Posted in ALL news, Political News, tagged 7pm, 7pm closing time, 8pm, 8pm closing, 9pm, accepting, ALL news, Assembly MPs, backbenchers, big supermarkets, both sides, brink, canvassing, caucus, caving, caving in, Chamber, chief, closing, closing time., coles, Colin Barnett, Commerce, crucial blow, delayed, deliver, deny, determined, discuss, election, extension, fear, government, Government’s, hours, including, increase, Industry, interest groups, issue, James Pearson, Labor, last year, later, legislation, Liberal, Liberal backbenchers, Liberals, logical, lower prices, market share, meeting, more choice, MPs, Mr Barnett, nationals, parliament, party’s, pointless, politicians, prefer, preference, Premier, pressure, problem, public, rely, retail industry, shadow Cabinet, shopping, shopping hours, shops, significant, sitting, small businesses, softening, spokeswoman, stand up to, the unions, time, under pressure, Upper House, urged, vested, vote, WA producers, want 9pm, week, weeknight, weeknight shopping hours, West Australian, WEST Australians, Woolworths, worried on June 7, 2009|
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Colin Barnett is on the brink of caving in to worried Liberal backbenchers and accepting an 8pm closing for weeknight shopping rather than the 9pm time he took to the election last year.
The Premier has been softening the public up for an 8pm closing time in recent days and again said yesterday that it was an acceptable alternative.
The West Australian understands that most Liberals don’t want 9pm and would prefer a 7pm closing time but are prepared to accept 8pm to save the Premier the embarrassment of being rolled by his own party.
Mr Barnett has been canvassing his MPs one-on-one in recent days and knows that 9pm is beyond his reach.
The Nationals say they will not support changes to shopping hours, which they fear would deliver a crucial blow to WA producers because it would increase the market share of big supermarkets
The Government will rely on Labor to get legislation on later weeknight shopping hours through Parliament but the ALP took a position of 7pm to the election and is not guaranteed to support a later closing time. A Labor spokeswoman said yesterday that shadow Cabinet and caucus would discuss the party’s position once the Government’s preference was known.
Cabinet discussed the shopping hours issue last Monday and Mr Barnett is expected to take his preferred position to the party room on Tuesday, but the Upper House is not sitting, and the meeting will be only for Assembly MPs, meaning that a vote on the issue will probably be delayed a week.
Mr Barnett said yesterday that most people in the retail industry, including the unions, favoured a 9pm closing time from Monday to Friday to bring all weeknights into line with existing late-night shopping.
“That’s a position I think is logical, however a number of people are saying 8pm might be better. I don’t think there’s a big difference between the two,” he said.
“To simply extend it to 7pm would be pointless.
“So, 8pm, yeah that’s OK, 9pm might be better but at least either of those would be a significant extension to weeknight shopping.”
But backbenchers are under pressure from small businesses to wind back the closing time, believing that the later hour is supported only by Coles and Woolworths.
Chamber of Commerce and Industry chief James Pearson urged politicians from both sides to “stand up to vested interest groups, which are determined to deny West Australians more choice and lower prices when they shop”.
ROBERT TAYLOR, PETER KERR and AMANDA BANKS
Source www.thewest.com.au
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There is currently a significant shortage of doctors and nurses in Australia, particularly in regional areas. See ‘Visas for doctors and nurses’ for more detail, or see www.workingin-australia.com for comprehensive visa and immigration information.
Give yourself the knowledge to take your skills abroad. With a wide selection of companies at the expo that can assist with your move, you’ll be able to get real answers to your questions about migrating – we’ve made it as easy as possible.
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Glasgow 14 October 2009
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Manchester 10 – 11 October 2009
Centrally located between London and Glasgow, our Manchester show will take place at the Manchester Convention & Exhibition Centre (Manchester Central), a 10,000 square metre purpose built and architecturally redesigned events centre.
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The Dublin Expo will be centrally located at the conference centre in the Red Cow Moran Hotel, ensuring visitors easy access and exhibitors maximum exposure.Talk to government immigration agents, open a bank account in your chosen destination country, learn how to transfer your funds at the best possible conversion rate with the UK’s leading foreign exchange specialist Moneycorp, consult with international removals companies, and hand your CV personally the largest selection of global health employers and recruiters anywhere in the UK.
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Posted in Realestate and Home Loans, tagged activity rooms, alfrescos, ‘informal, ‘public, changes occured, decades, design, Design house, dreamed, ensuites, FLOOR PLAN, floorplan, formal’, functional, house, kitchen, land, land and house package, last, life style, live, master bedrooms, needs, next, package, plan, pools, private’, Real Estate and Home Loans, rooms, series, sitting, step, suit, surprised, three, well-designed house on May 16, 2009|
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When choosing your land and house package think carefully on how you live before choosing the right house for you. 
Make sure the floor plan fits the way you live.
Design your house for you and your life style, you’d be surprised at how many houses don’t fit the way people really live.
I remember when people actually used their living rooms and wouldn’t have dreamed of sitting in the kitchen, much less thinking of it as the centre of the house now
But that’s exactly what’s happened over the last three decades. Other changes have occurred too: home offices have become increasingly important, as have master bedrooms, en suites, activity rooms, alfresco’s and pools.
Any well-designed house must be functional , people define their space needs as ‘informal and formal’ or ‘public and private’ rather than thinking of their plan as a series of rooms.
So think about the way you really live, design your floor plan accordingly, and you’ll be taking the next step towards a well-designed house.
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