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Roy Morgan wins three-year contract to deliver international tourism statistics for Austrade

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Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 31-Jul-24

From 2025, Roy Morgan will provide Austrade with the world’s best practice survey methodology, big data integration and modelling techniques to deliver accurate international tourism statistics. This is in addition to the contract to deliver domestic tourism statistics awarded to Roy Morgan earlier this year. Roy Morgan’s expertise and experience in measuring travel and tourism behaviour in depth, will provide Austrade – and its stakeholders in government and industry – with accurate tourism statistics as well as new insights and understanding of Australia’s tourism industry. Roy Morgan has a deep understanding and appreciation of the travel and tourism industry – estimated to be worth in excess of $160 billion annually – and a proven track record working with Austrade and its stakeholders. Collected via Roy Morgan’s highly trained and proficient interviewers at key international entry points around Australia, these critical tourism metrics will provide tourism organisations with data that they can rely upon and trust.

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ROY MORGAN LIMITED, AUSTRADE

CFMEU calls in corruption buster for conduct inquiry

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Original article by Damon Johnston
The Australian – Page: 6 : 31-Jul-24

The CFMEU’s national secretary Zach Smith says the union has appointed Geoffrey Watson, SC to head an independent investigation into its alleged links to organised crime. Watson is a former counsellor assisting the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption, and Smith says his review will inform the future actions of the union. Smith adds that much of the recent media reporting with regard to the CFMEU has been "misinformed"; however, he adds that some of the issues that have been raised must be taken seriously and they will be addressed "head on".

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CONSTRUCTION, FORESTRY AND MARITIME EMPLOYEES UNION, NEW SOUTH WALES. INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AGAINST CORRUPTION

Australians warned not to travel to Lebanon as tensions between Israel and Hezbollah rise

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Original article by Maddy Morwood
abc.net.au – Page: Online : 30-Jul-24

The Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade’s Smartraveller service has advised Australians not to travel to Lebanon, following increasing tensions between Israel and Hezbollah in the wake of an attack by Hezbollah on the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights that killed a dozen children. Smartraveller also advised Australians in Lebanon to leave immediately while commercial flights are still available, with a number of airlines having cancelled or suspended flights to Lebanon because of the increased tensions. Meanwhile, Opposition leader Peter Dutton has commenced an official visit to Israel, where he will meet with senior government officials and travel to the sites of the Hamas terrorist attacks on 7 October.

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AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE

No stopping boats if you stop looking

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Original article by Ben Packham
The Australian – Page: 1 & 4 : 30-Jul-24

New data has raised concern about Australia’s ability to detect illegal maritime arrivals. US-based Leidos is required to undertake 15,000 hours of aerial surveillance each year under its Operation Sovereign Borders contract. However, the defence company’s total flight time in 2022-23 was just 12,691 hours, which is 20.7 per cent lower than the previous year. The Senate was recently told that this had fallen by a further two per cent in the first 11 months of 2023-24. The Coalition contends that addressing the decline in aerial surveillance and maritime patrols should be a priority for new Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke.

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LEIDOS, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF HOME AFFAIRS

PM calls for Barnaby Joyce to be sacked for telling voters to use votes as bullets

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Original article by Courtney Gould, Tim Fernandez
abc.net.au – Page: Online : 30-Jul-24

National Party MP Barnaby Joyce has apologised for using an inappropiate metaphor during an anti-wind farm rally in NSW on Sunday. Joyce likened a ballot paper in the upcoming election to a bullet and the ballot box to a gun’s magazine; he stated that voters should "get ready to load that magazine" and says goodbye to Chris Bowen, Anthony Albanese and the local MP Stephen Jones. Albanese has urged Opposition leader Peter Dutton to remove Joyce from his frontbench, contending that the analogy was completely unacceptable and could potentially incite violence behaviour. Joyce’s comments followed the recent failed attempt to assassinate former US president Donald Trump.

