Toyota Australia has released export figures for its locally built Toyota Camry and Toyota Aurion models, showing that 70 per cent of its Australian made range have been exported to the end of the company's financial year on March 31. ...
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Logistics company DHL will open some South Australian Drop Zones seven days a week between 8am and 4pm to help South Australians preparing for the digital switch on 2 April. DHL Supply Chain's five South Australian drop zones based in ...
ExxonMobil has sought Australian government approval to install the world's largest floating LNG production facility at the Scarborough gas field it shares with BHP Billiton in the Carnarvon Basin off the country's northwest coast. The ...
Coca-Cola Amatil (CCA) has received $1.3m in Australian government funding as part of the Clean Technology Food and Foundries Investment program. The funds will be used to install PET bottle self-manufacture or 'blow-fill' technology. The ...
Federal Transport and Infrastructure Minister Anthony Albanese has piled a few additional responsibilities onto his already sizeable portfolio following the aborted leadership challenge in the Labor party. Despite being a Kevin Rudd ...
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Australian automotive suppliers will have another opportunity to boost their competitiveness in global supply chains and domestic markets through the $30 million joint Australian, Victorian and South Australian Government's Automotive ...
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Taiwan's Bureau of Energy has invited the Australian Solar Council and representatives from large-size engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) firms to join an investment conference in Taipei from March 19-21, 2013. The Taiwan ...
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Opinion – Greg Cameron Tony Abbott’s coalition opposition could be playing a decisive role in the future of freight transportation in New South Wales. Does the coalition agree with taking freight off Sydney’s ...
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Specifications for the Lexus IS300h sedan have been revealed ahead of its Australian debut later this year. Its 2.5-litre Atkinson Cycle four-cylinder engine produces 133kW of power at 6000rpm, and 221Nm of torque from 4200-5400rpm. The ...
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Photo courtesy of Sydney Ports Corporation. Opinion – Greg Cameron This week, the Prime Minister offered the NSW Premier $1 billion towards a road project for reducing traffic congestion caused by trucks accessing Port Botany ...
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Photo courtesy of Sydney Ports Corporation. Opinion – Greg Cameron Selling a 99-year lease to Port Botany Container Terminal for $2 billion is bad economics. The deal requires Australian taxpayers to pay $4 billion for upgrading ...
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Banks, property trusts, consumer staples and energy companies pushed the sharemarket to its highest close since September 2008, as investors digested earnings reports while awaiting the overnight release of minutes from the US Federal ...
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Electoral candidates in western Sydney and Newcastle face some stark policy choices about transport infrastructure that will have profound economic and social implications well into next century. Unusual in federal politics, the opportunity ...
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BIG business is being targeted by cyber-criminals in "ransomware" attacks, threatening deletion or freezing of crucial business files unless money is paid. A new national survey of Australian big business reports that in September last ...
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Australian Paper will start construction of its new $90 million paper recycling plant at Maryvale in Victoria later this month. “Last week's ground-breaking ceremony marks the first stage of construction and Australian Paper ...
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