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Budget offers ‘modest’ relief for industry and consumers

The Albanese government describes its 2025-26 Federal Budget as being “responsible”, helping with the cost of living while ‘building Australia’s future’. “We’re providing more hip pocket help for households,” says Australian Prime Minister...

Retailers face rising spike in armed retail crime

Australian retailers recorded a 66% year-on-year increase in retail crime involving weapons last year. New data from Australian retailers using retail crime reporting software, Auror, showed events involving knives and blades were up...

A fairer retail Award

The Australian Retailers Association (ARA) has strengthened its salary absorption proposal as part of its application to the Fair Work Commission to vary the General Retail Industry Award (GRIA). ARA Chief Industry Affairs...

Call for a modernisation of the General Retail Industry Award

The Australian Retailers Association (ARA) and the Council of Small Business Organisations Australia (COSBOA) are calling for a modernisation of the General Retail Industry Award (GRIA) that reflects the needs of today’s...

Industry provides updates amid ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred

As the impacts of ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred and flooding events continue to unfold across Queensland and NSW, retailers have called for patience, cautioning that the recovery of some store operations will take...

Retail update on Queensland and Northern New South Wales store operations

As Cyclone Alfred and heavy rainfall continues to threaten Queensland and Northern New South Wales, retailers have put preparations in place to ensure the safety of their teams, customers and stores. The intensity...

Food boosts January spending

Consumers spent $37.08 billion across the country in January, according to figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). Australian retail turnover rose 0.3%, following a fall of 0.1% in December and...

Retail leaders come together to shape the sector’s future

Australia’s most prominent retail leaders will gather at the Australian Retailers Association’s Leader’s Forum 2025, presented in partnership with American Express. The Australian Retailers Association’s Leader’s Forum 2025 will take place on 26-27...
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