Vol 95, No 220 Vol www.cmaa.asn.au 2010 November NSW Gaming & Racing Minister KEVIN GREENE A Better Understanding Coalition’s Clubs Memorandum Changes NSW Coalition Leader NSW Political Landscape: P10-15 BARRY O’FARRELL ➣ Julia’s Bulldogs ➣ CMAA 2011 ➣ Log on to the throw lifeline to Conference & CMDA’s 2010 Dromana RSL Club Hospitality Expo IT Summit P16&17 Brochure: P21-24 P26&27 1 CLUB MANAGERS’ ASSOCIATION AUSTRALIA Publisher CMAA OFFICE BEARERS Editor: Peter Sharp Phone: (02) 9746 4199 CMAA FEDERAL EXECUTIVE ADMINISTRATION Mobile: 0421 776 637 President Email: [email protected] WILLIAM CLEGG, ACCM Randwick Labor Club Contributors: Bill Clegg ACCM Henri Lach, Katie Cincotta. Federal President Federal Secretary ALLAN PETER, ACCM Advertising Manager: Judy Rayner Federal Vice President Advertising Bookings: DAVID O’NEIL, ACCM (02) 9332 2363 & 9360 6177 Castle Hill RSL Club Fax (02) 9361 5142 Executive Member [email protected] DEBORAH FEENING, ACCM Executive Officer Terry Condon, CCM Printing and Design: Executive Member Daily Press Group MICHAEL O'SULLIVAN, ACCM Phone: (02) 9558 8419 Milton Ulladulla Bowling Club Correspondence: The Editor, c/- FEDERAL COUNCILLORS Club Managers’ Association Australia Allan Peter ACCM Level 2, 1 Showground Road Federal Secretary Division A – City/Eastern Suburbs Sydney Olympic Park NSW 2127 Zone and Manly/Northern Suburbs Zone Locked Bag 4317 Mario Machado, ACCM Sydney Olympic Park NSW 2127 Chief Executive Officer Assistant Executive Officer Phone (02) 9746 4199 Hornsby RSL Club Fax (02) 9746 5199 Ralph Kober, B.Ed. Division B - St George/Cronulla Senior Industrial Relations Advocate Please address all business Sutherland Zone and Inner West Peter Cooper correspondence to the Zone Federal Secretary Ian Todd, ACCM Career Development Administrator The Club Managers’ Association Australia General Manager Narell Harrison is registered as an industrial organisation Kingsgrove RSL Club Training Course Administrators of employees in the terms of the Federal Division C – Nepean Zone Brad Jones, CCM Workplace Relations Act, 1996, and The Estelle McDonald-Birch Club Managers’ Association is a registered Michael Wiezel Trade Union in the terms of the New David O’Neil ACCM Secretary Manager Accounts Officer South Wales Industrial Relations Act 1996. 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Michael O’Sullivan ACCM Numurkah Golf & Bowls Club Wayne Forrest, ACCM ISSN 0045-7205 Federal Executive Member CMAA MEMBERS CONFIDENTIAL SUPPORT & COUNSELLING - 1300 464 262 CLUB MANAGERS’ CAREER DEVELOPMENT CENTRE SPONSOR CAREER DEVELOPMENT SPONSORS 4 Industry Issues November 2010 Magazine Contents Wages don’t PAGE ADVERTISER / Editorial Cover 1 ‘A BETTER UNDERSTANDING’ – NSW GAMING LEGISLATION match cost of Cover 2 SHUFFLE MASTER AUSTRALASIA living - ACTU P 1 CMAA IMPRINT & ADMINISTRATION P 2 CMDA CAREER DEVELOPMENT SPONSORS The ACTU claims workers' wages are P 3 CLUB PLUS SUPERANNUATION not reflecting the rising cost of living, despite a strong rebound in P 4 NOVEMBER EDITION CONTENTS company profits after the global P 5 AINSWORTH GAME TECHNOLOGY financial crisis. P 6 PAYNTER DIXON CONSTRUCTIONS + EDITION POINTERS Australian Council of Trade Unions P 7 INDEPENDENT GAMING says an analysis of economic data, P 8 MERIDIAN CONSTRUCTION + PRESIDENT’S PERSPECTIVE released on October 19, shows P 9 CUSTOMERS ATM company profits have risen by 27.5% in the past year. P 10 EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S DESK That figure is more than 10 times P 11 EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S DESK - MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING the rate of wage rises for private P 12 GAMING LEGISLATION UPDATE sector employees, justifying a union P 