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Auschamber Activities & Achievements Q3 2017 PDF 3.48 MB Activities & July - September 2017 Achievements July - September 2017 Highlights CEO: James Pearson This quarter, the Australian Chamber has been building and extending its networks and ensuring Australian business has a place in important policy discussions. We’ve made advocating for business on energy pricing a priority. We were successful in pushing to ensure business retail customers were included in the Government’s deal with energy retailers and continue to push for state and territory gas Australian Chamber President Terry Wetherall speaking at the 10th World moratoria and bans to be lifted. Chambers Congress Gala Dinner in September. “Our message to the Prime Minister and initiative, invited members to join us at this global event hosted the energy retailers is simple – whatever by the NSW Business Chamber. Over the three days 1,200 measures you take to help households with participants from 100 countries networked, exchanged ideas, their energy costs need to include small shared best practices and nurtured business relations. business customers too.” The Australian Institute of Credit Management and James Pearson, CEO, Australian Chamber the Australian Restructuring Insolvency & Turnaround Association have joined as Industry Association members, taking We launched ChamberEDGE, a digital platform for Chambers our tally of industry associations to 70. issuing Certificates of Origin to Australian exporters. We welcomed Interact Injury Management, Argus TrueID, We have had wins in the Parliament and in the Fair Work Football Federation Australia, Archerfield Capital Partners, Commission on workplace relations, including ensuring the Designer Rugs, Citrus Group and City Tattersalls Club as Building Code was not overturned and achieving a more new Business Leaders Council members, bringing the new total practical approach to domestic violence leave. to 50. On the vocational education front, we are working hard to ensure We were delighted to welcome Liz Wheatley (Events and the Skilling Australians Fund is business-led and works for Administration Coordinator) and Haidee Whitely has moved into employers, while Australian Chamber – Tourism has lobbied for a new role (Contract Manager, Biz Better Together). John Hart is better tourism infrastructure for the regions. now serving as Executive Chair of Australian Chamber – Tourism. We also farewelled several staff. We proudly supported the 10th World Chambers Congress in Sydney in September and, through the Biz Better Together www.acci.asn.au | [email protected] | 02 6270 8000 | Twitter: @AusChamber Working for business. Working for Australia July - September 2017 Employment, Education Sustainability, Economics and Training and Industry Policy Director: Jenny Lambert Chair: Trevor Cairney Director: Adam Carr Chairs: Deidre Willmott and Mark Stone We have seen a good deal of activity in the Employment, We have held meetings with the Productivity Commission, Education and Training portfolio over the past quarter. Australian Institute of Company Directors, the Department of Industry, Innovation and Science and joined a panel for a In higher education, we hosted a roundtable on higher education Department of Industry briefing on management. policy attended by Education and Training Minister, Senator the Hon Simon Birmingham, and appeared at the Senate We attended a roundtable on Business Investment with the inquiry examining the Government’s proposed higher education Treasury. We travelled to Queensland and Western Australia to reform legislation. meet with members and key stakeholders. On the Skilling Australians Fund, which is designed to boost We chaired a member forum on Health with the Hon Dr David apprenticeship numbers, we have been putting the case for better Gillespie MP the Assistant Minister for Health and have attended outcomes for employers and apprentices. We have met with numerous meetings with government and opposition MPs and Assistant Minister the Hon Karen Andrews MP and her department advisers. on a regular basis, and with Victorian and ACT Ministers (the Hon Gayle Tierney MP and Meegan Fitzharris MLA). We have worked with members involved in the delivery of the PaTH program addressing youth unemployment to provide regular feedback to Minister Cash’s office and the Department of Employment. We continue our discussions with the office ofImmigration Minister Peter Dutton and the Department of Immigration and Border Protection to help reduce the impact on business of the skilled migration changes which took effect in April 2017, and spoke at the annual industry summit hosted by the Immigration Department. The Hon Dr David Gillespie MP, Assistant Minister for Health, George Tambassis, The Pharmacy Guild of Australia, Sarah Butler, PwC