ISS warns of increase in Australian Carbon Tax Wednesday, May 22, 2013 Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS) the world's leading maritime services provider, is warning of an increase in Australian Carbon Tax on vessels from 1 July 2013. ...
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Mining is a robust industry that plays a key role in a nation's economy. Large multi-national companies dominate the industry but small enterprises and individual entrepreneurs are also keen on taking a slice of the market pie. Small or ...
The 2013 Budget has failed Australia’s trucking businesses because it does not reverse the government’s plan to extend the carbon tax to the trucking industry, Australian Trucking Association chief executive Stuart St Clair ...
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The architects of Congress' looming tax policy reform have a lot of choices when it comes to energy tax breaks and federal subsidies, the US House of Representatives' Ways and Means Committee said Monday. "The broad proposals include ...
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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Despite assurances from the White House and little traction from Democrats in US Congress, a key Republican senator believes that a carbon tax is President Barack Obama's top priority. "That is the ultimate goal of this president," said ...
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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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Australian sustainable packaging solutions provider BioPak has replaced its existing Sage CRM, MYOB and other applications and spreadsheets with NetSuite OneWorld. BioPak switched to NetSuite in a bid to provide a complete cloud-based ...
Capital Steel Buildings Australia has been placed in voluntary administration, adding to the woes of the Australian steel industry. The company based at Narellan, Western Sydney, is a manufacturer of cold rolled steel buildings. It also ...
The Australian Retailers Association (ARA) said the 0.2 per cent month on month drop in December retail trade reported by the Australian Bureau of Statistics would be disappointing to retailers who were hoping for a boost in sales over the ...
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Australian businesses estimate the carbon tax has increased their energy costs by an average of 14.5 per cent, industry research has found. An Australian Industry Group analysis of the first six months of the carbon tax and its impact on ...
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The White House on Tuesday offered no specifics on how President Barack Obama plans to tackle climate change, a day after his inaugural speech included a pointed call to action. But a key Democrat in the House of Representatives said ...
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Queensland-based mining companies including coal producers are expecting to shed nearly 500 jobs from their operations in the Australian state in the next 12 months, and this is on top of a net loss of 3,370 jobs in the mining industry in ...
As previously communicated, in the face of increasingly difficult domestic trading conditions for its soda ash business, Penrice Soda Holdings Limited has been conducting a strategic review of its entire chemicals business to improve its ...
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IT trade body Intellect is calling for the chancellor of the exchequer George Osborne to abandon the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC). Intellect argues that, since datacentres underpin a modern digital economy, the growth in data volumes ...
Tags: Intellect Calls, Chancellor, CRC, Carbon Tax