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11 September 2011
Victoria Treasurer Kim Wells National Accounts Show Strong Growth For Victoria’s Economy Victor P Taffa Today’s National Accounts data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows that Victoria’s economy grew by 0.6 % in the quarter to be 2.3 % higher over the year. Treasurer Kim Wells said today’s National Accounts demonstrate the strength of the Victorian [...]
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02 September 2011
Northern Territory Shadow Treasurer John Elferink DEBT FUNDING PROMISES Victor P Taffa The recent release of Treasury data revealing that there are few signs of improvement in private investment in the Territory have placed the NT Government in a difficult situation according to Shadow Treasurer, John Elferink. “According to the Treasurer in her own budget papers she intends to [...]
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01 September 2011
Victoria Minister for Innovation, Services and Small Business Louise Asher Victorian Government Funds Small Business Innovation Victor P Taffa Minister for Innovation, Services and Small Business Louise Asher today announced that 12 small to medium sized companies have secured Victorian Government funding for feasibility studies under the Smart SMEs Market Validation Program. “The Smart SMEs Market Validation Program [...]
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27 August 2011
Victoria Minister for Major Projects Denis Napthine Major Projects Victoria Wins Top Project Management Award Victor P Taffa Major Projects Victoria (MPV) has been honoured for its work on Melbourne’s AAMI Park stadium taking out a top prize at the 2011 Australian Institute of Project Management Achievement Awards. The stadium’s project management team from MPV was recognised last [...]
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24 August 2011
Western Australia Minister for Finance Simon O’Brien Opposition Empty Words On Government Office Space Victor P Taffa Finance Minister Simon O’Brien has strongly refuted claims made by Opposition spokesperson Mark McGowan that the State Government is wasting taxpayers’ money for unoccupied buildings. Mr. O’Brien said Mr. McGowan is way off the mark as the State Government’s leased agreements are [...]
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11 August 2011
South Australia Shadow Minister for Employment David Pisoni Rann & Weatherill Fight For Top Job As More South Australians Lose Theirs Victor P Taffa While lame duck Premier Mike Rann and the L-plater Premier-in-waiting Jay Weatherill have been fighting over the top job 1,600 more South Australians have become unemployed. According to ABS statistics released today South Australia’s [...]
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11 August 2011
Australian Bureau of Statistics Australia’s Unemployment Rate Increased 0.1 Percentage Points To 5.1 % In July 2011 Victor P Taffa The seasonally adjusted Australian unemployment rate increased 0.1 percentage points to 5.1 % in July, as announced by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) today. The ABS reported the number of people employed remained relatively unchanged at 11,450,500 in [...]
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28 July 2011
Western Australia Treasurer Christian Porter Report Predicts WA Will Continue To Prosper For Decades Victor P Taffa Treasurer Christian Porter today welcomed a report by Deloitte Access Economics highlighting the continued strength of the Western Australian economy and good prospects for further jobs and export growth. The Quarterly business outlook reaffirmed WA as the driving force behind the nation’s [...]
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20 July 2011
Victoria Minister for Major Projects Denis Napthine Coalition Government Fixes Labor’s Leftover Mess To Deliver A Vibrant Modern Wholesale Market For Victoria Victor P Taffa The Victorian Coalition Government will deliver a modern and vibrant wholesale market at Epping to meet the long term needs of the market community with more affordable rents for market tenants and [...]
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20 July 2011
Western Australia Minister for Training and Workforce Development Peter Collier Federal Government Thwarts WA’s Ability To Get Skilled Workers Victor P Taffa The Liberal-National Government will continue to apply pressure on the Federal Government to make changes to its visa program, following a positive response to a delegation in the United Kingdom targeting skilled migrants. The delegation is led [...]
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10 July 2011
Victoria Minister for Innovation Services and Small Business Louise Asher Victoria Minister for Aboriginal Affairs Jeanette Powell $2.1 Million To Establish New Victorian Aboriginal Business Advisors Program Victor P Taffa Aboriginal businesses owners and operators across Victoria will benefit from a Victorian Coalition Government agreement worth $2.1 Million, to establish the Victorian Aboriginal Business Advisors Program. Minister for Innovation [...]
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30 June 2011
Victoria Minister for Innovation, Services and Small Business Louise Asher Nominations Open For 2011 Victoria Prize And Fellowships Victor P Taffa Minister for Innovation, Services and Small Business Louise Asher has urged leading and emerging innovators and researchers in science, engineering and technology to apply for the prestigious Victoria Prize and early-career Victoria Fellowships, which opened today. [...]
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27 June 2011
Victoria Treasurer Kim Wells Coalition Government Delivers The Keys For Home Buyers Victor P Taffa The Victorian Coalition Government is delivering on its commitment to make purchasing a new home more affordable for first home buyers, young farmers, pensioners and concession card holders, and self funded retirees. Treasurer Kim Wells today confirmed that for contracts settled from 1 [...]
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22 June 2011
Victoria Minister for Manufacturing, Exports and Trade Richard Dalla-Riva Victoria Backs Global Engineering Talent Attraction Victor P Taffa Minister for Manufacturing, Exports and Trade Richard Dalla-Riva today chaired a roundtable forum of engineering industry leaders developing a national strategy to improve employment prospects for highly skilled local and overseas engineers to address skills shortages. Mr. Dalla-Riva chaired the Engineers [...]
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19 June 2011
Western Australia Minister for Commerce and Small Business Simon O’Brien Change To Retail Trading Laws A Boost For Small Business And Consumers Victor P Taffa Commerce and Small Business Minister Simon O’Brien today announced an increase in the number of people that small retail shops in Western Australia are able to have working at any one time. Mr. O’Brien [...]
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17 June 2011
Victoria Minister for Innovation, Services and Small Business Louise Asher Victorian Business Owners Encouraged To Add One More Skill In 2011 Victor P Taffa Minister for Innovation, Services and Small Business Louise Asher has encouraged small business owners and employees to register online for this year’s Victorian Small Business Festival. “Victoria has over 495,000 small businesses all vying [...]
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12 June 2011
Tasmania Shadow Treasurer Peter Gutwein Five Months Into Giddings’ Premiership, Not A Single Job Created Victor P Taffa Shocking new jobs data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics reveals that in the first five months of 2011, not a single new job has been created in Tasmania (on trend terms). Coincidentally, this is the same five months that [...]
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06 June 2011
South Australia Shadow Treasurer Iain Evans SA Worst Performing Economy Again – Why? Victor P Taffa South Australia’s economic growth has fallen by more than any other state or territory in the nation, producing an even worse result than flood-ravaged Queensland. The National Accounts Publication revealed that since December South Australia’s economic growth fell by 0.8 %. South Australia’s [...]
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05 June 2011
Northern Territory Shadow Treasurer Willem Westra van Holthe SALES STALL Victor P Taffa The Territory’s April retail sales growth figures were the worst in the country. Shadow Treasurer Willem Westra van Holthe said the latest Bureau of Statistics figures show the Territory’s seasonally adjusted retail turnover figures fell 0.8% in April from the previous month. This follows a flat-lining in [...]
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04 June 2011
Victoria Minister for Innovation, Services and Small Business Louise Asher Regional Melbourne Cup Day Holiday Act Passes Parliament Victor P Taffa Minister for Innovation, Services and Small Business Louise Asher has welcomed the successful passage of the Public Holidays Amendment Bill 2011 through the Legislative Council yesterday. “The Victorian Coalition Government has honoured its election commitment to allow [...]
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