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- Reduce the tax down from the current 33%
- Raise the threshold to $125,000
- Remove accessories as part of initial purchase price
- Review what constitutes a luxury item and include true luxury
products (marine cruiser, planes, etc.) and determine
appropriate thresholds.

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS

▪ In order to assist businesses to grow and employ more staff,
arrange of issues must be addressed including industrial relations
reforms the automotive industry recommends the following
industrial relations reforms.

▪ All employees (including part-time and casual employees) are now
entitled to five days of unpaid family and domestic violence leave
(FDVL) each year.

▪ The automotive industry understands the need for flexibility,
together with empathy and understanding for domestic violence
issues. However, it is industry’s position that the five days unpaid
leave should not be converted to paid leave.

▪ The burden of many social-related issues falls on businesses –
especially small businesses – that cannot pass on the increased
financial costs to consumers. Employers have the delicate job of
balancing the care and wellbeing of staff against financial
obligations. Should government legislate that employers must pay
an additional five days of FDVL, the total number of paid leave
days available would rise to 54. This is a direct cost to the
employer that will be a further disincentive to business
development and growth.

▪ The Small Business Fair Dismissal Code (SBFDC) and the general
procedural fairness framework used by the Fair Work Commission
to determine whether a termination was harsh, unjust and/or
unreasonable has failed to produce a fair and balanced approach
to termination issues. Consequently, employers are showing a
reluctance to employ staff. The present SBFDC is not considered to
be effective or reliable by industry and should be reviewed.

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