Sharan Burrow and Heather Ridout
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Calling for the appointment of an administrator to run the ...

Kevin Rudd Urged To Appoint Administrator to Save Crumbling NSW Economy.

NSW State Labor governments have been so incompetent in managing the States finances that prominent business leader Heather Ridout is calling for the appointment of an administrator to run the ...

Agmates Rural News - 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Criticised the Government's modelling of an emissions trading scheme as ...

the old tardis distraction trick .....

Australian Industry Group head Heather Ridout has criticised the Government's modelling of an emissions trading scheme as a 'Tardis' approach which lacks key details. Ms Ridout says Australia should not ...

Your Democracy - 2 months, 1 week ago
Stressed the acute softening of consumer spending at the same ...

Industry groups warn of consequences of deep fall in confidence

The Australian Industry (AI) Group CEO, Heather Ridout has stressed the acute softening of consumer spending at the same time that Australian Retail Association (ARA) executive director Richard Evans said ...

Connected Australia - 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Announced two senior appointments to the Australian Industry Group. Innes ...

Two senior appointments at Ai Group

Chief Executive Heather Ridout has announced two senior appointments to the Australian Industry Group. Innes Willox, the outgoing Australian Consul-General to Los Angeles, will ... Roger Sharp ...

Queensland Business Review - 5 months, 1 week ago
Urged Trade Ministers meeting at the World Trade Organisation next ...

WTO talks reach critical point

AUSTRALIAN Industry Group Chief Executive Heather Ridout has urged Trade Ministers meeting at the World Trade Organisation next week to push for a breakthrough in the seven-year long Doha Round ...

Manufacturers' Monthly - 5 months, 3 weeks ago
The voice and face of the manufacturing sector

The business of Business - Heather Ridout, AIG

Seeking clues to the outlook for Australia's manufacturing industry, Henry Mendelson goes to the top. Chief executive of the Australian Industry Group, Heather Ridout is the voice and face of ...

ProPrint - 7 months, 3 weeks ago

5 months, 2 weeks ago Unions and business in joint pact on skills

Australia's unions and the nation's two largest employer bodies will hold an historic meeting today (Tuesday) to forge a shared approach to the skills and training needs of the national ...
Australian Industry Group - 9:05 p.m. Thursday 24th July 2008

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8 months, 4 weeks ago Facing up to Australia’s skills challenge: industry sets key priorities to address the skills crisis

The National Skills Policy Collaboration has today released a ten-point plan to meet Australia’s skills challenges head on. The statement by leading employer and union groups calls for significant action, ...
ACTU - 10 a.m. Wednesday 16th April 2008

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9 months ago Baby bid turns taxpayers into foster parents

E LIZABETH Broderick, Sharan Burrow and Heather Ridout got together last week to argue in favour of a government-funded paid maternity leave scheme of 14 weeks at the minimum wage.
Topix - 12:35 a.m. Monday 14th April 2008

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1 year ago Sharan Burrow, ACTU President: Address to the AiGroup

Manufacturing is a critical sector of the Australian economy and yet by our reckoning it has been in decline for two out of the last three years. This fall in ...
ACTU - 10 a.m. Wednesday 12th December 2007

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1 year, 7 months ago Don’t push your luck, Sharan

The Government has been slashed at enough over its IR policies, but an industrial relations catfight between Heather Ridout of the AiG and Sharan Burrow from the ACTU on Saturday’s ...
Crikey - 1:26 p.m. Monday 21st May 2007

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