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Where Are The Jobs Going?

Where Are The Jobs Going?

11 November 2011

Tasmania Shadow Treasurer Peter Gutwein 1,000 Jobs Disappear Under Giddings’ Watch; Low Participation Rate Hides Extent Of Unemployment Problem Victor P Taffa While the Liberals welcome the minor growth in jobs in October, the fact remains that 1,000 jobs have disappeared in the 10 months since Lara Giddings became Premier, Shadow Treasurer Peter Gutwein said today. “What is even [...]

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New Premier Old Business Confidence

New Premier Old Business Confidence

09 November 2011

South Australia Shadow Treasurer Iain Evans Change Of Premier Sees Continued Business Slump Victor P Taffa South Australian business conditions – and confidence – have taken another hit with NAB’s Monthly Business Survey for October delivering bad news for Premier Weatherill. The resignation of Mr. Rann as Premier and the instalment of Premier Weatherill last month have clearly [...]

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Victoria Maintains Triple-A Credit Rating

Victoria Maintains Triple-A Credit Rating

08 November 2011

Victoria Treasurer Kim Wells Standard & Poor’s Confirms Victoria’s Triple-A Credit Rating Victor P Taffa Standard & Poor’s have highlighted the strong and responsible financial management of the Victorian Coalition government in today’s AAA credit rating confirmation.   Treasurer Kim Wells said the confirmation of Victoria’s AAA credit rating by Standard & Poor’s is a strong vote of [...]

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Baillieu Moves To End Qantas Dispute

Baillieu Moves To End Qantas Dispute

30 October 2011

Victoria Premier Ted Baillieu Baillieu Government Commences Urgent Action To End Qantas Industrial Dispute Victor P Taffa The Victorian Government has tonight commenced urgent legal action before Fair Work Australia to end the industrial dispute at Qantas. Premier Baillieu wrote to Prime Minister Gillard last week seeking her intervention to end this dispute, however she refused to act [...]

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Flood Relief Available For Business

Flood Relief Available For Business

28 October 2011

Victoria Minister for Innovation, Services and Small Business Louise Asher Victorian Businesses Access Millions In Flood Relief Funding And Loans Victor P Taffa Minister for Innovation, Services and Small Business Louise Asher today announced that almost 200 flood-affected businesses in Victoria have received financial assistance from the Victorian Employers’ Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VECCI) Business Relief [...]

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WA Ahead Of The Rest

WA Ahead Of The Rest

21 October 2011

Western Australia Minister for Commerce Simon O’Brien NSW Falls In Line With WA On Harmonised WHS Laws Victor P Taffa Federal Government needs more considered approach to harmonisation WA Government will assess impact on small business before any changes Commerce Minister Simon O’Brien said today that he welcomed the news that New South Wales had come to a similar [...]

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NBN Rollout Must Be Fair

NBN Rollout Must Be Fair

19 October 2011

Victoria Minister for Technology Gordon Rich-Phillips Victoria Calls For Fair Share Of NBN Rollout Victor P Taffa The Victorian Government today called on the Commonwealth Government to give Victoria its fair share of the NBN coverage following NBN Co’s release of its 12-month national construction plan. The construction plan lists the communities in each State and Territory where NBN [...]

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Victoria Produces Budget Surplus Of $517 Million For Year 2010/11

Victoria Produces Budget Surplus Of $517 Million For Year 2010/11

14 October 2011

Victoria Treasurer Kim Wells Coalition Delivers Strong Result For 2010/11 Financial Year In Challenging Times Victor P Taffa The 2010/11 Annual Financial Report tabled in Parliament today by Treasurer Kim Wells shows that the Victorian general government sector recorded a strong net surplus of $517 Million for the 2010/11 financial year. Mr. Wells said confidence in Victoria’s economy [...]

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Melbourne Is A Good Place To Retire

Melbourne Is A Good Place To Retire

13 October 2011

Victoria Minister for Innovation Services and Small Business Louise Asher Melbourne Looks Super As Australia Climbs The Retirement Incomes Ladder Victor P Taffa Minister for Innovation, Services and Small Business Louise Asher today announced $630,000 in funding for the Australian Centre for Financial Studies to prepare editions of the Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index in 2011, 2012 and [...]

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Geoff Browne Becomes Victoria’s Small Business Commissioner

Geoff Browne Becomes Victoria’s Small Business Commissioner

11 October 2011

Victoria Minister for Innovation, Services and Small Business Louise Asher New Small Business Commissioner Begins Work Victor P Taffa Minister for Innovation, Services and Small Business Louise Asher today announced that Geoff Browne had begun work as Victoria’s new Small Business Commissioner. “Following an extensive search, I am pleased to announce that Mr Browne, formerly the Deputy Director of [...]

