Next week the Federal Budget will be handed down and the focus appears to be jobs, jobs and more...
Next week the Federal Budget will be handed down and the focus appears to be jobs, jobs and more jobs. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has outlined an ambitious goal of lowering the unemployment level to below five per cent. In a fundamental shift, the Coalition Government has jettisoned past mantras around...
Powered by Rest In the 2020–21 federal Budget, the government announced the Super Reforms – Your Future, Your Super measure....
Powered by Rest In the 2020–21 federal Budget, the government announced the Super Reforms – Your Future, Your Super measure. We urge business owners and employers to familiarise themselves with these changes so that you can understand how these shifts might impact your business and employees. Expected to take effect 1 July...
The Palaszczuk Government has launched Queensland Small Business Month with three new grants programs worth $25 million over two...
The Palaszczuk Government has launched Queensland Small Business Month with three new grants programs worth $25 million over two years – making Queensland the place to be for small business. Minister for Employment and Small Business Di Farmer said the announcement builds on the more than $180 million in Small...
The National Retail Association is encouraging ACT retailers to prepare now for the single-use plastics ban which comes into...
The National Retail Association is encouraging ACT retailers to prepare now for the single-use plastics ban which comes into effect 1 July. In the last 7 days, the NRA team visited over 500 ACT businesses in their stores to provide advice and materials. The NRA is also providing a tollfree...
It would be remiss of me to not begin this week’s column by acknowledging Anzac Day. The most solemn...
It would be remiss of me to not begin this week’s column by acknowledging Anzac Day. The most solemn day on the Australia calendar serves as a poignant reminder that as challenging and frustrating as the past year has been, past generations of Australians have faced even more daunting...
High streets throughout NSW will be revitalised with more than $15 million in grants to boost local business, support...
High streets throughout NSW will be revitalised with more than $15 million in grants to boost local business, support jobs and create better public spaces for the community. The NSW Government’s Your High Street program will provide 19 councils with up to $1 million to help them deliver projects that...
Inaugural Klarna Shopping Pulse reveals Australian shoppers expect digital transformation to continue with clear continued role for physical stores. An...
Inaugural Klarna Shopping Pulse reveals Australian shoppers expect digital transformation to continue with clear continued role for physical stores. An international survey has revealed that Australian shoppers expect to shop online even more in the future, however, there remains a clear role for physical stores, with 54% of Australian respondents...
As of 27 March 2021, it is now enshrined in the Fair Work Act 2009 that casual employees will generally be able to...
As of 27 March 2021, it is now enshrined in the Fair Work Act 2009 that casual employees will generally be able to accept or refuse work when it is offered. While this has always been the case under common law and is technically not anything new, the fact that it is now provided...
Perth and Peel lockdown From midnight tonight, the Perth and Peel regions of Western Australia will enter a snap three...
Perth and Peel lockdown From midnight tonight, the Perth and Peel regions of Western Australia will enter a snap three day lockdown. The wearing of face masks outside of the home will be mandatory from 6pm tonight. All residents in those areas need to stay at home unless it is for essential...
The Shopping Centre Council of Australia (SCCA) and the National Retail Association (NRA) have jointly welcomed the determination by...
The Shopping Centre Council of Australia (SCCA) and the National Retail Association (NRA) have jointly welcomed the determination by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to re-authorise the Casual Mall Licensing Code of Practice for an additional 10 years, the longest extension since the Code’s inception in 2007. The...
The National Retail Association (NRA) with the assistance of the Western Australian Government have launched the Wage Right Compliance...
The National Retail Association (NRA) with the assistance of the Western Australian Government have launched the Wage Right Compliance Hub, an educational online resource designed to assist small and medium sized businesses with wage compliance. Dominique Lamb, CEO of the National Retail Association, has said that one of the key...
Nationwide retail sales have rebounded from the February fall according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) retail trade...
Nationwide retail sales have rebounded from the February fall according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) retail trade preliminary report for March released today. Turnover across Australia rose by 1.4 per cent in March with the resurgence led by Victoria and Western Australia, states that both experienced hard lockdowns...
Off the back of the latest employment figures which show more than 300,000 additional jobs have been created since...
Off the back of the latest employment figures which show more than 300,000 additional jobs have been created since October 2020, businesses that have employed new young people are encouraged to check if they are eligible to claim the JobMaker Hiring Credit. Employers can receive up to $10,400 per year...
By Kyle Swain, Retail Director Australia & New Zealand, Lpc Cresa This past weekend, the Age newspaper in Melbourne published...
By Kyle Swain, Retail Director Australia & New Zealand, Lpc Cresa This past weekend, the Age newspaper in Melbourne published a piece declaring “Weekend foot traffic nears pre-pandemic level” and quoted the Deputy Lord Mayor saying that “every extra person in the city represented another opportunity for CBD businesses that...
There was some promising news on the economic front last week as retailers across Australia continue to adjust to...
There was some promising news on the economic front last week as retailers across Australia continue to adjust to life without the JobKeeper safety net. The NAB monthly business survey for March revealed that business conditions rose to a record high, leading some economists to assert that Australia is transitioning...
The Australian retail industry is leading the way when it comes to environmental progress following the recent Environment Ministers...
The Australian retail industry is leading the way when it comes to environmental progress following the recent Environment Ministers Meeting (EMM). Ministers recognized the need for greater certainty, and the eight ‘problematic and unnecessary’ plastic product types for industry to phase out nationally under the National Waste Policy Action Plan...