Relief for bosses on sacking laws – The Aus; Signs of a respite for Swan – The Aus; Iron miner rows with Chinese customer – The West; Asian paper dumps IR for education – The Fin; More foreign workers set for mines – The West
Relief for bosses on sacking laws
Workplace Relations Minister Bill Shorten will today offer limited relief to business by announcing changes to the nation’s unfair dismissal laws but more significant industrial relations reforms are likely to be delayed until next year. The Aus
Signs of a respite for Swan
A recovery in the iron ore price and signs that China’s economy may be stabilising are giving the Gillard government some respite as it brings together its midyear budget update. The Aus
Iron miner rows with Chinese customer
A year after settling a long-running legal action with one of its major customers, Mount Gibson Iron is back in dispute with Rizhao Steel Holding Group. The West
Asian paper dumps IR for education
Business demands for major industrial relations reform to be made a top priority in the “Asian Century” white paper are set to be rejected, with the federal government likely to tie the process to its Gonski education reforms. The Fin
More foreign workers set for mines
The Australian mining industry is gearing up to use “pit-stop” crews of temporary overseas workers to service major projects in the north of WA, according to engineering contractor Logicamms. The West
THE WEST AUSTRALIAN:
Page 1: Champion WA jockey Damien Oliver's spring carnival hopes are in limbo after accusations that he made a winning $10,000 bet on a rival horse at Moonee Valley in 2010.
Page 3: Organisers of Saturdays' Oktoberfest in the Gardens have apologised after the event was plagued by delays which left attendees with a wait of more than an hour after the beer ran dry.
Page 4: Federal minister Greg Combet says Australians want politicians to stop the name-calling and get on with the job of government.
Wesfarmers boss Richard Goyder is among the business chiefs chosen to help the federal government improve leadership in Australian companies.
Page 9: Hundreds of thousands of tonnes of rubbish otherwise heading for landfill would be used to generate enough electricity for 60,000 homes under a proposal for Kwinana.
Page 11: Federal bureaucrats were on the verge of launching a major study into the idea live sheep ships were attracting great white sharks to the WA coast.
Page 13: Como, Booragoon and Lathlain will be among the next tranche of Perth suburbs to be plugged into the National Broadband Network as the company races to expand its footprint across WA.
Page 16: The Australian mining industry is gearing up to use “pit-stop” crews of temporary overseas workers to service major projects in the north of WA, according to engineering contractor Logicamms.
Business: A year after settling a long-running legal action with one of its major customers, Mount Gibson Iron is back in dispute with Rizhao Steel Holding Group.
WA mortgage brokers have bucked the national trend, steering more business to the big banks.
Sandfire Resources has mined first stoping ore at its DeGrussa underground operation, just a week after recording maiden production of copper concentrate using rock from the open pit and decline development.
While the decision of Environment Minister Bill Marmion to grant environmental approval to Toro Energy's proposed uranium mine at Wiluna is one of the most significant steps in the development of the industry in WA in decades, it will be some time before the first shipments of uranium leave the state.
THE AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW:
Page 1: Business demands for major industrial relations reform to be made a top priority in the “Asian Century” white paper are set to be rejected, with the federal government likely to tie the process to its Gonski education reforms.
The federal government is facing deep divisions with the ACTU and business over recommendations from the review of its workplace laws, including when strike action can begin, individual flexibility in collective agreements and the scope for unions to hold up greenfields projects.
Government adviser Mark Johnson and the financial services industry have warned that Australia is losing ground against Asian competitors in its plan to build a financial services hub amid slow progress of government policy changes designed to boost the sector.
Page 3: Minister for Financial Services Bill Shorten will meet with retail funds tomorrow to try to reassure them over the findings of the Productivity Commission on default superannuation.
Page 4: Treasurer Wayne Swan has said talks with international counterparts over the weekend have reinforced his view that returning the budget to surplus is Australia's “best defence in uncertain times”.
The chief executive of embattled mining services company Macmahon Holdings, Ross Carroll, is betting on the gold boom.
The approval of the $6 billion Alpha mine, a joint venture between India's GVK and Gina Rinehart's Hancock Coal, has increased confidence in Australia's regulatory system, says GVK chiarman Sanjay Reddy.
Page 6: Labor MPs are anxiously waiting for the first round of public opinion polls following Prime Minister Julia Gillard's passionate anti-sexism speech, amid conflicting views about its likely effect on voters.
Page 12: Media mogul Rupert Murdoch has taken to Twitter to savage the Obama-Biden campaign, appearing to throw his full support behind Republican challenger Mitt Romney.
Page 15: BHP Billiton is poised to report weak shipments from its Queensland coking coal division in the September quarter despite and end to long-running industrial action for several mines during the period.
THE AUSTRALIAN:
Page 1: Workplace Relations Minister Bill Shorten will today offer limited relief to business by announcing changes to the nation’s unfair dismissal laws but more significant industrial relations reforms are likely to be delayed until next year.
Tony Abbott will tell President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono today a Coalition government would operate on a ‘‘no-surprises principle’’ in all its dealings with Indonesia.
