{"id":6546,"date":"2023-07-20T10:55:53","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T00:55:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bookkeepers4u.com.au\/?p=6546"},"modified":"2023-07-20T10:55:53","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T00:55:53","slug":"business-news-update-20th-july-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bookkeepers4u.com.au\/blog\/business-news-update-20th-july-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Business News Update \u2013 20th July 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"
Welcome to this weeks edition of the Business News Update. Read on for the latest updates in regard to Regulations and Business News, hopefully providing information to help you to successfully move forward.<\/p>\n
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Hardworking Aussies fear a decision to lift the pension age to 67<\/a> means they will be forced to work even longer in labouring jobs.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n As millions of Australians have been hit with electricity price surges since July, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has raised concerns that electricity bills are too high.<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Australia is joining the \u201cclimate club\u201d<\/a> backed by the Group of Seven major economies to take more ambitious action in tackling global warming, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The New South Wales government has unveiled five suburbs where it will fast track approvals<\/a> for development in a bid to address the state\u2019s housing shortage.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The robodebt royal commission<\/a>, which handed down its findings on Friday, July 7th, has dominated headlines all week. One question remains largely unanswered: What can be done for the hundreds of thousands of victims who remain voiceless?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Challenging conditions have dropped the 2023 Australian wine grape vintage to its lowest recorded harvest since 2000.<\/a> Wine Australia\u2019s National Wine Vintage Report estimates 1.32 million tonnes of wine grapes have been harvested this year, down 26 per cent on the 10-year average.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Australians are spending less on items for their homes and clothing with the latest household spending data<\/a> revealing the impact of consecutive interest rate hikes and cost of living pressures.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The CPTPP<\/a> requires countries to eliminate or significantly reduce tariffs, make strong commitments to opening services and investment markets and has rules around competition, intellectual property rights and protections for foreign companies.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n In a new study, the Australian Marine Conservation Society and WWF-Australia<\/a> found that if Australia continues on its current path, the country\u2019s plastic emissions will more than double to 42.5 million tonnes annually by 2050.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Want to access more tailored business advice? Book a one-on-one consultation with our expert advisors today!<\/p>\n Contact us<\/a>\u00a0if you have any questions or want to discuss the next steps for your business.<\/p>\n The 2 Peas Team<\/p>\n P: 1300 896 732<\/p>\n E: admin@twopeas.com.au<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Welcome to this weeks edition of the Business News Update. Read on for the latest updates in regard to Regulations and Business News, hopefully providing information to help you to successfully move forward. Tradies say raising pension age \u201cunfair\u201d after a life of hard work takes its toll Hardworking Aussies fear a decision to lift … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":6547,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Business News Update \u2013 20th July 2023","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nConsumer watchdog says Australians paying too much for electricity<\/h2>\n
Australia joins G7-backed \u2018climate club\u2019 and promises to cut emissions<\/h2>\n
NSW govt to fast track housing development approvals<\/h2>\n
Key question remains unanswered after robodebt royal commission<\/h2>\n
Weather, economic factors drive smallest Australian wine grape vintage in more than 20 years<\/h2>\n
Aussies spending less on non-essential items as cost of living bites<\/h2>\n
Trans-Pacific trade pact is gathering information on aspiring partners as UK joins the group<\/h2>\n
Australia\u2019s plastic emissions equals amount produced by 5.7 million cars annually<\/h2>\n
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