Tag: National Retail Association

Employers encouraged to hire people living with a disability

The government is seeking to improve employment outcomes for people with disability and small businesses are encouraged to broaden their horizons and offer opportunities to applicants they may not have previously considered. Speaking...

Industry calls for health and wellbeing support

The National Retail Association is urging the Federal Government to support the health of the nation’s retail workers, who are increasingly facing physical and mental wellbeing issues in the wake of the...

Mums the word on addressing skills shortage

Young mothers can lead the response to the national skills shortage, says the National Retail Association (NRA), provided they’re given the right support. Responding to recent calls for changes to allow pensioners and...

Retail sales strong, for now

Australian retail turnover rose 0.9% in May, reaching another record level, according to the Retail Trade figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The rise in May was the fifth consecutive...

Retailers prepare for WA plastics ban

Western Australian retailers are preparing their businesses and customers for major changes to the use of plastic items for shopping and takeaway food, with changes coming in under two weeks. From 1 July,...

Retailers respond to Fair Work Commission Annual Wage Review

The National Retail Association (NRA) has blasted the national wage increase as “completely out of touch with reality”, saying it ignores the financial pressure most businesses are currently facing. NRA Chief Executive Dominique...

Increase in interest rates ‘will be the end for many small businesses’

Retailers have accused the Reserve Bank of Australia Board of moving too quickly to increase interest rates on 7 June, saying the “heavy-handed” approach has not allowed time for last month’s increase...

Queensland cracks down on illicit tobacco sales

The National Retail Association welcomes the Queensland Government’s proposed crack-down on illicit tobacco and illegally supplied nicotine vaping products. NRA Chief Executive Officer Dominique Lamb said illicit products were estimated to make up...
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