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Jobs at SMEs strongest since GST

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2004
Employment in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) grew to their strongest levels in the January quarter since the introduction of the Goods and Services Tax, a business index found. The Sensis Business Index for Small and Medium Enterprises showed that ...

Government and employers agree on $10 wage rise for low paid

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2004
... rise of up to $10 a week for Australia's lowest-paid workers in this year's minimum wage case, saying any more would cost jobs. The figure is less than half the amount sought by unions, who want an extra $26.60 a week for about 1.6 million award empl ...

APRA raised concerns with NAB before rogue trading scandal

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2004
... (NAB) risk management early last year, more than six months before the rogue trading scandal that cost the bank's two top jobs. NAB suspended four currency traders in January but foreign exchange options head dealer David Bullen said his team had been ...

Telstra chief promises no Australian jobs to be lost overseas

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2004
No Australian Telstra jobs would be lost to workers overseas, Telstra Corp Ltd chief executive Ziggy Switkowski said today. Telstra has come under fire from the federal government over its plans to create more jobs offshore, after it was revealed it ...

Backlash continues over free trade agreement

Thousands of manufacturing jobs could be at risk under the trade deal signed between Australia and the United States, the ACTU has warned. Sugar farmers have already expressed outrage at the free trade agreement, which largely protects the price of ...

ANZ newspaper job ads rise 2.3% in Jan

... last year, to be 30.2 per cent higher than in January 2003," ANZ said. Overall, the total number of newspaper and internet jobs were down 0.7 per cent in January to 104,263 a week - 22.7 per cent more than in January 2003. In trend terms, the total number ...

Ex-AMP man to head Invest Victoria

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2004
... In 2002-2003, the state government helped facilitate $2.4 billion of investment in Victoria which created 7400 full-time jobs with companies such as GE Australia, Computershare, Toyota Australia and NEC Australia.

Perpetual axes 25 jobs in divisional shake-up

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2004
Perpetual Trustees Australia has axed 25 jobs in a divisional shake-up designed to improve efficiency and enhance career opportunities. \"They are mainly in the back-office areas, in the administration (and) client services areas,\" a spokeswoman said ...

Jobs figures strengthen expectations of further rate hike

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2004
Better-than-expected jobs growth in December strengthened expectations of a further rate hike next month as figures showed unemployment remained at 14-year lows. Treasurer Peter Costello said the December jobless rate of 5.6%, the same as November ...

Unemployment rate 5.6% in December: ABS

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2004
... Bureau of Statistics showed that total employment rose by 29,600 to 9.66 million, on a seasonally adjusted basis. Full-time jobs increased by 16,100 to 6.93 million, while part-time employment jumped by 13,500 to 2.74 million. The figures were slightly ...