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Stevedoring information booklets formally launched  11/12/2009
Stevedoring information booklets formally launched
Chair of Safe Work Australia, Mr Tom Phillips AM, has announced the release of three guidance publications for the stevedoring industry – Working Safely on the Waterfront, Working ...
Highlighting AUS water management skills to the US  11/12/2009
Highlighting AUS water management skills to the US
A water delegation of prominent officials from the United States and Mexico has been assembled by the Australian Trade Commission (Austrade), to showcase Australian expertise in ...
Good managers form the key to better business  11/12/2009
Good managers form the key to better business
An international survey of Australian manufacturing companies confirms that good managers are the key to successful businesses and highlights where Australian managers need to improve. ...
$20.6 million in climate ready grants to support 324 jobs  11/11/2009
$20.6 million in climate ready grants to support 324 jobs
The Climate Ready Program offers matching grants from $50,000 to $5 million to support research and development, proof-of-concept and early-stage commercialisation activities to ...
Benefitting from innovative IP service opportunities  11/10/2009
Benefitting from innovative IP service opportunities
Darwin-based innovators now have access to a secure intellectual property (IP) lodgement service thanks to a new initiative by Federal Government agency IP Australia and Australia ...
New Standard for tree protection on development sites  11/9/2009
New Standard for tree protection on development sites
Arborists and building developers now have an agreed framework for the protection and preservation of trees during all stages of a development project with the first Australian ...
Updated reforms to the Franchising Code of Conduct  11/9/2009
Updated reforms to the Franchising Code of Conduct
The Government will enhance the investigative powers of the ACCC by amending the Trade Practices Act to allow the ACCC to conduct random audits under the Franchising Code and other ...
Are Organic & Fairtrade foods striving or thriving?  11/5/2009
Are Organic & Fairtrade foods striving or thriving?
While the Innova Database records increasing levels of new product activity overall in the first half of 2009, the recession is now reportedly starting to bite more noticeably in ...
Standards Australia’s new business model refined  11/5/2009
Standards Australia’s new business model refined
Following recent, extensive stakeholder consultation, a revised approach to Standards Australia’s way of operating has been developed in conjunction with, and supported by, the ...
Incentive travel sector benefit with Dreamtime 2009  11/5/2009
Incentive travel sector benefit with Dreamtime 2009
Tourism Australia has kicked-off Dreamtime 2009, its Australian incentive travel showcase designed to keep Australia’s sellers on the radar of influential buyers from around the ...
Being green can be easy and cheap: business expert  11/3/2009
Being green can be easy and cheap: business expert
“You can make money by greening your bottom-line,” an internationally respected de-carbonisation and sustainability expert told Australian businesses last week.
Fighting to entice skilled workforce during downturn  11/3/2009
Fighting to entice skilled workforce during downturn
The Australian Industry Group/Deloitte CEO survey, Skilling Business in Tough Times, has highlighted the strong pressures on employment and training during the downturn and the ...
New report released on state of the NSW finances in 2008-09  11/2/2009
New report released on state of the NSW finances in 2008-09
NSW Business Chamber has welcomed the release of the Report on State Finances saying it represented a better than expected outcome for NSW following the global financial crisis.
Energy Efficiency training program is now in development  11/2/2009
Energy Efficiency training program is now in development
The Energy Efficiency Training Program is being developed by the NSW Department of Environment Climate Change and Water (DECCW) in partnership with the NSW Department of Education ...
One set of global accounting standards to protect info  10/29/2009
One set of global accounting standards to protect info
“It is imperative that there is one set of financial reporting standards for the world if the quality and comparability of investor information is to be protected.
Processing food waste to produce Biogas energy  10/29/2009
Processing food waste to produce Biogas energy
The Environmental Technology Centre at Murdoch University has been awarded a $45, 823 grant from the Waste Authority’s Strategic Waste Initiative Scheme (SWIS) to develop and ...
Hybrid electric vehicles revolution of the future  10/28/2009
Hybrid electric vehicles revolution of the future
A road trial of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), which could one day end up in every Australian driveway, is underway.
International standards important to renewable energy  10/28/2009
International standards important to renewable energy
“Energy – why International Standards are vital” was the theme addressed by high level panels of energy experts participating recently at the 32nd General Assembly of ISO (the ...
IP Aust fast tracks patents for green technology  10/27/2009
IP Aust fast tracks patents for green technology
IP Australia is helping green innovators find a fast track to the marketplace by offering priority to environmentally friendly technologies in the patent application system.
Navigating your business: Best practices in and out of recession  10/23/2009
Navigating your business: Best practices in and out of recession
Why is it that certain companies only take the time to tighten their belts when times are tough?
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