It was a great opportunity and privilege to welcome the Hon. Dominic Perrottet MP, Premier of NSW to the Canterbury Bankstown Chamber of Commerce 2022 Gala Dinner. Along with the Hon Jason Clare MP Federal Minister for Education and Patron, our Chamber Ambassadors Jihad Dib MP and Wendy Lindsay MP, also Mayor Khal Asfour and Mayor Ned Mannoun with their ladies and a number of Local, State and Federal Members as well as various Community and Business Leaders.
The evening was about glamour and sparkle; where our members and friends came together to celebrate the year, and to recognize the chambers accomplishments and milestones.
The year 2022 was about planting the seeds, re igniting the passion, cementing our sense of purpose, especially after the pandemic and shifting the focus on welcoming the new year with high anticipation.
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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all!
BILL PARASIRIS
ALLY MEHANNA CBCC CEO
JASON ARRAJ Forward Legal Principal Solicitor
GEOFF GAYMER TAFE NSW Manager
SANDRA DUARTE Sandra Duarte Consulting CEO
ANTOINETTE KHALIL Khalil Lawyers Principal Solicitor
TRACY MINETT Minett Group CEO
JESSICA WEHBE Kleanwell Director of Client Relations
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Building our youth for the future by sharing knowledge through experience and mentorship.
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CEO for a Day connects local, aspiring Year 10 to 12 students with a Senior Executive in their community in a field that they’re interested in, giving them the opportunity to walk in the shoes of a local leader.
Connecting Business Leaders with Future Leaders
Inspiring dreams with real experience Understanding True Leadership under a mentor
Give young people an opportunity to dream, experience and expand their horizons and aspire to be all that they can.
On behalf of the Canterbury Bankstown Chamber of Commerce Board and Youth Committee members, I would like to take this opportunity to say a big thank you to all our business hosts and students that participated in the 'CEO for a Day' pilot initiative.
CEO for a Day for 2022 was sponsored by:
A big thank you to all our business hosts and students
The students from Bankstown Girls High School recently spent half a day connecting with business leaders who provided mentorship and showcased their industry to broaden their horizons and provide some inspiration.
Thank you to Michele Hundy, Careers Advisor of Bankstown Girls High for all your help and support co ordinating the students.
To our wonderful hosts who participated in this pilot launch, we thank you kindly and appreciate your time and support.
• Zirian Fatah Australian FCG
• Mike Abbott Zip Water
• Demi Stefanova Quickstep
• Jo Johnston Collappor8
• Robert Macey Transdev
• Rachel Burton DLI Training
We will be expanding this initiative in 2023 so if you did not have a chance to participate this time, there will be more opportunities next year.
To register your interest as a Business Host and inspire dreams with real experience, visit www.cbchamber.org.au and click on CEO for a Day.
We need to invest in the youth, they are the building blocks of the future.
Thank you to everyone who participated and supported this pilot initiative.
With Gratitude, Sandra Duarte CBCC Board Member/Youth Chair
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It’s that time again that we need to give back to those who are going through tough times and fill them with some Christmas cheer.
Approximately 23% of Australians start their working day with a takeaway cup of coffee, and the mood of the day is often set by how the barista greets you. For those looking for a cup served with a smile and a whole lot of ability, it’s worth looking for the BariStars coffee trailer.
Launched on 10 November by CatholicCare CEO Alastair McGibbon, with a blessing from Bishop Terry Brady, BariStars is an incredibly rewarding initiative from CatholicCare’s Disability Services – providing training and employment opportunities for people with disabilities.
In the past, NDIS Supported Employment offered as part of CatholicCare’s Disability Services has focused on gardening and cleaning services, however, an intensive training program and the purchase of a mobile coffee trailer thanks to a donation from the Estate of Bishop Bede Heather has seen a group of incredibly motivated and enthusiastic participants join the ranks of Sydney baristas pouring caffeine wakeups for regular customers. Bankstown Sports Club generously provided a mobile coffee cart coffee machine, and grinder for training purposes, and Vittoria Coffee generously gifted BariStars with two additional coffee machines and two grinders for the mobile trailer, along with a six month supply o coffee beans, plus tea, cups, sugar, napkins and syrups for both the mobile trailer and for training, ensuring the aspiring baristas are guaranteed to serve all customers only the finest coffee.