A recovery in the iron ore price and signs that China’s economy may be stabilising are giving the Gillard government some respite as it brings together its midyear budget update.
Page 2: Julia Gillard has been warned she will be held to new standards as an arbiter of what constitutes sexism as the Greens and Labor MPs said the stance contained inherent risks for the government.
Page 4: Businessman turned environmental campaigner Geoffrey Cousins has urged the partners behind the controversial Browse liquefied natural gas project to consider Royal Dutch Shell’s floating LNG technology as an alternative development option.
A group of leading chief executives has backed a government plan for a new centre to train managers and union leaders in how to improve productivity.
Page 7: The government is using new financial regulations to block the growth of independent schools, senior figures in the sector have charged.
Business: One of the world’s biggest asset managers, with more than $US3.7 trillion ($3.6 trillion) under management, has predicted huge consolidation of Australia’s industry super funds, leading to a shakeout of Australian fund managers.
Two of the world’s foremost wine critics have urged Australian winemakers to ramp up their export marketing efforts to let foreign drinkers know they can make more than cheap plonk and blockbuster reds.
Australia's most successful hedge fund manager, Michael Hintze, expects European governments to ‘‘kick the can down the road’’ and avoid drastic reform to the eurozone, warning that this option is politically the easiest but economically the most damaging.
The outgoing chief executive of Australasia’s largest building materials company, Fletcher Building, has lashed the federal government for failing to compensate the crippled insulation sector after the botched Home Insulation Program left the industry hundreds of millions of dollars out of pocket.
More foreign workers are expected to service Australian resources projects in the next few years as major companies look to cut costs.
The Reserve Bank is rapidly running out of ammunition to ward off an economic slowdown, a new report says.
THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD:
Page 1: HSC students are swapping cheating tips online. Former chief road builder and rail bureaucrat Ron Christie says new plans for Sydney's motorways would lead to congestion.
Page 2: NSW Treasurer under pressure over government board appointments.
Page 3: The home-building industry is set to experience a boom.
World: Rupert Murdoch has savaged the Obama-Biden campaign on Twitter.
Business: The Australian Securities Exchange is in talks with the federal government about high-frequency trading.
Sport: Anti-doping chiefs urged to examine Australians' conduct.
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH:
Page 1: A former X Factor contestant was stabbed after performing at a launch party in Sydney. Children are being bribed to attend school with rewards of iPods and barbecues.
Page 2: Indonesia would be given development assistance if it helped stop asylum boats, Tony Abbott is to announce. Greens leader Christine Milne accuses Julia Gillard of being a hypocrite over her comments on misogyny.
Page 3: Big Brother contestant Josh Moore says goodbye to the show following the death of his brother.
World: Turkey's prime minister has slammed the UN Security Council for failing to agree on steps to end Syria's civil war.
Business: The number of borrowers locked in to fixed rates is expected to exceed its highest level since the global financial crisis.
Sport: Veteran coach Tim Sheens is to take legal action against the Wests Tigers to try to have the last two years of his contract paid out.
THE AGE:
Page 1: Lend Lease defies Baillieu government building industry crackdown by signing union-friendly workplace deal with CFMEU. Shirley Shackleton wants the remains of her husband Greg, killed with his TV film crew in 1975, returned to Melbourne. Leading jockey Damien Oliver loses his Cox Plate ride amid claims he illegally placed a $10,000 bet. Indian auditor slams his country's nuclear industry as dangerously unsafe, disorganised and, in many cases, unregulated.
Page 2: Friends gather to remember Northcote teenager Pat Cullen who died in a motorcycle accident in Vietnam this month.
Page 3: Premier Ted Baillieu says $13 million in compensation payouts to top Victorian police and justice officials was standard practice. Primary school principal says NAPLAN testing dumbs down learning, has a narrow Anglo focus and is a waste of money. Melbourne University study finds patients complain about overseas-trained doctors to medical boards more often than Australian-trained doctors. Possums could be sterilised to halt their spiralling numbers.
World: Claims that Jimmy Saville paid off police in 1958 who were investigating allegations that he molested young girls when he was a nightclub manager in Leeds.
Business: ASC chief talks with Treasurer Wayne Swan about the problems arising from high-frequency trading.
Sport: Pierro left without a rider for the Cox Plate after Craig Williams jumps on to imported galloper Green Moon.
THE HERALD SUN:
Page 1: Authorities removing a growing number of Victorian children from their homes with parents ordered to have alcohol and drug treatment.
Page 2: Premier Ted Baillieu continues to stand by embattled MP Geoff Shaw as the opposition seeks a police investigation into his use of a parliamentary car for commercial use. Greens leader Christine Milne says Julia Gillard a hypocrite for calling Tony Abbott a misogynist while protecting disgraced Peter Slipper.
Page 3: Soaring costs may force animal lover to close down two shelters. Lives would be endangered if power supplies are deliberately shut down during high fire risks, say medical experts.
World: Leaders set to approve plans for a referendum on Scottish independence.
Business: Better than expected growth in China's exports boosts global economic outlook.
Sport: Damien Oliver loses his Cox Plate ride amid claims the star jockey bet $10,000 on the winner of a race in which he rode another horse.
