The big end of town has been preparing for the price on carbon for the past four years, measuring their carbon footprints, setting targets to reduce their energy use, modelling the impact of a price on carbon on their business operations and even developing a carbon reduction programme for their entire supply chain.

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Small businesses across Australia are being urged to report false billing scams to New South Wales Fair Trading through a dedicated webpage at www.fairtrading.nsw.gov.au

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SAVE THE DATE: Thursday 18 July 2012 for a special Christmas in July.

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Sydney Olympic Park has certainly moved on since the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, when it provided the stage for the world’s greatest athletes, today the people of Sydney enjoy a thriving commercial centre, grand public spaces and parklands, the best in entertainment and for the first time a place to call home.

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Providing your staff with a Pre-Paid Flu Vaccination Voucher from The Travel Doctor-TMVC reduces the hassle of organising on-site clinics and enables your staff to access a flu vaccine at a convenient time.

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Quickstep wins contract
Advanced manufacturer, Quickstep, has a contract valued between $75 million and $100 million to make carbon fibre wing flaps for C130J Hercules military transport aircraft. Quickstep is currently relocating its operations from Western Australia and establishing a state-of- the-art carbon fibre manufacturing facility at Bankstown Airport.

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Parramatta RSL has launched the 2012 ANZAC Day Primary Schools Educational Kit for young people to celebrate the tradition of ANZAC DAY in Australia.

The educational kit has been designed in a fun, interactive and engaging away with a diverse range of activities suitable for primary school children to learn about ANZAC Day. It features revised activities from the original kit launched last year as well as a range of new activities.

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WSBC Members Sydney Water and Moore Stephens recently signed up as Supportive Employers under the Defence Reserves Support Programme http://www.defencereserves.com/.

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Private Businesses are continuing to set ambitious growth targets, according to the Summer 2011/12 Private Business Barometer Pulse released by PwC Private Clients. The PwC Private Business Barometer surveys Australian-owned private businesses with revenues between approximately A$10 million to A$100 million per year. It surveys more than 1000 businesses annually and six months later PwC Private Clients takes a pulse of the market to highlight trends and movements in business sentiment and performance.

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The AFL’s theme for the stand-alone first round blockbuster between the GWS Giants and the Sydney Swans was launched last week as Kevin Sheedy’s debutant club set its sights on a record first home game attendance for a new team. The Giants are primed to make a huge splash in the Australian sporting market if Sydney Derby it can draw more than 44,902 fans through the gates at ANZ Stadium on Saturday 24 March.

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