Every participant from the Supported Employment program receives full barista training and on the job support to learn the required hospitality skills to prepare and serve a variety of coffee orders, hot chocolates, and cold drinks along with an assortment of sweet treats and hot pies.
“The ability to serve a cup of coffee is taken for granted by so many, and it is a testament to the passion and dedication of each participant that our brand new BariStars are preparing drinks and serving customers with tremendous enthusiasm and enough pride to power the coffee trailer all week,” said CatholicCare Sydney’s CEO Alastair McGibbon.
Branding should reflect the personality of a brand. But how do you give a brand a personality if it not a person?
Brand personality is a set of human characteristics that you can use to describe your brand It's important because it helps your customer understand what message you are trying to convey and 'who' you are as a brand.
Renzo Antonio Munster is in short a force for good.
A digital media nomad and Master of Software Engineering turned plumber is a strong advocate of continued improvement and growth in one’s skills and knowledge. While in pursuit of his next chapter, Renzo got in touch with Superior Training Centre and made a difference!
Superior Training Centre has the privilege to continue growing Renzo’s skills in Air conditioning & Refrigeration as well as Electrical and together with him celebrate trades. His heartfelt testimonials on where he was and where is he now is often an inspiration to others and drawing them a map to success in a winter economy
As a ‘doer’ he was recognised by many: Trade Authorities, Home Building Service Agencies, Educational Institutions for his hard work, talent and extensive effort. Being recognised as AIRAH’s Student of the Year Trades 2022 has left us all astounded. At the ceremony Renzo has remembered all the leaders and mentors in his life. Though the award was given to him, in all humbleness, he diverted it to the ones who invested their time in him, from everyone at his employer PHW Services to mentors at the college.
Why was Superior Training Centre his preferred training organisation?
Renzo’s choice was made around the opportunities given to utilize Superior Training Centre’s capability as a platform for growth
The college is known for headhunting industry leaders and innovators to bring the industry to the classroom and provide students with skills that further feeds construction industry a mainstay of the Australian economy.
By joining our student cohort, Renzo had a chance to use his voice and share his gifts by offering his experience and talents with his peers.
As said, Renzo is a force for good and proudly a student of Superior Training Centre. Why? It’s simple, it’s because this is where the trades live
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Let’s talk about tax. Specifically, payroll taxes.
To understand any tax, it is valuable to look at the history of the tax and find out the problem that it solves for government at all levels.
With the Australian government burdened with finding new ways to fund returned veterans, war widows and growing demands on social services the government introduced Payroll tax in 1941 at the Federal level. Businesses that had employees were viewed as making money and therefore there was a political appetite to tax ‘well to do’ businesses and not individuals. Payroll tax initially was a 2 5% levy on all payrolls In 1971 the access to payroll tax was handed over to the States after much lobbying. The states would be essentially the sole growth tax available at state level to fund state benefits.
Over time states have introduced unilateral reform at state level with changes in rates, modifications of thresholds and other rules making payroll tax what it is today. Different in each state.
States are highly reliant on the revenue provided by payroll taxes to fund services for citizens States are restricted in their ability to impose efficient taxes to raise revenue. States bear the burden of providing services to their citizens with limited ability to make tax laws to fund the services they provide.
If states remove payroll taxes, what is the replacement? How do we fund our way of life?
There is a Vertical Fiscal Imbalance between the state and federal government in taxes. What does this mean?
It means that the Federal government can impose tax law on citizens however, the states have the burden of funding the services to their citizens that Federal taxes raise.
This makes the states reliant on the federal government for funding services to a large degree.
This then leads to a blurring of lines regarding who provides what and who gets the credit.
This requires the State and Federal government to find solutions together to overcome this vertical fiscal imbalance, like what we did with GST.
The problems for SMEs with regards to payroll tax are its complexities and inefficiencies.
