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RBA inaction on merchant fees risks higher business costs

By Australasian Convenience and Petroleum Marketers Association (ACAPMA) CEO Mark McKenzie. In late 2017, ACAPMA began to receive inquiries from members about the rising cost of merchant fees (i.e. the charges levied...

EPA changes in Victoria from 1 July

By Australasian Convenience and Petroleum Marketers Association (ACAPMA). The Environment Protection Act 2017 comes into effect in Victoria from 1 July 2021. The changes to the Act are centred around empowering the regulator to...

Never been a better time to be an unskilled worker

What can be done to address the worker shortages that many Australian businesses are experiencing? By Australasian Convenience and Petroleum Marketers Association CEO Mark McKenzie. As I wander around the country talking to petrol-convenience...

Managing staff in natural disasters

By Australasian Convenience and Petroleum Marketers Association Executive Manager Employment and Training Elisha Radwanowski. In the land of flooding rains and raging bush fires businesses need to be aware of how to appropriately...

A window into the future

With the turmoils and triumphs of the Covid-19 pandemic seen as largely behind us, it’s time for the fuel and forecourt sector to reflect on what’s been learned and apply this to...

Superannuation changes

By Australasian Convenience and Petroleum Marketers Association Executive Manager Employment and Training Elisha Radwanowski. Change is coming to superannuation and its operation in business with an increase in the superannuation guarantee rate for...

Armed robbery at servos increasing?

By Australasian Convenience and Petroleum Marketers Association (ACAPMA). Last week, a man entered a service station in East Nowra trailing a young woman. It is alleged that a scuffle broke out at the...

FWO SME advice service launches

By Australasian Convenience and Petroleum Marketers Association (ACAPMA). The Fair Work Ombudsman will soon be providing writing advice to small businesses on the National Employment Standards, Leave and Entitlements, Agreements and the Modern...

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