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NATIONAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET

Roy Morgan Poll: Labor has slight edge in too close to call election as both major parties lose primary support: ALP 50.5% cf. L-NP 49.5%

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Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 30-Jul-24

If a Federal Election were held now the result would be ‘too close to call’ with the Labor Party in front 50.5% (up 1.5%) just ahead of the Coalition on 49.5% (down 1.5%) on a two-party preferred basis. Either the ALP or Coalition would require the support of minor parties and independents to form a minority government based on these results, the latest Roy Morgan survey finds. The Coalition primary vote was down 2% to 37.5%, the ALP primary support was down 1% to 30.5% while support for the Greens was unchanged at 13%. Support for One Nation increased 1.5% to 6.5%, support for Other Parties was up 0.5% to 4% and support for Independents increased 1% to 8.5%.

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ROY MORGAN LIMITED, MORGAN POLL, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, LIBERAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA, NATIONAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIAN GREENS, ONE NATION PARTY

CFMEU will take years to rebuild: Watt

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Original article by Ewin Hannan
The Australian – Page: 1 & 4 : 30-Jul-24

Workplace Relations Minister Murray Watt says the allegations that the CFMEU’s construction division has links to organised crime are "shocking and seriously disturbing". Watt adds that addressing the issue is a top priority for the federal government. Watt also says the government is prepared to legislate to ensure that several branches of the CFMEU’s construction division are placed in administration. Meanwhile, Watt has criticised Coalition MPs for claiming that the CFMEU’s links to organised crime were well-known, questioning why the Coalition did nothing about the issue while it was in office.

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AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF EMPLOYMENT AND WORKPLACE RELATIONS, CONSTRUCTION, FORESTRY AND MARITIME EMPLOYEES UNION

Push to regulate sale of cannabis to stem rise in organised crime

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Original article by Mark Buttler
Herald Sun – Page: Online : 24-Jul-24

The Penington Institute’s CEO John Ryan says cannabis has become an integral part of the criminal economy, and he contends that the drug is a health problem rather than a law and order problem. Ryan argues that the use of cannabis should be regulated rather than prohibited, in order to undermine the criminal market. The Pennington Institute, which advocates drug reform, has released a report which calls for the creation of a regulated cannabis market which would allow adult users to buy the drug from controlled access points; this would ensure that users had access to cannabis that is free of contaminants.

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PENNINGTON INSTITUTE

Democrats’ presidential campaign redux: Kamala’s manifesto

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Original article by Cameron Stewart, Adam Creighton
The Australian – Page: 1 & 9 : 24-Jul-24

Associated Press has reported that at least 2,660 Democrat delegates will back Kamala Harris as the party’s presidential candidate; she requires the support of just 1,976 delegates to win the first ballot at the party’s National Convenion in August. Key Democrats have also backed Harris, including former House of Representatives speaker Nancy Pelosi and a growing number of state governors. Meanwhile, Harris has used her first major speech since becoming the Democrats’ presumptive presidential election nominee to criticise Donald Trump’s stance on issues such as taxation, social welfare and abortion. President Joe Biden in turn praised Harris in a phone call to the campaign meeting; in his first public comments since withdrawing from the election race, Biden said Trump is still a danger to the community and the nation.

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UNITED STATES. EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, DEMOCRATIC PARTY (UNITED STATES)

Unions unleash part-time IR battle

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Original article by Ewin Hannan
The Australian – Page: 1 & 4 : 24-Jul-24

The Fair Work Commission will commence a review of part-time employment in 2025. FWC president Adam says it will examine daily and weekly minimum hours of work for part-time workers, and the circumstances in which working hours may be altered. Meanwhile, the union movement will seek restrictions on part-time employment. This includes minimum shifts of four hours for such workers; at present some awards provide for minimum shifts of no more than two hours for part-time and casual workers. Unions will also push for a requirement that part-timers receive 28 days’ advance notice of rosters changes, and that any such changes must be made with mutual agreement.

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AUSTRALIA. FAIR WORK COMMISSION