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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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01 June 2011
Northern Territory Shadow Treasurer Willem Westra van Holthe TRENDING DOWN Victor P Taffa Economic growth in the Northern Territory has gone backwards for the second time in three quarters, highlighting again the Government’s failure to deliver a strong economy. Shadow Treasurer Willem Westra van Holthe said the March quarter figure of -0.7% was the sixth time in nine quarters [...]
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30 May 2011
Victoria Minister for Employment and Industrial Relations Richard Dalla-Riva Statement From Minister Dalla-Riva On Job Losses At Heinz In Girgarre Victor P Taffa Today’s news of job losses at Heinz in Girgarre is extremely disappointing and there will be anxious days to come for many of the company’s employees and their families. This morning I have spoken to senior [...]
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29 May 2011
Western Australia Treasurer Christian Porter March Quarterly Financial Results Report Victor P Taffa Treasurer Christian Porter today released the Western Australian ‘Quarterly Financial Results Report’ for the nine months to March 31, 2011. Mr. Porter said the general Government sector recorded an operating surplus of $1.146 Billion for the first nine months of 2010?11, a significantly stronger outcome on the $15 [...]
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24 May 2011
Tasmania Shadow Minister for Workplace Relations Jeremy Rockliff Libs To Legislate For Right To Work Without Hindrance Victor P Taffa The Liberals today introduced legislation into the Parliament aimed at protecting the rights of workers to attend their workplaces without being hindered by protestors, Shadow Minister for Workplace Relations Jeremy Rockliff said today. “Over recent months, we have unfortunately [...]
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21 May 2011
Tasmania Shadow Minister for Small Business Adam Brooks Small Business Confidence Continues To Plummet Victor P Taffa The Centre for Tasmanian Industry has today reaffirmed the Tasmanian Liberals’ concerns that the Green-Labor Government’s plan to sack up to 2,300 nurses, teachers and Police will damage business and see business confidence plummet even further, Shadow Minister for Small Business [...]
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21 May 2011
South Australia Shadow Minister for Industry & Trade Martin Hamilton-Smith New Figures Show SA’s Services Exports Underperform Victor P Taffa Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) figures just released show SA struggles to achieve 4 % of the nation’s services exports, by far the lowest of all the mainland states. “This result is not a hint that Labor needs to [...]
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20 May 2011
South Australia Shadow Minister for Employment David Pisoni South Australians Earn Less Victor P Taffa South Australians’ average weekly income is the lowest of all mainland states and nearly $104 per week less than the national average. According to ABS statistics released today, South Australia’s wage growth over the last 12 months was only 3.2 % compared to a [...]
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20 May 2011
South Australia Opposition Leader Isobel Redmond SA Labor Backs Carbon Tax Victor P Taffa South Australian Labor has publicly backed the Federal Government’s great big tax on carbon. In Parliament today Leader of the Opposition Isobel Redmond asked Treasurer Jack Snelling what representations he has made or will he be making, to the Prime Minister about the cost of [...]
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