Media Releases

"The industrial action at four Australian ports is causing further disruption to Australia's international supply chains – already on the brink of collapse due to local and global COVID related shut downs," Innes Willox, Chief Executive of the national employer association Ai Group, said today.

"The Australian Government's announcement today to invest almost $800m in the JobMaker Digital Business Plan to provide incentives to digital technology uptake and remove outdated regulatory barriers should help businesses become more sustainable and competitive along the economic road to recovery," Innes Willox, Chief Executive of the national employer association Ai Group, said today.

"The continuing industrial disruption at Port Botany has become a major threat to many key sectors of the economy," Mark Goodsell, NSW Head of the national employer association Ai Group said today.

Industry is calling on the Government to allow a phased opening of the beauty industry to provide a much needed morale boost to the Victorian community.

Today's announcements on state restrictions is a step in the right direction for community and businesses – but it still leaves many businesses extremely vulnerable.

"While the size of the budget deficit and the implied extra debt levels revealed today might seem staggering, it reflects the fact that we are experiencing the deepest recession since the 1930s. There should be little doubt that the economy would be in much worse shape if the Federal Government had not stepped in to stem the tide of job losses and business failures," Innes Willox, Chief Executive of the national employer association Ai Group said today.

The national employer association Ai Group has today released the latest in its series of monthly reports on Australia's business experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic, up to September 2020.

"The insolvency measures announced by the Treasurer today are an important step in addressing the rigidities for businesses with relatively small levels of liabilities," Innes Willox, Chief Executive of the national employer association Ai Group, said today.

"Industry welcomes the progress towards the removal of internal travel restrictions imposed by state and territory governments with Queensland and South Australia slowly unravelling the tight restrictions put in place at the height of the pandemic," Innes Willox, Chief Executive of the national employer association Ai Group said today.

"The inaugural Low Emissions Technology Statement picks a strong set of promising areas for innovation; once coupled with a clear guiding vision and technology-neutral policy frameworks for mass takeup, it will help Australia build new economic advantages on the road to net zero emissions," Innes Willox, chief executive of the national employer Association Ai Group, said today.