I agree sqiddester, i posted about this same request many builds ago. This is a standard feature in many image editing programs similar to photoshop or illustrator.
There has been a multitude of occasions which i had to rotate, scale individual objects just to re-position them within the layout when they could have been easily edited (Scaled, Rotated)in a few seconds with a single click. The current set-up is time consuming and non-productive. If we can select objects as individual groups and have the ability to scale and rotate them as a single unified object we will make this a better editor and be more productive at the same time.