13 JAMES CLIFFORD CONSTRUCTION push for significant pay increases in P 14 THOMSONS LAWYERS + GAMING LEGISLATION UPDATE companies that can afford it, the P 15 GAMING LEGISLATION UPDATE ACTU's secretary Jeff Lawrence said. P 16 SOUTHERN EXPOSURE 1 - DROMANA RSL CLUB Mr Lawrence, in an address to the P 17 JEM COMPUTER SYSTEMS + Australian Industry Group's (AIG) SOUTHERN EXPOSURE 2 - DROMANA RSL CLUB Workplace Relations Conference in P 18 HARLEY RUSSELL DAY + Canberra, highlighted the struggle NORTHERN EXPOSURE - Palm Beach Surf Club for ordinary working families. P 19 NORTHERN EXPOSURE - Palm Beach Surf Club He said the ABS data shows that P 20 COOL CHILLI + GAMING LEGISLATION UPDATE half of the Australian workforce, or P 21 CMAA 2011 CONFERENCE & HOSPITALITY EXPO more than four million people, earned just $850 a week or less. P 22 CMAA 2011 CONFERENCE & HOSPITALITY EXPO Yet living costs for households have P 23 CMAA 2011 CONFERENCE & HOSPITALITY EXPO risen by 4.5%, well above the P 24 CMAA 2011 CONFERENCE & HOSPITALITY EXPO overall Consumer Price Index (CPI) P 25 CMDA UPDATE and the rate of pay rises of most P 26 CMDA – 2010 I.T. SUMMIT Australian workers in the past year P 27 CMDA – 2010 I.T. SUMMIT - about 2.7%. P 28 IN THE ZONE - CENTRAL COAST ZONE AGM & CONFERENCE "Workers in the sectors that are growing strongly should be seeing P 29 CMAA DIARY & EVENTS CALENDAR + more of the benefits," he said. IN THE ZONE - CENTRAL COAST ZONE AGM "It's clear that the Australian P 30 CMDA - 2011 TRAINING CALENDAR economy has emerged from the P 31 CMDA - 2011 TRAINING CALENDAR global recession in a better position P 32 CMDA - NOVEMBER-DECEMBER TRAINING CALENDAR than almost any other developed P 33 IN THE ZONE - ST GEORGE CRONULLA ZONE GOLF DAY nation. P 34 INDUSTRY UPDATE - SLATER & GORDON PLASMA TV CLASS ACTION “Our unemployment rate is at 5.1%, P 35 SLATER & GORDON + COMMOWEALTH GAMES BOWLS almost half the rate in the US (9.6%), and substantially lower than P 36 CMAA NATIONAL BURSARY SPONSORS + the UK (7.8%) and the OECD CRONULLA SHARKS AMALGAMATION average (8.5%)." P 37 INDUSTRY UPDATE - CLUB MUTUALITY Mr Lawrence said the wholesale P 38 ZONE EDUCATION OFFICERS & BOARD OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES trade, accommodation and food P 39 MARKET FORCES services, and the information, P 40 CMDA – FOOD SAFETY SUPERVISOR COURSE media and telecommunications P 41 MARKET FORCES - CLUB PLUS SUPERANNUATION industries were the main offenders of all sectors in holding down P 42 RAYNER SALES & MARKETING + workers' wages in the past year. CMAA MANAGER PROFILE - BORIS BELEUSKI 1 P 43 CMAA MANAGER PROFILE - BORIS BELEUSKI 2 P 44 INDUSTRY UPDATE Cover 3 CMDA – EFFECTIVE OPERATIONS MANAGER COURSE Cover 4 IGT 6 In Your November Edition ➢ Pages 10-15 ➢ Pages 16&17 ➢ Pages 18&19 NSW Opposition Leader Barry Footscray is a long way from the Australia Day, 2010. January 26 was O’Farrell’s announcement that a Mornington Peninsula, but that didn’t coming to a close. It seemed like just future Coalition Government would stop Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s another day at the Palm Beach Surf offer clubs a fair rate of gaming tax beloved Western Bulldogs from Club. General Manager-designate is recognition of clubs’ vital social setting up shop in Dromana. The Sheldon Steeles left the club shortly and economic role in the community. No.4-ranked AFL club had pledged before 8pm, leaving a duty manager Under a Coalition Government, clubs $1 million to re-open the long- and two other staffers in charge. The would pay an estimated $2.5 billion standing Dromana Red Hill RSL Club, last of the patrons ambled out a few in tax over the first four years of the just three months after it shut its minutes after 9.