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4 Creative Job Perks That Cost You Little and Gain a Lot 9/2/2015

The connotations of the word 'perk' seem to be as negative as they are positive these days. Yet there are genuine company perks that can make a big difference to staff morale, ...

Ai Group: VIC long service scheme may cost employers $4m per year 8/27/2015

In a major submission to the Inquiry into Portability of Long Service Leave Entitlements for Victorian Workers, the Australian Industry Group has demonstrated that a portable long ...

6 Tips for Employing a Customer Loyalty Program That Works 8/24/2015

If all our customers had the sort of loyalty a dog has for his master we'd have nothing to worry about. Unfortunately customer loyalty is as fickle as fashion and as reliable as the ...

Why it's time to bring manufacturing back to Australia 8/16/2015

If you're old enough to be nostalgic about the 1960s, wistful thoughts probably revolve around black suited Beatles rather than boom times in manufacturing.

Are driverless tractors & drones the future of farming? 8/5/2015

As precision farming methods are being utilised by over 50 per cent of the British countryside, it begs the question: has the new agricultural revolution come upon us?

10 Great Podcasts For Business Managers 8/2/2015

Podcasts aren't exactly new, but only recently have they started to be taken seriously as a medium. For years they were the online equivalent of amateur radio whereby a few profoundly ...

Making innovation a priority in your industry 7/29/2015

Innovation is the cornerstone of business. In fact, penetration into a specific industry by a startup is driven by a new idea or a unique operating model.

Best ways to sell your farm produce 7/20/2015

Right, so you've got a wonderful piece of fertile land, a sympathetic climate, a great team of workers, and all the knowledge and skills to generate first class produce. That's a ...

Ai Group: QLD budget 'sound' but immediate pressures remain 7/17/2015

Ai Group Queensland State Director Jemima Dunn expressed approval of the 2015-16 Queensland budget’s view to improve State finances through debt reduction and encouraging the greater ...

How to become an Australian certified organic farm 7/15/2015

There was a time not long ago when organic farming was a quaint, largely ignored niche occupied by the farming equivalent of potters and tree huggers. Or that may have been the ...

Trusted Trader Program to bring red tape relief for business 7/13/2015

According to Australian Industry Group Chief Executive Innes Willox, the Trusted Trader Program will ensure that Australian exporters and importers who already comply with the rules ...

PHAA claim Shenhua's Watermark mine 'threatens' food security & health 7/10/2015

The Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA) strongly opposes the federal Environment Minister's decision to approve a new open-cut Shenhua coalmine on the Liverpool Plains near ...

Tips for Purchasing Commercial Doors and Access Systems 7/2/2015

Choosing commercial doors isn't just a case of filling a gap with something that opens and closes. It can be that simple if the only things requiring access are staff and clients. ...

6 things a great business leader does every day 7/1/2015

If the road to success came with accurate directions Forbes Rich List would be gridlocked. Quite simply, there is no tried and true 'Do this, do that, then do that' formula for ...

Minimum wages to be increased by 2.5% from 1 July 2015 6/30/2015

The Fair Work Ombudsman has reminded employers about an increase in the minimum wage from the 1st of July.

Expansion of Seasonal Worker Program a 'win-win' 6/28/2015

The National Farmers' Federation (NFF) has commended the Federal Government on its decision to expand and streamline the Seasonal Worker Program to better align with the seasonal ...

3 Warehouse Applications for a Hydraulic Lift Table 6/24/2015

Hydraulic lift platforms, also known as scissor lifts, come in about as many shapes and sizes as beetles.

'Optimism, trepidation' as China-Australia FTA signed 6/18/2015

"Ai Group welcomes the official signing today of the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA), and, importantly, the release of the final details of the agreement," Ai Group ...

5 Ways Supporting Your Community is Also Good for Business 6/17/2015

Ever heard of 'The Giving Pledge'? It's a charitable challenge laid down by two of the world's richest men, Bill Gates and Warren Buffett.

Major FWC annual leave case - employers and employees 'will benefit' 6/11/2015

The Australian Industry Group has been successful in convincing a Full Bench of the Fair Work Commission to allow cashing-out of annual leave for award-covered employees, and to give ...

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