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- Agriculture Farming Rural, Animal Animal WelfareRights
- 19/12/2024
- 07:00
Fearmongering laid bare during NSW inquiry into live sheep export phase out
The NSW Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) has debunked industry claims of major impacts on the NSW industry due to the phase out of live sheep exports. In a submission to the NSW Upper House inquiry into the impacts of the phase out of live sheep exports, agri-political lobby group NSW Farmers claimed that it would cost the NSW industry millions and reduce sheep prices due to a supposed oversupply of WA sheep moving across the Nullarbor. “Whether you’re producing sheep in western NSW or Western Australia, you will be dramatically affected” the lobby group claimed in…
- CharitiesAidWelfare, General News
- 19/12/2024
- 07:00
MEDIA CALL – save the date – Wesley Mission Christmas Day lunch celebration set-up – 23 Dec 2024
MEDIA CALL – save the date Christmas Day lunch celebration set-up Wesley Mission is decking the halls, setting the tables and prepping the puddings in readiness for their much-loved Christmas Day lunch celebration in the city. A team of fantastic volunteers will be busy decorating, wrapping gifts, setting tables, trimming trees ready to welcome more than 300 guests on Christmas Day. Come and see it all coming together and capture the spirit of Christmas. Date: Monday 23 December 2024 Time: Anytime 11.15 -11.45am Where: Wesley Mission 220 Pitt St, Sydney Contact: Anne Holt 0418 628 342 Interview: Wesley Mission Head…
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- Environment, Finance Investment
- 19/12/2024
- 07:00
MEDIA RELEASE: Protests at ANZ Bank’s AGM highlight banks ties to genocide in Occupied Palestine
Community members from the Palestinian, climate and environment movement will be staging a peaceful protest atANZ Bank’s upcoming Annual General Meeting (AGM) this Thursday December 19 from 8.30am at Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC) 1 Convention Centre Pl South Wharf, Victoria. Individuals and groups are staging the protest over the bank's financial ties to the world’s largest weapons company, Lockheed Martin. The arms dealer manufactures and supplies weapons to Israel, which are being used in the ongoing genocide in Palestine. Palestinian community members and activists will also be inside the AGM as proxies to put questions directly to ANZ…
- Transport Automotive
- 19/12/2024
- 06:35
Act fast on PHEVs before discount ends, NALSPA urges
The nation’s peak body for novated leasing is urging Australians to act quickly on purchasing a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV), as the fringe benefits tax (FBT) exemption deadline approaches and wait times for some models blow out.Eligible workers who salary sacrifice are exempt from paying FBT on PHEVs until 1 April 2025, whilst the exemption will remain for battery electric vehicles (BEV).The National Automotive Leasing and Salary Packaging Association (NALSPA) CEO Rohan Martin said some PHEV models and variants through novated leasing are being snapped up quickly.“If you want to save on the cost of owning and operating a…
- Business Company News, Finance Investment
- 19/12/2024
- 06:30
INVESTING IN AUSTRALIA: ACCELERATING INDUSTRY SUPER INVESTMENT AND GROWING AUSTRALIA’S HOUSING SUPPLY
Proposed policy settings could help create as many as 100,000 new homes for Australians, according to a blueprint released by IFM Investors. Investing in Australia: Accelerating Industry Super Investment and Growing Australia’s Housing Supply details the steps governments can take to boost investment that delivers appropriate risk-adjusted returns to workers’ retirement savings and help deliver housing at scale. The key recommendation to at least double the Housing Australia Future Fund – from $10 billion to $20 billion – and aligning state and Commonwealth efforts to drive investment – has the potential to significantly increase the supply of social and affordable…
- Crime, Women
- 19/12/2024
- 06:12
Dangerous weeks ahead for women and children, national bodies warn
National organisations working to end violence against women - Our Watch and No to Violence - are warning that women may face increased risks of violence during the festive season. The two organisations are calling on men concerned about their behaviour to seek help and for efforts in primary prevention of both violence and substance abuse to be stepped up. Across the past eight years, NSW police have responded to more family and domestic violence assault incidents on News Years Day than any other day of the year. Similar spikes have been reported by police across the country. Alcohol and…
- Disability, Union
- 19/12/2024
- 06:06
Unions fight to end Xmas pay cut for NDIS workers
The Australian Services Union hopes this will be the last Christmas that disability support workers are shortchanged $200, as the Fair Work Commission hears closing arguments in a wage theft case today and tomorrow.The ASU and other unions are fighting to stop NDIS providers from misclassifying disability support workers as lower-paid home care staff, while claiming the full NDIS price and pocketing the difference.Some workers are losing $9 per hour on a normal shift, and $20 per hour on public holidays, including Christmas Day.ASU NSW & ACT Secretary Angus McFarland said the Fair Work Commission can close the loophole by…
- Business Company News, Finance Investment
- 19/12/2024
- 06:01
IFM INVESTORS APPOINTS DARREN STEINBERG AS INAUGURAL REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT COMMITTEE CHAIR
Industry superannuation-owned private markets funds manager, IFM Investors has today announced that former Dexus Chief Executive Officer Darren Steinberg has been appointed as the inaugural Chair of IFM’s new Real Estate Investment Committee. Mr Steinberg’s appointment as Chair and an independent member of the Committee follows Australian real estate funds manager ISPT recently joining IFM Investors, adding a fifth asset class to IFM’s existing offering. Mr Steinberg has over 30 years’ experience in the property and funds management industry, including 12 years as the Chief Executive Officer of Dexus. His appointment will bring extensive real estate and investment expertise to…
- General News
- 19/12/2024
- 06:01
New world-first standards set new rules for how tech giants must tackle worst-of-the-worst online content
World-first industry standards designed to require global tech giants to tackle the most harmful online content including child sexual abuse material and pro-terror content are set to become law. The two standards, developed by the eSafety Commissioner and registered with the Australian Parliament in June, reached the end of their Parliamentary Disallowance period on the 18th of November and will come into force on the 22nd of December. The Designated Internet Services (DIS) and Relevant Electronic Services (RES) standards require file and photo storage services, like Apple iCloud, Google Drive and Microsoft OneDrive, as well as chat and messaging services,…
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