and We provided a substantial written submission and appeared at Milton Catelin, Medicines Australia the House of Representatives Committee inquiry into school- to-work transition. We made a submission to the Independent Review into Regional, Rural and Remote Education and met with Emeritus Professor John Halsey, who is conducting the At General Council we discussed wages and energy with review. members engaging in a healthy debate on both issues. We continue our involvement in the Australian Government’s On the sustainability side we have undertaken a project with Disability Employment Services Transition Reference Group; Aurecon to investigate issues in the national electricity market. Career Education in Schools Working Group; Industry Advisory Our media effort has been focused on the need to reduce Committee on Veterans’ Employment; Course Duration power prices for business customers. Reference Committee; VET Student Loans Advisory Group (as Chair); and the Training Product Reform Joint Working Party. www.acci.asn.au | [email protected] | 02 6270 8000 | Twitter: @AusChamber Working for business. Working for Australia July - September 2017 We presented at the APEC Public Private Dialogue on Rules International Chamber of of Origin in Vietnam and were part of the OECD SE Asia Digital Commerce Australia Transformation Dialogue in Thailand. The Chamber has been Director: Bryan Clark Chair: Peter Hood represented on the ICC Committee working towards the 2020 We have launched ChamberEDGE, a digital platform for update of the international commercial terms, Incoterms. Chambers issuing Certificates of Origin to Australian exporters. It reduces costs for Chambers and provides exporters with an Tourism automated solution. In August, we launched the Women Mean Director: Jenny Lambert. Executive Chair: John Hart Business Digital Toolkit. This quarter has been one of consolidating existing work and The inaugural Asia Pacific Commercial Mediation looking to new opportunities. Competition in Melbourne drew 14 university teams from Australia, Singapore and New Zealand to complete for a place We have developed a new policy position paper and looked at the international competition in Paris next year. Justice Clyde for opportunities to promote investment in regional tourism Croft of the Victorian Supreme Court presented the trophy to the infrastructure. This has been an important element in our winning team from the National University of Singapore. meetings with the office of Minister for Regional Development. We also wrote to Minister Ciobo and the Treasurer outlining the opportunities for regional investment. “The Australian Chamber believes regional tourism has enormous potential for future growth – if we get the policy settings and the investment right.” John Hart, Executive Chair, Australian Chamber - Tourism The team from the National University of Singapore and Jutsice, Clyde Croft, at the 2017 Asia-Pacific Commercial Mediation Competition. We have had strong engagement with the ministerial and shadow ministerial teams. We met with the team from the Hon Anthony Albanese MP’s office in his capacity as Shadow Minister We participated in the Perth US Asia Centre’s Indonesia for Tourism. The Minister for Trade and Tourism’s Chief of Staff and continued our role on the Dialogue National Committee and Senior Adviser attended our August Committee meeting. on Trade Facilitation. We have driven the establishment of a working group on Rules of Origin and moves to improve the Our Tourism Breakfast with CCIQ, featuring the Hon Peter reporting of FTA utilisation. We have continued our participation Beattie and Queensland Tourism Minister the Hon Kate Jones MP, in the International Trade Remedies Forum of the Anti-Dumping discussed the opportunities from the Commonwealth Games Commission. and highlighted the importance of major events. We commenced the revitalisation of the Australia – ASEAN We have held a number of meetings with Austrade and continue Business Council, participated in the IA-CEPA Business Forum to work in conjunction with the EET unit on migration, skills and associated with the negotiation round in Canberra, held an IORA/ employment issues. RCEP/One Belt One Road side event and joined the G20/WTO side event at 10WCC and participated in the CACCI Conference in Sydney. www.acci.asn.au | [email protected] | 02 6270 8000 | Twitter: @AusChamber Working for business. Working for Australia www.acci.asn.au | [email protected] | 02 6270 8000 | Twitter: @AusChamber Working for business. Working for Australia July - September 2017 We supported the Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act to Workplace Relations introduce new governance and disclosure obligations and tough Director: Scott Barklamb Chair: Stephen Cartwright penalties against giving
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