Submissions are now open for the 2013 APPMA Awards of Excellence, with the winners to be announced at AUSPACK PLUS in Sydney on May 8. Mr Mark Dingley, Chairman, Australian Packaging and Processing Machinery Association (APPMA) said the ...
Photo: Drive.com.au. How do Australia’s major cities deal with choking traffic congestion? Do tolls work? Does Sydney really need a second airport? How do governments cope with the mounting financial burden of providing acceptable ...
Volkswagen Australia Group (VAG) is targeting mining companies Rio Tinto and BHP in 2013, with the hope of securing lucrative sales contracts for its commercial vehicle range. Speaking at a media conference in Sydney, VAG managing ...
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One of Canada's largest pension funds, the $117 billion Ontario Teachers Pension Plan, is one of eight final-round bidders to buy Leighton Holdings' national fibre-optic network operator, NextGen Networks. The fund was a successful bidder ...
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Australian tennis prodigy Bernard Tomic is set to lose his licence after being caught speeding in his Ferrari on the Gold Coast this morning. AAP reports Queensland Police clocked the 20-year-old travelling at 78km/h in a 60km/h zone in ...
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The multibillion-dollar WestConnex tollway system, promised by the O’Farrell government as the long-term solution to Port Botany’s increasing container transport problems, doesn’t actually go to the port. The Sydney ...
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In conjunction with the National ICT Australia (NICTA), container transport booking software provider 1-Stop Connections will launch its latest product called ‘Container Control’ on 6 February, 2013. While container terminals ...
A new Tourism & Transport Forum (TTF) report details a three-stage plan to cater for Sydney’s growing aviation needs, including lifting the current cap at Sydney Airport, increasing the use of Bankstown and Newcastle airports, and ...
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Speaking to The Australian ahead of Amcor’s official opening of its Botany paper mill in Sydney, Garrard said the mill would provide a quantum leap forward for customers by offering them “innovative packaging solutions” ...
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Sun, sand, surf and now smartphones are part of the beach experience for the nation's lifesavers who perform about 12,000 rescues a year. Surf Life Saving Australia has introduced a suite of mobile risk apps and will pilot a ...
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The federal government will launching a new $40 million-a-year research project to try and make the digital economy the key driver of the nation's wealth in post-mining boom Australia. Communications Minister Stephen Conroy and the ...
The AWEX Regional Indicators finished 0.5% lower, on average, at sales in Sydney, Melbourne and Fremantle this week when the US exchange rate rose by 0.1%. Overall, it was satisfactory market. The EMI finished down by 6¢ (5¢ ...
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Cape Breton is now “well-positioned to be a leader” in biomass energy with the announcement today that the Harbourside biomass plant in Sydney is proceeding to the next phase in the Community Feed-in Tariff program (COMFIT). ...
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The Australian sharemarket closed half a percentage point higher as investors chased higher-yielding financial stocks. At the close today, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index was 25.0 points, or 0.52 per cent higher at 4835.2, while the ...
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The sharemarket climbed again yesterday, closing the week on a high on good news from home and abroad and supported by investors seeking stocks with high dividend yields. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 closed up 0.5 per cent at 4835.2 points, ...
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