Material Handling & Lifting Feature Articles for Australian Industry

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Waste management's rennaissance period 7/14/2010

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Where there is emotional intelligence in the workplace, there are likely to be happy, and productive employees who work as a team.

Skilled workers needed: Federal Budget to the rescue 5/19/2010

Feature article of the week: For the construction industry, the recently released 2010-2011 Federal Budget is focusing on building foundations for skill training. This marks a strong ...

Client testimonials: Colby Southern Shelving 5/18/2010

Testimonies for Colby Southern's Shelving.

New "Make It Safe" guide to food safety 5/18/2010

CSIRO Food and Nutritional Sciences has released a book – Make It Safe: A Guide to Food Safety – which provides small-scale food manufacturers with a practical guide to controlling ...

Aussie failure a lesson for world 5/12/2010

Australia's failure to accurately measure and predict emissions from deforestation, and the difficulty it has had in reducing deforestation, should send a warning signal to the world, ...

Understanding AUS's desert businesses 5/10/2010

A major national study aimed at identifying the secrets of business success for small and medium enterprises gets underway this week.

Adaptive camera senses trouble 5/7/2010

Curtin University of Technology researchers have developed computer software that can detect unusual behaviour in crowds and other high-motion environments, providing a new tool in ...

Better mixing helps mining yield 5/7/2010

Chaos theory could hold the key to making the in-situ leaching process a more effective ore extraction technique, according to a team of CSIRO Minerals Down Under Flagship scientists. ...

It's now time for an interest rate pause 5/5/2010

Reserve Bank interest rate increases are always difficult for business and all borrowers across the economy.

Fruit waste yields nutrients 5/4/2010

During the production of pre-packaged fruit and juices, portions such as the skin are often unused. Some fruit by-products are currently used in animal feed, but most often it is ...

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