As NSW’s leading business organisation, NSW Business Chamber frequently provides statements and the views of the business community on important policy issues.
NSW Business Chamber maintains a record of statements made by the Chamber on behalf of the NSW business community.
ACCI to wage case: Low inflation and economic slow lanes demand moderation on award wages
14 May 2012
In hearings today in Melbourne, the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) will today tell the 5-member Wages Panel of Fair Work Australia that low inflation, the high dollar, imminent business cost rises and weakness in the slower lanes of the multi-speed economy demand rejection of the ACTU’s $26 per week wage claim, and a much more modest approach to award wages.
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Business welcomes Desal Plant lease
11 May 2012
NSW Business Chamber has welcomed the successful leasing of the Sydney Desal Plant by the NSW Government for $2.3 billion to a private operator.
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Government’s ‘fair go’ Budget comes at cost to business
08 May 2012
While the Government has delivered a long awaited balanced Budget in 2012-13, the path to surplus has been paved with additional cost burdens on Australian business according to NSW’s peak business organisation, the NSW Business Chamber.
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Industry statement on defence budget cuts
04 May 2012
Australian Business Defence Industry Unit (ABDIU), which represents approximately 200 defence industry businesses, has expressed concern about the Federal Government’s announced intention to strip over $2 billion from Australia’s defence budget and the possibility it could reach as much as $4 billion.
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