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Australian small-and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are expected to have an interesting period to look forward to in the wake of Coalition's fourth consecutive victory and the shift, to a Senate controlled by the government. The Prime Minister, John Howard and Workplace Relations Minister Kevin Andrew are working on reintroducing 28 pieces of industrial relations legislation favoring the SMEs that were blocked by the Senate since 1996.
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Australian companies are experiencing an annual turnover rate of 15 percent. The new head of retention services at Sydney-based recruiter Olivier Group, Benjamin Chaminade, believes that listening and communicating with the employees will ensure their retention.
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Future Fibre Technologies of Melbourne, Australia, has developed a way to use optical fiber in surveillance applications. The technology exploits the fact that optical fiber is extremely sensitive to vibrations.
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