Business groups, including the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Business Council of Australia have welcomed the government’s commitment to fast-track tax cuts for businesses with
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Labor promises $1b manufacturing fund to grow businesses
The Labor Party has said it will create a $1 billion advanced manufacturing fund for Australian industry if it is successful at the next federal election.
Opposition leader Bill Shorten and shadow industry
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TPP support in doubt
With the war of words between Bill Shorten and Malcolm Turnbull about the Trans Pacific Partnership, Australia’s position on the support for the TPP looks to be increasingly unstable. The Labor party’s
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From the editor: Mood swings, sausage sizzles and manufacturing wins
So here we are, after one of the longest election campaigns in Australia’s history and the result is a non-result. Or should I say a non-conclusive result.
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Shorten to announce $59 million “Manufacturing Transition Boost”
Opposition leader Bill Shorten will announce a $59 million plan aimed at easing the pain from the end of car assembly in Australia, which will start this year with Ford Australia ending production.
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Shorten announces opposition steel policy
Opposition leader Bill Shorten has announced the opposition’s policy on metals manufacturing, with a six-point plan he has said would be enacted within 100 days of being elected.
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Labor pushes for local steel procurement for government projects
Federal Opposition leader Bill Shorten has urged the government to use local steel in public projects to assist in the survival of Arrium’s Whyalla steelworks.
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Government expected rush new workplace changes through parliament
Federal workplace relations minister Bill Shorten is expected to make a statement today on an expansion of the Fair Work Commission’s powers, allowing them to arbitrate on things including disputes on new workplace agreements and workplace access by union officials.
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Shorten calls for calm in Little Creatures dispute
Workplace relations minister Bill Shorten has requested that contractor TFG Group and unions remain calm as a dispute over work on a Little Creatures brewery site continues.
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IR announcement disappoints business leaders
Business groups have said the federal government’s response to the Fair Work Act Review do not go far enough.
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