Elders Limited has agreed terms with its existing financiers to renew and extend its syndicated finance facilities to 31 December 2014, as part of a comprehensive plan to secure the repositioning and sustainability of the company as a pure ...
A selection of 100 Porsche 911 models celebrating the iconic sports car’s 50th anniversary will cross the Sydney Harbour Bridge on September 15. Part of Australia’s role in the German manufacturer’s global 50 Years of ...
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An in-principle agreement has been reached between Toll Group and the Transport Workers Union (TWU) in their enterprise agreement negotiations. The outcome is subject to final drafting and the support of the 10,000 impacted Toll employees. ...
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NSW government agencies will now be required to evaluate Cloud-based services when undertaking new procurements under the state's first Cloud services policy. The policy, announced today by incoming financial services minister Andrew ...
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The first quarter of 2013 recorded a 48 per cent reduction in heavy vehicle fatal crashes, says the RMS. Photo courtesy of Yass Tribune. Targeted operations to curb excessive speeding and poor safety practices in the trucking industry ...
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Environmentalists have released the 'What a Waste' report, calling for more effective action on and measurement of litter, at the start of Keep Australia Beautiful (KAB) week. "We think the KAB exercise has stalled and its National Litter ...
Rare Consulting, a division of infrastructure consultancy pitt&sherry, is working with the NSW government's Roads and Maritime Services (RMS) agency to build an evidence bank demonstrating the performance of environmental technologies. ...
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UK researchers have found no link between the number of American drivers making phone calls while driving, and the number of collisions on US roads. The research team examined over eight million car crashes, and all road fatalities, that ...
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The Australian and New Zealand rail industries have launched Rail Safety Week, an annual initiative that sees passenger and freight rail operators, governments and the police come together to promote rail safety messages to local ...
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In accordance with relevant reports, Ratepayers are finally set to get some relief from soaring power bills with the rollout of LED street lighting. Ausgrid, the state-owned electricity distributor, owns and maintains 250,000 streetlights ...
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Our Rating: Performance, Ride & Handling 4 Comfort & Interior 4 Quality & Design 5 Value & Features 2.5 The Jaguar F-Type is the most important car the British brand has built for nearly 50 years. It’s the car that will ...
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Sydney-based AGL Energy Ltd (Australia's largest private owner and operator of renewable energy assets) has achieved financial close for two utility-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) projects for which cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin-film ...
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Devondale/Murray Goulburn (MG), an Australia-based farmer-owned dairy co-operative, is seeking milk supplies from the dairy farmers in the NSW-Sydney market region from 1 October 2013. The co-operative asked dairy farmers to submit their ...
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Australia-based dairy food exporter Devondale (Murray Goulburn Co-operative) is set to establish a milk processing facility at Erskine Park in Sydney, with an investment of a A$60m ($54.5m). Devondale had purchased a five-hectare plot ...
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A New South Wales Government program aimed at installing flashing lights in school zones of 1263 schools has been expanded after a funding boost of $13 million dollars was announced. NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell, Treasurer Mike Baird and ...
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