 senators voted against the bill.

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AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF EMPLOYMENT, VICTORIA. COUNTRY FIRE AUTHORITY, UNITED FIREFIGHTERS’ UNION OF AUSTRALIA, VOLUNTEER FIRE BRIGADES VICTORIA, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, ONE NATION PARTY, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET, VICTORIA. DEPT OF JUSTICE AND REGULATION, AUSTRALIAN BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION COMMISSION

Baird Government drops behind for first time in NSW; Barnett in trouble in Western Australia while Andrews Government still riding high in Victoria despite CFA union dispute

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Morgan Poll Update – Page: Online : 11-Oct-16

An SMS Morgan Poll on State voting intention, which was carried out from 30 September to 2 October 2016, has found that support for the L-NP Government in New South Wales has fallen by two per cent to 48.5 per cent on a two-party preferred basis, while Mike Baird’s rating as "Better Premier" has fallen by 3.5 per cent to 52.5 per cent. In Victoria, support for the ALP Government has risen by one per cent to 56.5 per cent on a two-party preferred basis, while Daniel Andrews’ rating as "Better Premier" is unchanged at 59 per cent. In Western Australia, support for the L-NP Government has fallen by 1.5 per cent to 47.5 per cent on a two-party preferred basis, and Colin Barnett’s rating as "Better Premier" has fallen by two per cent to 41 per cent just five months before the state election in March 2017.

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MORGAN POLL, ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED

In September Australian real unemployment is now 8.5% (up 0.2% in a year) and under-employment 7.7% (up 0.4%)

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 11-Oct-16

A Roy Morgan Research survey on Australia’s labour market has found that the real unemployment rate rose fell by 1.9 per cent month-on-month to 8.5 per cent in September 2016, although it has risen by 0.2 per cent year-on-year. Some 1.101 million Australians (up 43,000 since September 2015) are now unemployed. Meanwhile, the Australian workforce has risen to 12,930,000 (up 166,000 since September 2015), and 11,829,000 Australians are employed (up 123,000 in the last 12 months). The number of people who are under-employed has risen by 66,000 in the last 12 months to 1,002,000 (7.7 per cent of the workforce). The official unemployment rate was 5.6 per cent in August 2016. Roy Morgan Research executive chairman Gary Morgan says the extensive loss of full-time jobs in the Australian economy presents a challenge to the Turnbull Government, and these problems are set to intensify over the next year. The Government’s proposed business tax cuts are a key part of its strategy to get the Australian economy moving again.

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ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED, AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET, QUEENSLAND NICKEL PTY LTD, GM HOLDEN LIMITED, TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION AUSTRALIA LIMITED, DICK SMITH HOLDINGS LIMITED, MASTERS HOME IMPROVEMENT AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY