A CEDA report released today is calling for an overhaul of retirement policy, including options such as pre-tax mortgage repayments and superannuation being available for owner-occupied home purchases.
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01/09/2015
“For the last four to five years the global economy has been growing at about 3.5 per cent and we are expecting continued growth of 3.5 per cent and higher with modest expansion,” Standard & Poor’s Rating Services Chief Global Economist, Dr Paul Sheard told a CEDA audience.
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27/08/2015
“In gender-equal work environments, everybody’s performance lifts,” Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Elizabeth Broderick told a CEDA leadership forum in Adelaide.
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20/08/2015
Core elements of the workplace relations system such as the centralised minimum wage, National Employment Standards, awards and enterprise-level agreements are not dysfunctional and require significant regulation, Productivity Commission Chairman, Peter Harris AO has told a CEDA event in Melbourne.
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18/08/2015
“After three years of a stalled economy, Queensland’s recovery is now well underway. In six months, we’ve already created 20,000 jobs, and our impressive list of projects underway shows we mean business,” Deputy Premier, The Honourable Jackie Trad, told the CEDA Queensland Economic Development Forum.
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12/08/2015
“Forty-two per cent of all vehicles on our roads today are commercial vehicles; so if people think the solution for Western Australia is all about public transport I say that you’re mistaken,” Minister for Transport, the Hon. Dean Nalder told a CEDA audience during a transport update for WA.
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11/08/2015
“Gender equality is the unfinished business of the 21st century,” Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Elizabeth Broderick has told a CEDA audience.
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05/08/2015
“Australia’s new Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre will aim to bridge the 'commercialisation valley of death'", the centre’s Chair, Andrew Stevens has told a CEDA forum on Innovation and competitiveness in the New Economy.
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03/08/2015
“If we don’t innovate, Australia runs the very real risk of going back to just being to a dig it up and ship it economy,” CSIRO Entrepreneur in Residence, Dr Ian Oppermann has told a CEDA audience in Perth.
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31/07/2015
The 2015 Queensland Budget "delivers on debt reduction - the first budget in 16 years to reduce government sector debt across the forward estimates, saving $1.35 billion on interest payments," Queensland Treasurer the Hon. Curtis Pitt has told a CEDA audience during his State Budget address in Brisbane.
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24/07/2015