Cubbie Station, located in Queensland’s southern inland and Australia’s largest cotton enterprise, has harvested around 220,000-bale cotton crop this season. This is the first harvest since the cotton enterprise was taken ...
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Audi Australia is forecasting 15,000 sales for 2013, a number it thought it wouldn't reach until 2015. Audi Australia's new managing director Andrew Doyle, who joined the local arm on March 1 from a position as Audi MD in Ireland, said ...
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Rover is a brand of lawnmower in Australia. Rover also owns Scott Bonnar. Rover Mowers Limited is an operating division of MTD Products Australia Pty Ltd. Rover Mowers Ltd. designs, manufactures and distributes lawn and garden care ...
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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Australian miner BHP Billiton has announced its production results for the third quarter and the first nine months ended March 31, 2013. In the third quarter, BHP Billiton produced 40.2 million mt of iron ore, up six percent compared to ...
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The Central Highlands Cotton Growers & Irrigators Association (CHCGIA) will hold the annual Central Highlands Irrigation Awards Dinner Dance on 16 August, 2013 at the Emerald Town Hall. The dinner will celebrate the 40th anniversary since ...
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In another time the $5.07 billion price tag for NSW ports sold last Friday might have been the sort of deal to get a roll on for the market's deal junkies. After all, it's not often the market estimates for the price -- $2.5bn to $3bn -- ...
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The availability of solar panels and LEDs (light emitting diodes) have enabled the illumination of roads and streets in areas where it is difficult or costly to access power. This is not only for remote areas because even in densely ...
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In the week ended April 8, coal shipments from the Port of Newcastle in Queensland, the coal producing state of Australia, totaled 2.5 million mt, according to Newcastle Port Corporation. The figure constitutes a decrease of 16 percent ...
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High-Speed Rail (HSR) connecting the east coast capital cities “has the potential to be a game-changer, transforming the way Australians live, work and take holidays,” said Federal Transport Minister Anthony Albanese, but it ...
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The government should make an election commitment not to extend the carbon tax to trucking, the chairman of the Australian Trucking Association David Simon said in a televised address at the National Press Club. “In its Clean Energy ...
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Coles, an Australia-based super market giant, has entered into milk supply agreement with two farmer-owned Australian dairy co-operatives Devondale (Murray Goulburn Co-operative) and Norco. Devondale agreement is for ten years and the ...
German market leader in assembly products Wurth has become an official supplier to the FIA Asia Pacific Rally Championship. Wurth Asia-Pacific manager Benjamin Wurth says car rallying is an ideal stage for Wurth to demonstrate the ...
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The latest ABS Retail Trade figures show that Australian retail turnover rose 1.3 per cent in February 2013, seasonally adjusted, following a rise of 1.2 per cent in January 2013. Through the year, Australian retail turnover rose 4.6 per ...
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Toyota Material Handling Australia (TMHA) has established a direct presence in two key markets, the Northern Territory and North Queensland regions. The new TMHA Darwin and Townsville branches opened early April and offer the full Toyota ...