The latest Ai Group Industry Newsletter, 24th March is now available including topics on the following:

Productivity Commission Report deserves a detailed and constructive response 

Ai Group supports changes to structure and operations of Infrastructure Australia

SA apprenticeships and traineeships: employment & supervision requirements

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The latest Ai Group Industry Newsletter, 17th March is now available including topics on the following:

Gas plan needed to avoid blackouts, factory closures and household hardship

Plugging skills shortages through diversity ‘a business necessity’

Business models of Electric Vehicles in the post-carbon era

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The latest Ai Group Industry Newsletter, 10th March is now available including topics on the following:

Significant changes to paid parental leave

Interest rate decision unfortunate but necessary 

Help improve jobs in the energy sector

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The latest Ai Group Industry Newsletter, 3rd March is now available including topics on the following:

Industry treads water in February after a difficult new year

Funding to boost affordable housing investment in the regions

National Accounts point to risk of price-wage spiral 

Victoria’s manufacturers urged to apply for grants

Have your say: Are you a Victorian business that produces, provides or critically relies on digital technology products or services?

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The latest Ai Group Industry Newsletter, 18th November is now available including topics on the following:

Ai Group to breathe new life into digital transformation tool for SMEs

AEMO Electricity Update

An important new tool to measure your industry performance

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The latest Ai Group Industry Newsletter, 18th November is now available including topics on the following:

Potential derailing of Safeguard Mechanism – history repeats

Looking towards an innovative, networked & adaptable National Reconstruction Fund

Jobs and Skills Australia hits the ground running

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The latest Ai Group Industry Newsletter, 10th FEBRUARY is now available including topics on the following:

Industry contraction accelerates in December/January

RBA interest rate decision

Celebrating 150 years of supporting Australian industry

The latest Ai Group Industry Newsletter, 3rd December is now available including topics on the following:

• Welcome opportunity to address problems with IR Bill
• Priorities for Federal Budget 2023-24
• Welcome changes to the apprenticeship incentives program
• Events to register for HR Fundamentals: Conducting Workplace Investigations

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The latest Ai Group Industry Newsletter, 16th December is now available including topics on the following:

• Gas Caps Law: Imperfect, Late, Necessary
• How to prepare for a data breach
• Have a listen to the Aigroup podcast The key to building resilient Supply Chains is active risk management

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The latest Ai Group Industry Newsletter, 18th November is now available including topics on the following:

• Respect at Work Bill addresses unacceptably high rates of sexual harassment
• Ai Group congratulates Andrews Government on its election victory

• Upcoming Event to register for Navigating Psychosocial Risks in the Workplace

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The latest Ai Group Industry Newsletter, 25th November is now available including topics on the following:

• National Reconstruction Fund – new vehicle to advance industrial development
• Award-winner Abbey an inspiration to women in trades
• Upcoming events to register for – Navigating Psychosocial Risks in the Workplace

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The latest Ai Group Industry Newsletter, 18th November is now available including topics on the following:

• Fee-free TAFE and VET places for South Australians
• Wage Price Index – wages growth is picking up strongly
• Upcoming Event to register for – HR Fundamentals Part 4: Managing ill and injured workers

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BSC has created a B-cycle Information Sheet for importers and retailers.  Please review the information sheet here to get the latest details on the Scheme start date, including batteries in Scheme scope, and levy payment options. 

If you have questions about this process, please contact Brett Buckingham brett@bsc.org.au

This special Federal Budget edition of the Ai Group Industry Newsletter, 26th October is now available which includes:

• Ai Groups Pre Budget comments
• Federal Budget 2022-23: What does it mean for Business
• All the key Budget measures and how they impact your business including Skills & Training, Higher Education, Industry Policy, Energy, Trade, Circular Economy and Waste, Infrastructure, Defence and defence industry, Support for long-term net migration and Economic and budget outlook. 

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The latest Ai Group Industry Newsletter, 21st October is now available including topics on the following:

• Business cautions against rushed IR changes
• Why employees are key to managing health and safety at work
• World Standards Day
• Upcoming events to register for – Federal Budget 2022-23: What does it mean for business?

