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Australian PMI: manufacturing falls sharply in April 5/1/2014

The Australian Industry Group Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index (Australian PMI) for April recorded its lowest reading since July 2013 with the latest seasonally adjusted ...

Fed funding increase for auto sectors 'modest but important' 4/30/2014

An assistance fund enabling automotive industries in Victoria and South Australia steer their way through the planned mass exit of major car manufacturers has been increased to $155 ...

New Koko Black project to 'deliver jobs, investment' in north Melb 4/16/2014

More than 100 new manufacturing jobs will be created in Melbourne's northern suburbs by a project to be funded by the Victorian and Australian Governments in partnership with Ford ...

Training crisis threatens industry's future: AMWU 4/14/2014

Australia risks destroying the training capacity it will need to transform manufacturing due to governments nationwide starving and dismantling TAFEs.

Business, rice farmers beg to differ on Japan FTA 4/9/2014

Tony Abbott announced this week (Monday, April 7) Australia had finally struck a historic trade deal with Japan, a move that will allow a number of local industries – most significantly ...

Half of Aust workers "deeply worried" about future 4/3/2014

Half of Australian workers worry about their work, a survey by the Centre for Workplace Leadership at the University of Melbourne has found.

'Kangaroo Paw' assists drought-hit farmers 4/3/2014

Drought-affected farmers are encouraged to visit mobile service centre 'Kangaroo Paw' as it continues its tour of Northern NSW to test their eligibility for income support by lodging ...

'UNCOVER' summit opens new world for mining 4/3/2014

The hunt has begun to discover Australia's next resources hotspots, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Industry Bob Baldwin said on Monday this week (March 31).

Manufacturing contracts again in March: Australia PMI 4/1/2014

The latest seasonally adjusted Australian Industry Group Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index (Australian PMI) contracted again in March – down 0.7 points to 47.9 (readings ...

Exporters optimistic: Australia's international business survey 3/28/2014

Minister for Trade and Investment Andrew Robb recently welcomed the release of Australia's International Business Survey 2014 as the most significant snapshot of Australian exporters ...

CEO red tape report: major headway requires further efforts 3/27/2014

The extent of the red tape burden facing Australian business is highlighted in a new Australian Industry Group (Ai Group) CEO survey.

Food processing one of Australia's future growth hotspots 3/26/2014

Can Australia become the delicatessen to Asia's dining boom? Value-added food processing has been identified by Deloitte as one of 25 growth hotspots with the biggest potential to ...

Positioning Australia for the future 3/24/2014

Australia's infrastructure outlook has been mapped and made public as never before with the release of the publication 'Trends', a forecast of the nation's infrastructure position ...

Red tape repeal will 'lighten the load' on business 3/21/2014

"The Australian Industry Group strongly welcomes the initiatives the government is taking to reduce the regulatory burden on businesses and other organisations," Australian Industry ...

Pumped hydro can meet NSW's power demands: engineers 3/18/2014

Water engineers from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) are urging the NSW government to consider pumped hydro storage as a way of storing renewable energy to meet the state's ...

'Great potential' for shale gas development in Queensland 3/14/2014

There remains enormous potential to safely explore and develop Queensland's shale gas resources, to create jobs and attract another wave of economic investment, the Australian ...

High grade shallow copper on SA's Yorke Peninsula 3/11/2014

More high grade copper has been discovered on South Australia's Yorke Peninsula – and it is only metres from the surface.

Missed the 28 February quarterly BAS deadline? The ATO can help 3/5/2014

Most businesses lodge and pay on time with over 1.3 million BAS lodgements received by the due date for the last quarter.

Qantas fallout: a round-up of industry opinion 3/5/2014

The federal government's announcement of its intention to amend the Qantas Sale Act to potentially allow increased foreign investment in the airline is one of the hottest topics in ...

New manufacturing jobs and investment in Geelong 3/5/2014

More than 100 new manufacturing jobs will be created in the Geelong region by the first project to be funded under round one of the Australian and Victorian government's Geelong ...

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