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Employment Growth Going Backwards

Employment Growth Going Backwards

10 October 2011

South Australia Shadow Minister for Employment David Pisoni SA Job Ads Continue To Decline Under Labor Victor P Taffa L-plate Premier-in-waiting Jay Weatherill will be inheriting a jobs crisis when he takes over next week with job advertisements falling again in September. According to the ANZ report released today, the number of job advertisements has declined over the [...]

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Retail Growth Remains Slow

Retail Growth Remains Slow

07 October 2011

South Australia Shadow Treasurer Iain Evans South Australian Retail Sector: Slowest Growth In The Nation Victor P Taffa In more bad news – which is becoming never-ending under the State Labor Government – South Australia has experienced the slowest retail sector growth in the nation for the past twelve months. The ABS Retail Trade August 2011 statistics released [...]

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Victoria Calls For Tax Reform

Victoria Calls For Tax Reform

04 October 2011

Victoria Treasurer Kim Wells National Tax Forum Victor P Taffa The Commonwealth Tax Forum to be held in Canberra tomorrow should be an opportunity to properly examine the interaction of state and federal taxes and the appropriate sharing of spending responsibilities. Victorian Treasurer Kim Wells said it is concerning that the Gillard Labor Government has failed to put [...]

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Victoria Welcomes Skilled Migration

Victoria Welcomes Skilled Migration

28 September 2011

Victoria Minister for Employment and Industrial Relations Richard Dalla-Riva Victoria Minister for Multicultural Affairs and Citizenship Nicholas Kotsiras Strengthening Economic And Cultural Links With Greece And Germany Through Skilled Migration Victor P Taffa Minister for Employment and Industrial Relations Richard Dalla-Riva said employers would have the opportunity to find skilled workers from abroad through the Victorian Government’s supported [...]

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South Australia’s Poor Economic Performance

South Australia’s Poor Economic Performance

26 September 2011

South Australia Shadow Treasurer Iain Evans South Australia – Credit Rating Downgrade Victor P Taffa After ten years of Labor’s economic mismanagement the chickens are coming home to roost with Standard and Poors today announcing South Australia’s credit rating has been downgraded from stable to negative. Shadow Treasurer Iain Evans said Treasurer Snelling and his Cabinet colleagues have [...]

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WA Stands Up To Canberra’s Bullying

WA Stands Up To Canberra’s Bullying

24 September 2011

Western Australia for Commerce Minister Simon O’Brien State Stands Up To Canberra On National OSH Victor P Taffa WA not given enough time to analyse impact of harmonised regulations The State Government has told the Federal Government that implementation of the new national occupational safety and health laws are not attainable by January 1, 2012. Commerce Minister Simon O’Brien has [...]

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Small Business Strategy Is All Talk

Small Business Strategy Is All Talk

21 September 2011

Tasmania Shadow Minister for Small Business Adam Brooks Small Business Strategy Fails To Hit The Mark Victor P Taffa The Government’s long-awaited Small Business Strategy fails to address the key challenges facing Tasmanian small business, Shadow Minister for Small Business Adam Brooks said today. “The state’s 37,000 small businesses are being hit hard by the skyrocketing cost of doing [...]

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Victoria State Budget To Be $660 Million Worse Off With Carbon Tax

Victoria State Budget To Be $660 Million Worse Off With Carbon Tax

21 September 2011

Victoria Treasurer Kim Wells Gillard Government Carbon Tax To Devastate Victorian Families And Businesses Victor P Taffa New economic analysis released by the Victorian Coalition Government today clearly shows the devastating impact of the Gillard Government’s carbon tax on Victorian families and businesses. The report by Deloitte Access Economics – a leading economic consultancy – titled Modelling the [...]

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Retail Trading Hours Relaxed For Cruise Ship Arrivals

Retail Trading Hours Relaxed For Cruise Ship Arrivals

18 September 2011

Western Australia Minister for Commerce Simon O’Brien Cruise Passengers Can Shop In Albany On Sunday Victor P Taffa Commerce Minister Simon O’Brien has approved two Sunday retail trading days so that all Albany shops can take advantage of upcoming cruise ship arrivals. Mr. O’Brien has granted a special exemption to allow general retail shops to trade from 9am to [...]

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Tasmania Should Be Open For Business

Tasmania Should Be Open For Business

14 September 2011

Tasmania Shadow Minister for Economic Development Will Hodgman Premier Must Fight For Investment Victor P Taffa The Premier should immediately make contact with Google after reports they are considering developing data facilities in areas with high renewable energy use, Shadow Minister for Economic Development Will Hodgman said. “86 % of the power used in Tasmania comes from renewable hydro [...]

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