Federal Government announces Infrastructure Australia - 18 February 08
Federal Cabinet has approved the establishment of Infrastructure Australia, a new national approach to planning, funding and implementing the nation's future infrastructure needs.
Infrastructure Australia will be a statutory advisory council with twelve members drawn from industry, government and l...
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Leach Highway truck ban - 18 February 08
The WA Government will implement new road freight arrangements on Leach Highway and South Street, commencing Tuesday 25 March 2008.
From this date forward, the following rules will apply:
Trucks over 12.5 metres long (such as semi-trailers, B-doubles and long vehicles) will no longer have access...
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Safe mobile phone use for truck drivers - 18 February 08
The National Transport Commission and the Australian Trucking Association have issued some common-sense tips regarding safe mobile phone use for truck drivers.
Recent amendments to the Australian Road Rules (Rule 300) clarified that a driver must not use a mobile phone held in the driver's hand. We...
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Licence for woodchip trucks to access Bunbury Port - 18 February 08
Heavy-haulage trucks in Western Australia's south-west now require a commercial goods vehicle licence (effective January 2008), to transport logs and woodchips to the Port of Bunbury.
The new licence, introduced after amendments to the Transport Coordination Act earlier this year, is free of charg...
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Regional Telecommunications Review - 18 February 08
CCI has given evidence at the Perth hearing for the Regional Telecommunications Review.
CCI expanded on its previous submission to the review in December 2007, which emphasised the importance of competition and high speed broadband availability in regional Western Australia.
CCI commented that W...
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Tourism workforce development funding - 18 February 08
CCI's Tourism Committee welcomes Tourism Western Australia's recent allocation of $590,000 for workforce development initiatives to address the labour shortages in the tourism and hospitality industry.
The tourism sector continues to suffer high staff turnover and general labour shortages for both ...
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Fremantle Harbours Policy - 18 February 08
CCI's Tourism Committee recently made a submission to the Department of Planning and Infrastructure (DPI) concerning the Fremantle Harbours Policy.
The submission supported DPI’s proposal to expand the Fremantle Fishing Boat, Challenger, and Success boat harbours to manage the growth of commercial...
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Recreation in water catchment areas - 18 February 08
CCI's Tourism Committee has found the prohibitive conditions associated with the management of public drinking water source areas (PDWSA) are likely negatively impacting upon recreation and tourism opportunities.
The Committee recently wrote to the Minister for Water Resources encouraging the gove...
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Regulatory burden on public weighbridge licensees - 18 February 08
CCI's Small and Medium Enterprise Forum has made a submission to the National Measurement Institute, regarding the National Trade Measurement Legislation Discussion Paper.
The SME Forum's submission supported national trade measurement legislation, however, expressed concern that there were not en...
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Market for retail tenancy leases draft report - 18 February 08
CCI Small and Medium Enterprise Forum is currently preparing a submission for the Productivity Commission's draft report on the Australian market for retail tenancy leases.
The draft report explored the perceived imbalance of bargaining power between small retail tenants and their larger landlords...
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Operation of WA's franchise market - 18 February 08
CCI's Small and Medium Enterprise Forum is preparing a submission to the Small Business Development Corporation's inquiry into the operation of franchise businesses in WA.
The inquiry is focused on franchisees' rights at the end of a franchise agreement, particularly in relation to the value of goo...
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BRCWG reducing the regulatory burden on businesses - 18 February 08
The Commonwealth, State and Territory Business Regulation and Competition Working Group (BRCWG) held its inaugural meeting on 31 January 2008.
The aim of the working group is to drive the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) agenda for the reduction of the regulatory burden on businesses by ac...
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Food Strategy WA - 18 February 08
The State Government has established the Food Strategy WA Working Group to support a whole-of-government approach to Food Strategy WA.
Food Strategy WA is being developed to address issues and impediments to growth throughout the supply chain - from agricultural production and first stage pack...
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FSANZ nutrition, health and related claims - 18 February 08
In December 2007, Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) called for submissions to address a further three issues in relation to Proposal P293 - Nutrition, Health and Related Claims.
These issues were:
the food eligibility criteria for nutrition content and general level health claim...
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Concern over Healthy Options WA - 18 February 08
CCI has written to the Minister for Health, expressing concerns over the recently released Healthy Options WA: Food & Nutrition Policy for WA Health Services & Facilities, which CCI believes is an attempt to modify dietary behaviour by restricting consumer choice.
The State Government's Hea...
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Retail electricity market review - 18 February 08
CCI's Resource and Energy Committee has provided a submission to the Office of Energy's Consultation on the electricity retail market.
Currently, small sized electricity consumers pay far less for their electricity than it costs to produce. CCI has supported the introduction cost-reflective tariffs...
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CCI proposes multi-utility for regional services - 18 February 08
CCI's Resource and Energy Committee has provided a submission to the Economic Regulation Authority discussing the benefits of forming a 'multi-utility' to provide services to regional communities.
Under the 'multi-utility' proposal, one agency would be responsible for providing both power and wate...
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WA must support national climate change initiatives - 18 February 08
CCI's Resource and Energy Committee has provided a submission on the Office of Energy's consultation on a renewable energy target for Western Australia.
The submission argued the need for national consistency, and urged the State Government not to adopt a scheme that would unnecessarily burden ind...
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Federal Climate Change Policy Forum comes to WA - 18 February 08
Professor Ross Garnaut will host the fifth public forum of the Garnaut Climate Change Review, titled 'Transport, Planning and the Built Environment', on 19 February 2007.
The forum will explore Federal Government policies in the areas of land use and urban planning, design and construction of the b...
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Improve your workers' compensation premium - 18 February 08
If you are a small or medium-sized business and your workers' compensation premium is due soon, CCI can help you put forward your best business case for a better premium, for the low cost of $100.
CCI’s workers' compensation experts will examine your claims history, premium history and industry spe...
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Benchmark your business with EFIC - 18 February 08
The Federal Government's Export Finance and Insurance Corporation (EFIC) is currently conducting the first Global Readiness index - a comprehensive study of the drivers, decisions, barriers and risks Australian companies face in exporting goods and services or establishing offshore facilities. ...
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