Author name: Press Release

Australia’s largest retailers have welcomed the South Australian Government’s announcement to expand retail trading hours in Adelaide’s city and metropolitan areas throughout the Christmas shopping period. ANRA CEO Anna McPhee said moves to liberate trading hours across the Christmas period are a progressive step that would deliver employment and economic benefits to South Australian shoppers […]

The game is set to change for operators engaging in serious breaches of the Franchising Code of Conduct with proposed enforcement powers increasing the stakes on 1 January 2015. Based on the exposure draft of the new Code released in April 2014, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) will be able to issue infringement

The popularity of the Fair Work Ombudsman’s self-help online pay tool, PayCheck Plus, has hit an all-time high, with almost 900,000 visits so far this year. The use of PayCheck Plus increased by almost 23% in the nine months to the end of September, compared to the same time last year. PayCheck Plus is available

The September quarter Consumer Price Index (CPI) shows inflation rose 0.5% in the September quarter and 2.3% in the year to September 2014. Commenting on yesterday’s CPI figures Australian National Retailers’ Association (ANRA) CEO, Anna McPhee, said the “middle of the road inflation number in the year to September 2014 demonstrates inflation is well contained.