The Holden VF Commodore demanded a culture change within the company’s local engineering department. According to vehicle systems manager Andrew Holmes, for the first time ever weight-saving became obsessive and every engineer ...
Tags: Holden VF Commodore, Engineering, Auto
The federal government’s opening of the tender process for the Moorebank Intermodal Terminal (as reported on Transport and Logistics News) has drawn praise from the rail industry, but also attracted criticism for its questionable ...
Tags: Rail industry, Moorebank
Holden, the Australian subsidiary of US automaker General Motors (GM), has started the production of the VF Commodore Calais V sedan at Holden Vehicle Operations in Adelaide suburb of Elizabeth, South Australia. The sedan is powered by a ...
Retail investors will now be able to buy $10,000 parcels of Australian government bonds on the Australian Securities Exchange, five years after the process began to make it possible. ASX chief executive Elmer Funke Kupper launched the ...
Tags: ASX Bond Market, Business
UK oil and gas major BP has sought environmental approvals from the Australian federal government for a $600 million exploration program in the frontier waters of the Great Australian Bight, off the continent's south coast. BP holds four ...
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, ...
Australian government bonds will be traded on the Australian Securities Exchange from May 21. The new arrangement will allow investments in Treasury Bonds and Treasury Indexed Bonds in the form of CHESS Depository Interests (CDIs). ...
Tags: ASX Trade, Government Bonds
The video, a spoof of Coca-Cola adverts featuring youngsters drinking the beverage, while seabirds fall to the ground dying, has been released by Greenpeace. Greenpeace’s beef with Coca-Cola Amatil stems from Coke’s decision ...
Tags: Greenpeace, Packaging
Greg Cameron A container terminal at Newcastle would be good for people living in northern NSW because the cost of transporting goods to and from the port will be lower, obviously, than with Port Botany. Low-cost access to a container ...
Prime Minister Julia Gillard has backed National Manufacturing Week (NMW), Australia's largest integrated manufacturing industry event taking place from 7–10 May in Melbourne, as a showcase of Australia's manufacturing strengths. ...
Tags: Service
The South Australian Government will “return to the negotiating table” over its funding deal with Holden after the local car maker earlier this week announced its plan to axe 500 jobs. Following a three-hour meeting with ...
Toyota Australia last month recorded its second highest monthly export figures for the 2012/13 financial year. A total of 7,383 Camry, Camry Hybrid and Aurion vehicles were exported during the month of March. Of these about 97 per ...
Will $4 billion be allocated in the federal budget for upgrading the Northern Sydney Freight Corridor to carry more freight by rail? The New South Wales government has nominated no other source of funds for this upgrade, which must be ...
The campaign, which is running in national newspapers and magazines, features a print-out of an email obtained by JTI in which an unnamed official at the Department of Health requests an impact assessment from an Australian counterpart of ...
The existing road funding and planning system is broken, despite the serious efforts of the Australian Government to fix it, the chairman of the Australian Trucking Association, David Simon, said today. Mr Simon was launching an ...
Tags: funding, charging system, Truckers