Poor-Quality Data: The sure way to lose business and marketing credibility - 19 September 07
Customer data quality is one of those issues we all recognise but never find the time to fully address. Australian businesses began to get serious about name and address accuracy when Australia Post introduced the DPID (delivery point identifier) because significant postal discounts were involved. N...
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Parliamentary Inquiry Report on 457 visa program released - 19 September 07
The Parliamentary Joint Standing Committee on Migration released its report on Australia’s temporary business visa program on 12 September 2007.
The report, "Temporary Visas … Permanent Benefits: Ensuring the Effectiveness, Fairness and Integrity of the Temporary Business Visa Program", makes sever...
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Employment of children: new laws - 19 September 07
There are now new laws which govern the employment of children in Western Australia. The Children and Community Services Act 2004 contains laws pertaining to the employment of children, and considers all children engaged to carry out work despite being paid wages or other rewards, to be an employee....
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Working capital and cash flow solutions - 19 September 07
The working capital cycle is the engine driving all businesses - large or small. A quickening of the cycle can make a business run more efficiently by generating more cash flow and more profits; a slow down in the cycle can lead to financial strain and, more seriously, business failure.&n...
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Labor party to abolish AWAs - 19 Septemember 07
The Labor Party proposes to abolish the current statutory individual system if it wins Government after the federal election. As indicated in the ALP's proposed industrial relations policy, 'Forward with Fairness', Australian Workplace Agreements (AWA's) will no longer exist. However, agreements alr...
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Health: Planning for the Future
We're constantly bombarded with reports of overcrowded hospitals, long waiting lists and ballooning health costs. It would be easy to believe that our health system is falling apart at the seams. It's not - in fact, on many fronts, it's amongst the best in the world. But that's not to say there...
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Overtime on the rise: the 9 to 5 myth - 19 September 07
28 per cent of WA companies have increased overtime levels, a survey by specialistrecruiter Hays found. Of these companies, 37 per cent said the weekly increase was five hours or less per week, 26 per cent said it was between five to 10 hours and 13 per cent said it was more than 10 hours per week.
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Penalty or liquidated damages? - 19 September 07
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A company (‘the consignee’) arranged for the unpacking of goods ordered. A contract was entered into with a third party who acted as the delivery agent. The terms and conditions stipulated that for the late return of the containers, charges of $100.00 per day per container wo...
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Will your temporary visa candidates make the English language score? - 19 September 07
Due to recent changes in Australian Immigration policy, there are many visa classes which now require temporary Australian residents to secure evidence of English language competency prior to their visas being extended.
Some visa classes including the Temporary Business 457 visa and...
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Thinking beyond numbers: Learning numeracy for the future workplace - 19 September 07
A study commissioned by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) and released on 7 September, investigated the issue of numeracy training in the workplace. National and international research shows that adults with low numeracy skills are not only disadvantaged economicall...
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Billboards in business - 19 September 07
It seems everywhere you go these days, an array of different products and services are being flashed before us in the form of billboards. Sports arenas, busy intersections (even the back of buses) all provide precious advertising space to connect with the masses.
It is not surprising in today's hec...
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Economic Study into Price Pressures - 19 September 07
The Australian economy is in a golden age as high capacity utilisation and historically low levels of unemployment co-exist with low levels of inflation. CCI Economics extensive exploration of the price pressures in consumer products, labour markets and producer input and outputs which have develope...
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Corporate tax developments - Off-market share buybacks - 19 September 07
The Board of Taxation has released its long-awaited Discussion Paper on the Review of the Taxation Treatment of Off-Market Share Buybacks. Although the Discussion Paper does not form a view as to whether changes should be made to the tax system, it does identify possible ways of addressing various c...
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GST goes to the High Court - 19 September 07
Full Court holds no GST payable on forfeited deposits
The recent decision of a Full Court of the Federal Court in Reliance Carpet Co Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Taxation [2007] FCAFC 99 (5 July 2007) represents a significant blow for the Commissioner and is likely to be the first GST case to be heard...
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Effective communication in the workplace - 19 September 07
From the time we are born, the way in which we communicate plays a vital role in life. Put simply, communication is the way we convey our message to others, and regardless of what size business you are in - from large corporation to small home-based business - effective communication skill...
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Guidelines for determining if a sub-contractor is considered a worker - 19 September 07
Determining who should obtain workers' compensation coverage for sub-contractors remains a contentious issue. There are no clear guidelines for employers to determine what the right decision is.
Below is a list of questions which an insurance company will consider in determining if a sub-con...
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