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The MIA WA State Conference is a ‘must attend’ event, with a host of experienced industry speakers confirmed to participate. This annual event will inform and update migration practitioners on the latest issues affecting the profession and wider community.
The conference is a full day event, taking place at the Frasers Conference Centre, Kings Park, Perth on Friday 21 August, 2009.
The WA State Executive have secured the following DIAC representatives and Immigration experts:
- Paul Farrell, WA State Director, DIAC
- Glen Dival, Manager, 457 Centre of Excellence, Perth DIAC
- Tim McDonald, Assistant Director, Service Channel Support, DIAC
- Bruce Needham, Regional Manager, WA Community and Detention Operations, DIAC
- Wayne Parcell, RMA and lawyer, Executive Director, Human Capital, Ernst and Young
- Kim Hunter, RMA and lawyer, Migration Professionals
- The new CEO of the Office of the MARA, Christine Sykes, has also been invited to present.
Following the event, a gala dinner will be held at the Frasers Restaurant. This is an excellent opportunity to network with your colleagues, whilst enjoying a three course meal overlooking Kings Park.
- Source : http://mia.org.au/latest-news/WA-State-Conference-Program-announced-209.html
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Signs are emerging that the worst of the global financial crisis is over, according to a new survey, and the State’s small businesses are leading the way.
The Commonwealth Bank-Chamber of Commerce and Industry quarterly survey of business expectations, released yesterday, shows that economic conditions in WA appear to be stabilising after six months of decline.
CCI chief economist John Nicolaou said that the community could “take heart” from the results and that an economic recovery within the next 12 months was on the horizon.
“This survey is an important lead indicator of future economic activity,” he said.
“While just over half of all businesses remain pessimistic about the next 12 months, that’s come back from around 75 per cent of businesses that were pessimistic last quarter, and at the same time businesses that think conditions will improve (over the same time) has doubled.”
Mr Nicolaou said small businesses in service industries were the most optimistic, with 17 per cent of the firms surveyed believing conditions would improve over the next 12 months.
Beaumonde Catering owner Mark Dimmitt said he felt small business was better prepared for the slowdown than in other downturns because it had taken time to flow to Australia from the US.
He said that though his trade had been affected and was patchy, February was a record month for his 20-year-old business and he expected an upturn over the next year.
Woolworths regional manager Brad Bolin criticised “illogical barriers to doing business”, referring to trading hours in WA.
Mr Bolin said “conservative estimates” showed the group would need to employ another 300 staff in WA if trading hours were extended to 9pm.
“During this time of economic uncertainty there are still companies (looking) to hire more people — these efforts shouldn’t be undone by illogical barriers to doing business,” he said.
Coles and Kmart have said they expected to employ another 350 workers if 9pm trading was approved.
Source www.thewest.com.au
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