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AUS's mining sector looks strong for the future  8/31/2010
AUS's mining sector looks strong for the future
Feature of the week: Despite lingering effects of the global financial crisis, as manifested by continued economic crises in Southern Europe (Greece and Spain) and in Britain, the ...
The gulf that separates consultants & manufacturers  8/31/2010
The gulf that separates consultants & manufacturers
Feature of the week: Keith Monaghan was not impressed. The president of the Plastics Industry Manufacturers of Australia (PIMA) had just picked up the phone. A consultant was on the ...
Changes to heavy vehicle pricing on the way  8/25/2010
Changes to heavy vehicle pricing on the way
Feature of the week: A discussion paper released earlier this month by the National Transport Commission, regarding current heavy vehicle pricings and potential future structures, ...
Changes ahead for transport industry  8/25/2010
Changes ahead for transport industry
Feature of the week: In the leadup to the election, the Greens' campaign wanted to remove all freight off roads, and redirect the money into regional rail infrastructure, to boost ...
Dumping on proposed nuclear waste dump  8/25/2010
Dumping on proposed nuclear waste dump
Feature of the week: Environmental groups are calling for plans for Australia's first large scale nuclear waste dump at Muckaty Station in the Northern Territory to be put on hold, ...
Trucking industry demands answers on important issues  8/18/2010
Trucking industry demands answers on important issues
Feature of the week: The Australian Trucking Association has put more pressure on all major political parties by demanding answers to future plans concerning trucking industries in ...
Safety around electrically powered vehicles  8/11/2010
Safety around electrically powered vehicles
Feature of the week: Power regulators in each state are set to deliberate on a draft Australian Standard designed to unify methods of work around electrically powered vehicles, ...
Lice infestation needs co-ordinated attack  7/21/2010
Lice infestation needs co-ordinated attack
Feature of the week: Infestations of sheep lice are costing New South Wales sheep farmers thousands of dollars each year in lost production.
Another transport funding snub for Aussie farmers  7/15/2010
Another transport funding snub for Aussie farmers
Feature of the week: Australia's primary industries have been snubbed again by the Federal Government's inability to fund any new transport projects in Sydney.
Waste management's rennaissance period  7/14/2010
Waste management's rennaissance period
Feature of the week: The national boom in recycling is leading to a renaissance of the waste management industry, as firms open new facilities to deal with new types of material ...
Higher salaries for transport & distribution employees  7/7/2010
Higher salaries for transport & distribution employees
Feature of the week: The news that almost half of transport and distribution employers expect to offer higher salaries next financial year provides an opportunity for employers in ...
Workplaces still lack women  7/6/2010
Workplaces still lack women
Only 38 per cent of Generation X, tertiary qualified women participating in a long-running University of Melbourne study or work full-time, compared to 90 per cent of Generation X, ...
Businesses must make their own carbon action plans  7/1/2010
Businesses must make their own carbon action plans
Feature of the week: Although the government has delayed its Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme until at least 2013, it is still in the interest of businesses in all sectors to start ...
New prawn breed developed  6/29/2010
New prawn breed developed
After ten years of painstaking research into the popular Black Tiger prawn, CSIRO's Food Futures Flagship and Australian prawn farmers have developed a new prawn that is producing ...
New wave of charges has logistics firms up in arms  6/24/2010
New wave of charges has logistics firms up in arms
Feature of the week: Logistics and haulage firms are up in arms over a new wave of registration and fuel charges to be introduced across the country from 1 July, 2010.
Port operators: A ship-shape industry reshapes  6/23/2010
Port operators: A ship-shape industry reshapes
Over 27,000 ships visited Australian ports in 2007-08. As the point of entry and exit of over $300 billion in goods, or 70% of all imports and 80% of exports by value, Australia's ...
Waste management for Australian businesses  6/17/2010
Waste management for Australian businesses
Feature of the week: Every year Australian businesses purchase millions of computers, printers and televisions, and throw out their old ones.
Access to finance a major barrier to SME exporters  6/16/2010
Access to finance a major barrier to SME exporters
The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry has renewed calls for Australia's banks to make a greater effort to understand and meet the needs of the small business sector following ...
Simple answer for clean water  6/11/2010
Simple answer for clean water
The production of clean energy and the treatment of waste water are set to become easier thanks to ANU researchers.
Emotional intelligence: Enhancing success in the workplace  5/27/2010
Emotional intelligence: Enhancing success in the workplace
Where there is emotional intelligence in the workplace, there are likely to be happy, and productive employees who work as a team.
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