While the rail industry did not find the budget entirely positive, there are many good points for rail in the Budget. ARA: The Good, the Bad, and the Unknown The 2013 Federal Budget has delivered largely positive outcomes for commuters, ...
The Queensland Government has passed tough new anti-hoon laws that will see repeat offenders’ cars crushed or sold. Passed last night, the country’s toughest anti-hooning penalties will place drivers who commit two serious ...
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Cotton Australia has filed a submission to the Queensland Competition Authority (QCA) in a bid to stop a proposed 17.5% increase in electricity tariffs for Queensland growers. The QCA’s draft determination on electricity prices for ...
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Cotton Australia is rallying the industry behind a campaign to stop a proposed 17.5% increase in electricity tariffs for Queensland growers. Cotton Australia’s Policy Manager for Queensland & Water, Michael Murray, says the ...
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Cotton Australia is working with state and local authorities to help Queensland grower’s access emergency flood relief, while the banking sector has also stepped up to offer relief packages. Recent flooding has impacted much of ...
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Australia-based Replas is set to build a new plastic recycling facility in 2013 in South East Queensland. Planned to funded equally by Australian Packaging Covenant (APC) and the Queensland Government, the $600,000 facility will ...
Certification of Carmanah EG-series systems VICTORIA,British Columbia,May 10,2012(BUSINESS WIRE)--Carmanah Technologies is pleased to announce that the Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads has certified the Carmanah EG320 ...
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Business and community leaders are describing the Queensland Government's call for fresh expressions of interest to mine rich bauxite deposits at Aurukun on Cape York as giving the indigenous people of the region new hope, prosperity and ...
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Queensland’s clothing and textile industry has earned a much needed red tape reprieve after the State Government repealed the mandatory code of practice for clothing outworkers. Attorney-General Jarrod Bleijie said the decision ...
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The Queensland Government's office supplies arrangements have been thrown open with the dismantling of sections of its Sales and Distribution Services division, commonly known as SDS. Until recently, government offices, local councils, ...
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Australia's Griffith University gains AUS$1m grant to develop SiC-onSi chip production processes Griffith University's Queensland Micro- and Nanotechnology Centre in Brisbane, Australia has been awarded AUS$1m in research funding by the ...
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