Australian Wool Industries Secretariat Inc (AWIS) releases wool sales report for week ending October 5. The Australian Wool Exchange (AWEX) Regional Indicators finished 1.7% higher, on average, at sales in Sydney, Melbourne and Fremantle ...
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Transport for NSW has called for industry feedback on the first review of the current NSW Rail Access Regime – the regulatory framework that enables third-party passenger and freight operators to use the NSW rail network. Transport ...
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Neil Murphy. Photo courtesy of AdelaideNow.com.au. The South Australian Government should immediately investigate the introduction of toll roads to assist funding a number of key transport infrastructure projects vital to SA’s ...
Minister for Roads & Ports Duncan Gay MLC and Sydney Ports CEO Grant Gilfillan. Road traffic to and from Port Botany is moving unhindered by trains with the recent opening of Sydney Ports’ $72 million dollar grade separation. ...
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Customs and Border Protection has seized more than 10 million cigarettes, illegally imported into Australia. On Wednesday, 28 November Customs and Border Protection officers examined a sea cargo container, said to contain ceramic tiles. ...
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Corporate Express's case against school books supplier Wooldridges for non-payment of invoices for $3.6 million worth of stationery products has hit a significant hurdle with the appointment of administrators to Wooldridges' parent company ...
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Two private equity firms,US-based Blackstone and Hong-Kong based Affinity Equity Partners are likely to make a bid for Australia's leading poultry processor Inghams Enterprises. The indicative bids for the business are expected to be ...
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Connell Brothers,a California-based specialty industrial ingredients marketer and distributor,has opened a food application facility in Sydney,Australia. The new facility enables the company's food technicians to assist its customers in ...
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Round-the-world sailor and motivational speaker Tony Mowbray will be the guest speaker at the inaugural Australian office products charity lunch, to be held at Doltone House in Sydney on 16 November. In 1998, Mowbray and his crew competed ...
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US-owned warehouse retailer Costco will build its second Melbourne store at Ringwood, in the city's outer east. Around 400 people are expected to be employed at the store, which is scheduled to open in the second half of 2013. In ...
Office products resellers around Australia have voted in the six finalists for the 2012 Stationery News Supplier of the Year Award. The six finalists are: ACCO Australia, Bantex, Cumberland Stationery, Dynamic Supplies, General Stationery ...
Michael McQueen, a leading specialist in demographic shifts, change management and future trends, will deliver the keynote address at Fuji Xerox's annual Innovate print industry event on 24 October. McQueen's address, titled 'Winning the ...
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Sydney-based Pro-Pac, a subsidiary of PPG has announced the acquisition of business and assets of Australian Pharmaceutical Containers (APC), for an undisclosed amount. Pro-Pac chief executive officer Brandon Penn said the purchase will ...
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More than 600 WA businesses and schools and 90 employees are likely to receive less than 10 per cent of the $50 million they are owed by education product supplier Wooldridges, which was last month placed into administration. ...
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Officeworks is moving ahead with its new store programme with the opening of outlets at Punchbowl in Sydney and at Box Hill South in Melbourne. The Punchbowl store, which has been re-located, opened on 7 July with a family fun day ...