Standards Australia has recently released a draft revised version of the voluntary Children’s Nightwear Standard - AS/NZS 1249. Children’s nightwear is subject to a mandatory standard in Australia and must comply with ...
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Australian businesses are taking longer to pay each other in 2013 compared to a year earlier, in an indication that their level of financial health has not improved. Despite edging down in the June quarter, businesses are taking 54 days ...
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In a move to boost automotive manufacturing sector in the country, the Australian Government has provided A$200m($180m) support package to the industry. The new package has been announced following the criticism from automotive industry ...
Toyota Australia has unveiled plan to invest $123m in its facilities in the country, following the $180m support package announced by the Australian government for automotive industry. Of the total investment, the automotive firm will ...
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The Australian Federal Government has awarded $7.3 million to 13 automotive suppliers to help them “develop new markets beyond the automotive sector”. With Ford having announced it will close its manufacturing operations in ...
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Australia Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI) has released its July 2013 VFACTS data reporting that the sales of passenger cars, SUVs and commercial vehicles has increased to 90,235 in July 2013, up by 4.1%, compared to 86,641 ...
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A local Nissan Pulsar television commercial has been banned twice in two months by the Advertising Standards Bureau (ASB) for depicting unsafe driving. Spruiking the new Nissan Pulsar SSS, the ad shows a man driving through the streets as ...
As part of its Clean Technology Innovation Program, the Australian Federal Government has awarded BluGlass Ltd of Silverwater, Australia $2,999,255 in funding for its project 'Versatile prototype deposition machine for higher efficiency, ...
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The Labor Government's push to transform Australia's manufacturing industries took a huge step forward today with the opening of the Fibre Processing and Carbon Nexus buildings in Geelong. Innovation Minister Senator Kim Carr opened the ...
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One of Britain's most senior security officials will review a cybersecurity centre operated by Chinese company Huawei after concerns that the telecommunications firm - which is playing an increasingly large role in Britain's internet ...
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Australia's government is to speed up the country's transition to a carbon emissions trading system by dropping its fixed-price carbon tax in 2014, a year earlier than planned, Australian treasurer Chris Bowen said over the weekend. From ...
Chinese state-owned Yanzhou Coal Mining's proposal to acquire the 22% of shares it does not own in Australian coal producer Yancoal Australia for A$905 million ($822 million) might violate strict foreign investment conditions set by the ...
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Paul Retter will commence as chief executive officer and commissioner of the NTC from 8 July 2013, following an extensive executive search. NTC chairman Greg Martin said Mr Retter brings extensive knowledge of transport and logistics and ...
The dollar's coming of age as a global reserve currency has resulted in a $200 billion buying spree by central banks and sovereign wealth funds since the global financial crisis, adding an estimated US6c-US8c to the dollar's value, ...
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The location and nature of the Scarborough natural gas field off Western Australia mean the project will be "very challenged from a cost point of view," Mark Nolan, ExxonMobil's vice president for Middle East and Australia, said Monday. ...
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