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PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2007
... that the new national IR laws have had no discernible economic impact and that real average wages for women and low paid workers had actually fallen. Real average earnings for women in the private sector had fallen by about 2 per cent and those for most ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2007
... cent amongst our competitors. The OECD notes that our productivity could be about a percentage point higher if Australian workers had an average of one year more education. Labour productivity fell from 3.2 per cent to 2.2 per cent during the period ...

First State Super launches retirement products

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2006
... week, two days a week and even one day a week." Dwyer said these trends are already occurring among NSW public sector workers and, "The time was ripe to introduce appropriate allocated pension products to meet the needs of our members." Dwyer said First ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2006
... labour, the National Farmers Federation (NFF) has asked the Federal Government to reduce the withholding tax on foreign workers from 29 to 13 per cent saying that the $7 billion horticulture industry could lose about 10 per cent of its revenue because ...

Westpac launches affordable bill cover

... goal to provide clients with market-leading products. "Bill Cover was developed to offer an affordable way of making sure workers can pay their day-to-day bills in the event they become sick or are injured and are unable to work," he said. The product ...

Daily Economic Round Up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2006
... now 70 times average earnings versus the 20 times multiple of twenty years ago. The annual increase of the lowest paid workers in the recent Fair Pay Commission decision in Australia was 4 per cent. The Australian High Court has given the federal government ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2006
... protection of Australian interests. There has been an increase from about 48 to 57 per cent over the last five years in those workers in the age bracket of 55 to 64 who wish to stay in the workforce. The participation rate for the 55-64 year old bracket ...

Daily Economic Round Up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2006
... learning. Of this number 330,000 were unemployed, working part-time or under-employed. About 37 per cent of part-time workers seek more work according to other academic research. About a half of those who stopped schooling at year 10 were not involved ...

Noonan replaces Wason on CBUS board

... Builders of Australia, the Master Plumbers' & Mechanical Contractors of Australia, the CFMEU, the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU), the Communications Electrical Plumbing Union (CEPU) and the Australian Workers Union (AWU). Michelle Balt ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2006
... Australian Federal government has announced a $23.5 million program to police the 457 visa scheme that has allowed temporary workers into the country for up to four years. About $17.6 million will be spent on training teams that will undertake ad hoc ...