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Australian retailers committed to safer workplaces

The Australian Retailers Association (ARA) and National Retail Association (NRA) confirmed today that retailers across Australia are making major investments in creating safer workplaces in the face of significant industry […]

Communique: Fourth Retail Employee Safety Council meeting prioritises Workplace Protection Orders

The Retail Employee Safety Council (RESC) has reaffirmed its commitment to tackling customer abuse and violence by prioritising the focus on Workplace Protection Orders. At its most recent meeting, the […]

Statement from the Alliance of Industry Associations on the Economic Reform Roundtable

An alliance of nearly 30 groups representing Australia’s small, medium and large businesses, universities, farmers, retailers, pharmacies and the investment community is calling for red-tape tape reduction, planning and major […]

Lower interest rates a welcome relief, critical banks pass on full cut

Retailers welcome the Reserve Bank of Australia’s (RBA) announcement today of a 25-basis-point cut to take the cash rate to 3.6 percent as a vital confidence boost for their sector’s […]

Joint Group of Industry Organisations statement in response to Productivity Commission report

The Productivity Commission proposal to tax business cash flow is an experimental change that hasn’t been tried anywhere else in the world. This tax increase risks putting more pressure on […]

EOFY sales bolster June retail spending, but caution still in the cart

Retail spending in June grew by 4.9% compared to the same period last year, with the latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) showing a spike in consumer […]

Retailers and their workers deserve greater choice and flexibility

The Australian Retailers Association (ARA) and National Retail Association (NRA) say the Federal Government’s new penalty rates bill strips away an opportunity for choice and flexibility for retailers and their […]

Retailers call for urgent, national response to retail crime

In response to the alarming rise in retail crime across the country, retailers, government, police, unions and crime experts are coming together to help improve safety and crime outcomes for […]

Penalty rates Bill undermines choice, flexibility and remuneration for employees and employers

The Federal Government’s decision to introduce legislation that effectively forbids businesses and their employees from negotiating the incorporation of penalty rates into base salary further reflects that Australia’s industrial relations […]

Interest rates hold a let-down for retailers as headwinds persist

Retailers said today’s Reserve Bank of Australia’s (RBA) decision to hold the cash rate at 3.85 per cent is a blow for consumer and business confidence and will undercut the […]

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Australian retailers committed to safer workplaces

Communique: Fourth Retail Employee Safety Council meeting prioritises Workplace Protection Orders

Statement from the Alliance of Industry Associations on the Economic Reform Roundtable

Lower interest rates a welcome relief, critical banks pass on full cut

Joint Group of Industry Organisations statement in response to Productivity Commission report

EOFY sales bolster June retail spending, but caution still in the cart

Retailers and their workers deserve greater choice and flexibility

Retailers call for urgent, national response to retail crime

Penalty rates Bill undermines choice, flexibility and remuneration for employees and employers

Interest rates hold a let-down for retailers as headwinds persist

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