![]() ![]() “If I was a person considering travel over the period up until Christmas, I’d probably be looking at airlines other than Qantas,” Mr Purvinas said. THE AUSTRALIAN (Unions say they intend to ramp up their campaign of industrial action against Qantas Airways, with Steve Purvinas, federal secretary of the Australian Licensed Aircraft Engineers Association, yesterday saying he expected full-day stoppages by union members by the end of the month. The Economist Intelligence Unit, authors of the study, wrote that Australia’s national broadband network was an “outstanding example of extreme government intervention” because of the decision to replace the fixed-line copper network of telecommunications giant Telstra with an optic-fibre service. However, Peter Anderson, chief executive of the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said the president “is not in the best position to comment”.įederal Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has labelled a report into government broadband policies as “right-wing dogma”. The comments, which were released yesterday, contrast with complaints from employer lobby groups that argue the Labor Government’s Fair Work laws are responsible for flagging productivity. Geoffrey Giudice, president of national workplace tribunal Fair Work Australia, last week said “much of the debate” on industrial relations “seems to be based on political positioning rather than on hard analysis”. under my chairmanship I intend that the ACCC will be a sometimes noisy proponent of this view,” Mr Sims said. provides benefits for consumers and for society overall. The chairman of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), Rod Sims, yesterday warned major supermarkets, airports, wheat port operators and franchises that the regulator was focusing on the use of market power in those sectors. “I realise that for some this is a difficult message, but as leaders of our business it is the right thing for us to do in the current climate,” the chief executive said in an e-mail to colleagues. THE AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW (The majority of executives at Australia and New Zealand Banking Group will not receive any pay increases for 2012, under budget cuts announced by chief executive Mike Smith yesterday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. ![]()
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