The last increase to wages and allowances under the General Retail Industry Award 2020 was effective from 1 September 2021. The increase on that occasion was 2.5% and resulted from the delayed implementation of the 2021 Annual Wage Review by the Fair Work Commission.
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NANA has been notified of a new system developed by Nine Publishing designed to “assist newsagents and distributors to identify repeated subscriber delivery issues”. NANA believes the new Priority Care program is an overreach and the expectation that a delivery driver must get out of their vehicle and take a photograph (exactly of what is […]
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Each week New South Wales Lotteries Corporation Pty Ltd forwards its What’s Hot @ The Lott (WH@TL) newsletter to lotteries franchisees. The tag which appears in the bottom right hand corner of the masthead says “by NSW Lotteries”. So it would be reasonable for franchisees to expect news items which appear in the newsletter would […]
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NANA has put together an outline of the latest financial support package announced by the NSW Government covering the New Small Business Support Program, Eligibility conditions and the Amount of the support payment
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The gross written premium for general insurance jumped 8.7% in the 2020-21 financial year. This includes commercial policies. Newspack Insurance was able to moderate increases wherever possible and many policy premiums either didn’t increase, or if they did, the increase was contained as much as possible. With such a hardening market for premiums, how can […]
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The Biosecurity (Human Biosecurity Emergency) (Human Coronavirus with Pandemic Potential) (COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Tests) – Determination 2022 was introduced on 7 January 2022. The Determination is aimed at stopping price gouging on Rapid Antigen Tests (RATs) which have become popular items across the community. The commentary around the subsidisation of the supply of RATs is […]
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As most Newsagents know, Newspack Insurance is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Newsagents Association of NSW and ACT Ltd. NANA is aware that New South Wales Lotteries/Tabcorp/The Lott recently requested a considerable number of Newsagents supply a Certificate of Currency (COC) for their mandatory lotteries insurance. By implication, NSW Lotteries/Tabcorp/the Lott may have been […]
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Notifications from News Corp Australia to Newsagents in NSW and the ACT concerning the annual fee review outcomes and increases to cover prices were missed by some Newsagents, possibly because News Corp Australia use a bulk email distribution system and the email address that system uses may not be recognised by your email system.
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NANA has worked with many Members over the issue of faulty transformers for lotteries ISI dispensers which cause a failure for the dispenser lighting system. What we have found is that reporting the problem to your lotteries BDM may not get the problem resolved. The issue has been highlighted in several site surveys over the […]
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The Fair Work Act requires that employers issue Fair Work Information Statements to all employees upon commencement. There is also an additional Information Statement which employers are required to issue to casual employees.
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