Programs to encourage employment participation by young Aboriginal people must start with job-specific training but ultimately aim to get more indigenous young people into university, a CEDA forum in Perth has been told.
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30/04/2013
Australian agriculture must embrace foreign investment to develop irrigation areas and to produce higher value products for consumers, a CEDA forum in Brisbane has been told.
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30/04/2013
South Australians must make some tough choices about the value of their public health spending to reduce the sector’s burden on the budget, SA Minister for Health and Ageing Jack Snelling told a CEDA Health review in Adelaide.
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18/04/2013
CEDA is today calling for three per cent of superannuation to be quarantined to meet healthcare costs, either by increasing the current super rate or using a portion already paid, as part of a suite of recommendations aimed at ensuring the long term sustainability of Australia's universal healthcare system.
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17/04/2013
Progress towards gender equality, including milestones such as having the first female Prime Minister, should not be confused with success in workforce equality, journalist and author Dr Anne Summers told a CEDA Women in Leadership forum in Sydney.
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12/04/2013
The Federal Labor Government’s claim they saved Australia from the negative effects of the global financial crisis (GFC) is a myth, Federal Shadow Minister for Finance, Deregulation and Debt Reduction, Andrew Robb AO has told a CEDA audience in Melbourne.
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04/04/2013
Innovative small and medium-sized manufacturers producing high value products and services must be the backbone of the South Australian economy, a CEDA forum in Adelaide has been told.
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02/04/2013
We need to look forward to the next 30 years and put in place key infrastructure in the energy sector, Queensland Minister for Energy and Water Supply, Mark AcArdle has told a CEDA audience in Brisbane.
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28/03/2013
Australia has reliable energy systems but we must pay for that reliability, Origin Energy, Managing Director, Grant King has told a CEDA audience in Sydney.
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28/03/2013
There’s no single solution to improving Perth’s transport system, there needs to be strong future planning and integration, Department of Transport WA, Director General, Reece Waldock has told a CEDA audience in Perth.
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26/03/2013