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Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2007
There has been some particularly good news on the employment front with Workplace Relations Minister Joe Hockey announcing that the number of long-term unemployed fell by in excess of 13,000 in January to a record low of about 78,000. The number of ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2006
... greater than 1 per cent suggesting there is still some significant momentum in the housing industry. Workplace Relations Minister Kevin Andrews said yesterday that as a result of the Work Choices legislation an extra 159,000 jobs were created between ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 AUG 2006
... it guarantees the redundancy payments of workers of failed companies to 16 weeks. Employment and Workplace Relations Minister Kevin Andrews noted that this would align the general employee entitlements and redundancy scheme (GEERS) with current community ...

Business groups fear Labor government: Andrews

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2004
Business groups fear a federal Labor government will derail the economy, Workplace Relations Minister Kevin Andrews said today. Andrews attacked Labor and the Australian Democrats after the government overnight failed for the second time to pass laws ...

New measures to boost employee share ownership

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2004
... government wants to double the number of Australian employees who own shares in the company they work for. Workplace Relations Minister Kevin Anderson announced a new 11% target today for participation in employee share ownership schemes, up from the ...

Government confident of garnering Democrats support for unfair dismissals bill

WITH AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2003
... was confident of winning the Democrats' support for its proposed changes to unfair dismissal laws, Workplace Relations Minister Tony Abbott said today. "I can assure you the government will reintroduce the bill before the end of the year and we will ...
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