The reporting of similar information to multiple state and federal governments needs to be streamlined to make compliance easier for business. Why can’t reporting be done to one place (ie. The ATO)?
The differing definitions, exemptions and rates within legislation across states makes compliance difficult for businesses operating across state borders. These same factors make the tax inefficient to administer by governments and the compliance cost high for business.
It would be so much easier if things were harmonised, rationalised and reported in one place.
The Tax Institute states ‘Payroll tax could also be made more efficient by harmonising policy, rates, base and definitions across states. This would lower the compliance and administrative burden both financial and time currently borne by individual taxpayers and businesses, especially those operating in multiple states.’
Whatever decisions are made there is a difficult process for reform ahead.
On the 9th April 1999 the then Prime Minister announced that all states and territories had signed an intergovernmental agreement to reform financial relations between states and commonwealth.
This was done in response to the introduction of the GST replacing funding in the form of commonwealth funding to the states. In return, states would remove several inefficient taxes levied at state level. This agreement overcomes the problems discussed above (vertical fiscal imbalance) by introducing horizontal fiscal equalisation. This means the GST overcomes the deficiencies and problems within the tax system and replaces funding to the states by co operation and agreement. Discussing the problems of payroll tax the complexity, high cost and burden of compliance for small business can be said right across our tax system. Our current tax mix is out of alignment with OECD averages. Our current tax mix is highly reliant on taxing individuals and companies directly and with an aging population and declining taxpayers to bear the burden of this tax mix will lead to either higher taxes or falling standards of living (lower productivity). It appears that we will pass on a lower standard of living than we have lived, without some change or reform to our tax system to help us reverse this trend (in part).
In discussing payroll tax and the problems in reforming it, the PWC report on payroll tax shows options on replacing payroll tax or reducing the burden of compliance by making it uniform.
The most efficient and effective way of changing the tax mix is to broaden and increase the base of GST. The Henry review examines a broad based consumption tax as being the most efficient of taxes. The Tax Institute states ‘The tax system is in dire need of holistic reform. In general, we should be seriously considering a move away from taxes on income and employment and towards more efficient taxes like GST and land.’
Currently GST is only running at 50% efficiency due to the extensive exemptions and concessions. The complexities provide a high burden of cost on business in compliance. It would be wonderful if we could remove this complexity by broadening the base and increasing the tax rate.
If only you could see what I see. Great tax planning can do a lot to reduce or eliminate taxes to people who can afford to get good advice. There is no way around GST. No tax planning will get you out of GST. Making it a ‘fair’ tax.
The disadvantage to GST reform is in its major strength. It is a blunt instrument for the vulnerable with a higher proportion of income going to cover the impost GST reform could not be considered without a good quality social reform package. A good quality tax system must be efficient, equitable and simple. It also must interact cohesively with other systems (social services).
Reform of GST is difficult Part 3 the intergovernmental agreement requires all states and commonwealth to agree on change. This will be a big conversation. For politicians this conversation comes with a level of fear. How can we have this conversation and get re elected? Items 31 to 36 Intergovernmental Agreement shows difficulties in reforming GST.
In reforming state taxes, you must look at federal taxes and the interaction of the two as well as the broader tax mix.
This article is intended to start a conversation.
There are options for payroll tax and tax reform in general if we are willing to overcome our fear and have educated conversations on what we want our future to look like. It is a big conversation.
One thing that has become clear in the recent budget papers is that we are not paying for ourselves. We can do better. We can be best in class (worldwide). We are now faced with significant challenges and a rapidly changing environment.
Any considerations must generate revenue to support government services, support economic growth and create jobs. Any changes must also be future fit.
Above all else, help us to a better quality of life and improve equity for future generations
Reports considered in the writing of this article: The Henry Review (2010)
PWC report Payroll Tax Busting myths and fixing the system
The Tax Institute The Case for Change 2021
The Institute of Public Accountants Small Business White Paper – Small Business Big Vision 2018 Infograph and Report Intergenerational Agreement 1999
(The thoughts and opinions expressed in this article are the thoughts of the writer alone. This article is intended to start a conversation on options This article gathers information from other sources and is not intended to be a technical paper. Quotes were received on this article by the Tax Institute and only those quotes are attributable to the Tax Institute.)