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The latest Ai Group Industry Newsletter, 14th October is now available including topics on:

• 5 Year Productivity Inquiry – warning shot on multi-party bargaining
• Australian PSI®: Services sector slips in September
• Deep dive: Australia’s missing migrants and the labour market
• Ai Group Industry Newsletter – 14th October 2022

The latest Ai Group Industry Newsletter, 7th October is now available including topics on:

• Stage three tax cuts make it a fairer system
• Heads of Agreement means gas price pain continues – and worsens
• Australian PMI®: Manufacturing stable in September
• Ai Group Industry Newsletter – Friday 7th October 2022

OPEA – REGISTER NOW FOR SEVERE WEATHER SEASON OUTLOOK FOR QUEENSLAND 2022-23

Register for the Bureau of Meteorology’s Webinar with experts taking an in-depth look at Queensland 2022-23 severe weather season and learn out the Bureau’s outlooks for the months ahead can help you make important decisions for the season.

Click HERE to register.

Please find attached our Economics Weekly summarising the major data releases this week.

This week we cover:

• ABS, Labour Force, Detailed Aug 2022
• NSC, Internet Vacancy Index, Aug 2022
• ABS, National, state and territory population, Mar 2022

Ai Group Economics Weekly – 21st September 2022

ABRI Newsletter – September 2022 – Battery circular economy trends, announcements and news from Australia and around the world.

ABRI September 2022 Newsletter

Please find attached our Economics Weekly summarising the major data releases this week.

This week we cover:

• ABS, Labour Force, Aug 2022
• ABS, Labour Account, Jun 2022
• NAB, Monthly Business Survey, Aug 2022
• Westpac-MI, Consumer Sentiment, Sep 2022
• ANZ-Roy Morgan, Australian Consumer Confidence, Sep 5-11, 2022

Our CEO outlook for 2023 survey is now open to any employing business in Australia https://surveys.aigroup.com.au/189294?newtest=Y&lang=en. The survey will close Friday 11 November and results published early 2023.

Ai Group Economics Weekly – 16th September 2022

The latest Ai Group Industry Newsletter, Friday 9th September is now available including topics on:

• Climate Bills are a good foundation for hard work to come
• Government should consider extending work rights of foreign students
• Opportunities abound for business as Olympics planners think beyond Brisbane 2032

Ai Group Industry Newsletter, Friday 9th September 2022

Please find attached our Economics Weekly summarising the major data releases this week.

This week we cover:

• Ai Group, Performance of Services, Aug 2022
• Ai Group, Performance of Construction, Aug 2022
• RBA, Monetary Policy Decision, Sep 2022
• ABS, Australian National Accounts, Jun 2022
• ABS, International Trade in Goods and Services, Jul 2022

Also, we have recently released our fact sheets on the changing shape of the Australian labour market and work from home and teleworking in Q3 2022.

Ai Group Economics Weekly 9th September 2022

Please find attached our Economics Weekly summarising the major data releases this week.

This week we cover:

• Ai Group, Performance of Manufacturing, Aug 2022
• ABS, Retail Trade, Jul 2022
• ABS, Building Approvals, Jul 2022
• ABS, Lending Indicators, Jul 2022
• ABS, Construction Work Done, Australia, Preliminary, Jun 2022
• ABS, Private New Capital Expenditure and Expected Expenditure, Jun 2022
• Also this week, we have released a snapshot of the impact of energy price increases on Australian manufacturers.
• Ai Group Economics Weekly 2nd September 2022

Please find attached our Economics Weekly summarising the major data releases this week.

This week we cover:

• NSC, Internet Vacancy Index, Jul 2022
• ABS, Labour Force Detailed, Jul 2022
• ABS, Counts of Australian Businesses, Entries and Exits, June 2021-22
• Also this week, we have just released our latest fact sheet, Australian Labour Force by Gender, covering Q2 2022.

Ai Group Economics Weekly 24th August 2022

Please find attached our Economics Weekly summarising the major data releases this week.

This week we cover:

• ABS, Labour Force, Jul 2022
• ABS, Wage Price Index, Jun 2022
• ABS, Average Weekly Earnings, May 2022
• ABS, Consumer Price Index (Introducing a monthly indicator), Jun 2022

Also this week, we have just released our latest fact sheet on the Wage Price Index, covering Q2 2022.

• Ai Group Economics Weekly, Friday 19th July 2022

As Australia moves away from waste disposal and into a circular economy, product stewardship will play a key role. Circular economy will impact every industry sector.

