Media Releases November 2020

"It is clear from an Ai Group Discussion Paper released today that significant issues associated with our ports persist which could undermine our resilience, competitiveness and COVID recovery, should we fail to address them," Innes Willox, Chief Executive of the national employer association Ai Group said today.

"The proposal announced today by the Victorian Government to give casuals sick leave and carer's leave is deeply flawed," Innes Willox Chief Executive of the national employer association Ai Group, said today.

"The Australian Industry Group in Victoria (Ai Group) has welcomed today's easing of restrictions on both businesses and the community in the State," Tim Piper, the Victorian Head of Ai Group said today.

"The end of the South Australian lockdown brings to a conclusion an enormous amount of dislocation, disruption and cost to industry in South Australia," Stephen Myatt, SA Head of the national employer association Ai Group, said today.

"The decision to close down South Australia today with no reasonable notice will cause huge disruption to the State's industry," Stephen Myatt, SA Head of the national employer association Ai Group said today.

"Through its investments in infrastructure; its support for job creation and skills development; and its commitment to making it easier and more attractive to do business here, the NSW Government's 2020-21 Budget pushes the right buttons to support the recovery in the State's economy into next year and beyond," Mark Goodsell, the New South Wales Head of the national employer association Ai Group, said today.

"The ACTU has flagged its intention to pursue its Working from Home Charter in upcoming enterprise agreement negotiations. This adversarial approach risks the widespread cooperation that is occurring between employers and employees regarding working from home arrangements," Australian Industry Group Chief Executive, Innes Willox, said today.

"If our states decide that their first response to an inevitable COVID outbreak anywhere in the country is to shut their borders, they will risk Australian employers concluding that our federation is irretrievably broken," Innes Willox, Chief Executive of the national employer association Ai Group, said today.

"A highly contrarian report on gas by the Grattan Institute highlights the need for a strong demand-side strategy, given the risk that the fundamentals of the Eastern Australian market remain unfavourable for gas users," Innes Willox, Chief Executive of national employer association Ai Group, said today.

"Australian businesses welcome the greater certainty in the movement of data and privacy rules across Asia with today's signing of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) – the world's biggest Free Trade Agreement," Innes Willox, Chief Executive of the national employer association Ai Group, said today.