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Employers push to cut pay, hours

admin /9 April, 2012

Employers push to cut pay, hours Clay Lucas April 10, 2012   EMPLOYERS have expanded their push to cut minimum working hours – in one case to as little as 90 minutes a day for school students – and to slash weekend pay for casuals. They are also moving to abolish evening penalty rates and Continue Reading →

Big spending fails to boost infrastructure

admin /9 April, 2012

Big spending fails to boost infrastructure Matt Wade April 10, 2012 Read later Pledge to reduce the infrastructure “backlog” … Premier Barry O’Farrell. Photo: Lee Besford INFRASTRUCTURE spending in NSW has more than doubled in the past five years, defying the conventional wisdom that underfunding is responsible for gridlocked roads and overcrowded trains. But even Continue Reading →

O’Farrell fast train is absurd, says Hockey

admin /9 April, 2012

How O’Farrell will provide corridors for fast trains through an overburdened metrop network- needs to be investigated. O’Farrell fast train is absurd, says Hockey by: Andrew Clennell From:The Daily Telegraph March 30, 201212:00AM 1 PREMIER Barry O’Farrell’s opposition to a second Sydney airport was “absurd”, a senior Liberal said yesterday, opening a rift between the Continue Reading →

Blowtorch applied to land valuations

admin /9 April, 2012

Blowtorch applied to land tax valuations April 9, 2012 Read later Questions raised … the Valuer-General, Philip Western. Photo: Adam Hollingworth A ”FORENSIC review” of land valuation contracts awarded over more than a decade will be conducted by the NSW Auditor-General amid increasing concern about the accuracy of a system that determines land tax bills Continue Reading →