Product stewardship acknowledges those involved in designing, manufacturing, and selling products have a responsibility to ensure those products or materials are managed in a way that reduces their environmental and human health impacts, throughout the life-cycle and across the supply chain. It aims to drive environmentally beneficial outcomes through good design and clean manufacturing, including the use of components and materials that are easier to recover, reuse and recycle.

The Product Stewardship Centre of Excellence will be hosting the second Product Stewardship Excellence Awards in 2022. The awards aim to recognise excellence and action in product stewardship and seek to raise the profile of stewardship in business, government and NGOs.

There are six award categories open for entry in 2022. An additional category, Product Stewardship Champion of the Year, will be directly conferred by the Centre of Excellence.

The 2022 award categories are:

1. Best Stewardship Outcomes – Collective Scheme
2. Best Stewardship Outcomes – Individual Business or Brand (Large 200+ employees)
3. Best Stewardship Outcomes – Individual Business or Brand (SME < 199 employees)
4. Excellence in Digitalisation for Product Stewardship
5. Excellence in Emissions Reduction through Product Stewardship
6. Excellence in Design for Product Stewardship

To view the awards prospectus and apply for the awards, click here:https://stewardshipexcellence.com.au/awards/

The latest Ai Group Industry Newsletter, Friday 12th August is now available including topics on:

• Comment on ACTU Jobs and Skills Summit proposals
• Supply Circles – Thriving in today’s fragile global trade system
• Upcoming events – Will Australia have the workforce for a clean economy?

Ai Group Industry Newsletter, Friday 12th August 2022

Please find attached our Economics Weekly summarising the major data releases this week.

This week we cover:

• NAB, Monthly Business Survey, Jul 2022
• Westpac-MI, Consumer Sentiment, Aug 2022
• ANZ-Roy Morgan, Consumer Confidence, Aug 1-7, 2022
• ABS, Monthly Business Turnover Indicator, Jun 2022
• ABS, Weekly Payroll Jobs and Wages, Week ending 16 July 2022
• Ai Group Economics Weekly, Friday 12th July 2022

Please find attached our Economics Weekly summarising the major data releases this week.

This week we cover:

• Ai Group, Performance of Manufacturing, Jul 2022
• Ai Group, Performance of Construction, Jul 2022
• Ai Group, Performance of Services, Jul 2022
• ABS, Building Approvals, Jun 2022
• ABS, Lending Indicators, Jun 2022
• ABS, International Trade in Goods and Services, Jun 2022

Ai Group Economics Weekly, Friday 5th July 2022

The latest Ai Group Industry Newsletter, Friday 5th August is now available including topics on:

• Gas crisis will force more hard choices
• Act now to beat high energy prices
• Australian PMI®, PCI® and PSI®

Ai Group Industry Newsletter, Friday 5th August 2022

The latest Ai Group Industry Newsletter, Friday 29th July is now available including topics on:

• Inflation data: Unions need to back away from exorbitant wage claims
• Emissions target bills are a significant improvement
• Jobs and Skills Australia key to recalibrating national skills strategy

Ai Group Industry Newsletter, Friday 29th July

Please find attached the Economics Weekly summarising the major data releases this week.

This week we cover:

• ABS, Retail Trade, Jun 2022
• ABS, Consumer Price Index, Jun 2022
• ABS, Producer Price Indexes, Jun 2022
• ABS, International Trade Price Indexes, Jun 2022

Ai Group Economics Weekly 29th July 2022

The Bureau of Meteorology have released their latest Climate Outlooks for August through to October with the following overview:

• August to October rainfall is likely to be above median for most of Australia, but below median for western Tasmania and an area of south-western WA.
• August to October maximum temperatures are likely to be above median across the tropics and parts of western and southern Australia, but below median for parts of the east and southern interior.
• Minimum temperatures for August to October are likely to be above median nationwide.
• The emerging negative Indian Ocean Dipole event, along with warmer than average waters around northern Australia, and a neutral to cool phase of the El Niño–Southern Oscillation, are likely to be influencing this outlook.

You can also read more information on their website here, and watch the latest Climate and Water Outlook video here.

The CSIRO have released a once-in-a-decade ‘Our Future World’ report, that we would like to share with you for your information.  

The report identifies seven global megatrends that hold the key to the challenges and opportunities ahead to 2042 with a view to guide long-term investment, strategic and policy directions across government, industry, the not-for-profit sector and the broader Australian community.

Please click here to view the report.