Our vision is to create a thriving, diverse destination that connects aviation, business and community We bring our CARE values to life to deliver this vision
Importantly, the name of both Bankstown Airport and Camden Airport will not change, but both premier aviation centres are receiving new logos.
In line with our purpose to create the ultimate gateway, the name of Sydney Metro Airports has changed to... The name of our entire precinct of +300 hectares and home of Bankstown Airport is changing to... aeriaco bankstownairportco camdenairportco
The trading name of SMA changes to Aeria Management Group. New websites for Aeria, Bankstown Airport and Camden Airport. Social media pages rebranded to Aeria New contact details for our head office and our people. Camden Airport signs updated for new logo. Media release.
Changes by 31 March 2023
New Aeria signs including entry gate signage initial stage. New Bankstown Airport sign rollout. Official new Aeria precinct brand launch and media release.
With the expansion of our precincts and aviation and business offerings at Bankstown Airport and Camden Airport,
we have seized the opportunity to create a new brand and identity that reflects the importance of our assets and their diversity The corporate identity of Sydney Metro Airports has served us well, and now is the time for our brand to align with our purpose and vision. While Aeria Management Group will be our trading name, Aeria will be the new name for the +300 hectare site, and will continue to be the home to Bankstown Airport the beating heart of the entire precinct
Aeria is an evocative identity that feels equally appropriate as the name of our precinct, community and as a company entity The word Aeria is inspired by our connection to the air, rising, aloft and high, and provides a strong reference to destination and place.
The Aeria name will deliver a more visible and cohesive identity that captures the diverse and essential operations we manage in Bankstown and Camden as major improvements and upgrades are undertaken. As the home of Bankstown Airport, the Aeria precinct will differentiate us from Sydney Airport and Western Sydney Airport and deliver a destination to collectively engage with aviation, commercial and retail. The transformations happening on and around the airport right now and in the future will move us all toward new horizons to perform at our best and our new brand and identity reflects this exciting evolution
What does this mean for Bankstown Airport and Camden Airport?
Our new brand identity will elevate both Bankstown Airport and Camden Airport identities, the vital operations, and their crucial places in their South West Sydney communities. Bankstown Airport is the beating heart of Aeria. The name of Camden Airport will also remain unchanged, and we will elevate our unique and idyllic general aviation and recreation airport.
Airport designator codes will not change.
How will aviation operators and visitors be impacted?
We are investing in Bankstown Airport and Camden Airport more than ever before, and this will deliver further opportunities to our airport operators. Current operations will continue as they always have and we aim to deliver a range of new facilities, upgraded infrastructure and wayfinding improvements fit for purpose and demand
How long will the transition take?
We acknowledge that renaming the Aeria precinct and elevating both Bankstown Airport and Camden Airport in the minds and hearts of our community is a long term strategy. We will communicate significant milestones and placemaking and wayfinding transitions as we move stages closer to delivery.
The new developments at Aeria will draw more businesses, customers and community to the precinct and facilitate continued essential infrastructure and facility upgrades for all of our aviation, commercial and retail customers Advancing general aviation is firmly at the centre of this commitment, and we are excited to deliver new and improved aviation hangars at both Bankstown Airport and Camden Airport. More information on new and planned developments is provided in the Master Plans for each airport and in our Community Information Brochure
Our contact details?
Our business address will remain the same and we welcome you to our new management office:
Aeria Management Group @ Aeria 16A Airport Avenue, Bankstown Aerodrome NSW 2200
Our team at Aeria Management Group will have new email addresses with an @aeria co domain name All emails sent to our previous email addresses will be delivered to our new inbox during this transition.
Our team at Aeria Management Group are ready to provide information and assistance. Please contact us by phone 02 8709 9400 or by email info@aeria.co.
Why Aeria?
What is Aeria?
Why is the name changing?
What does the future look like?
