Car component makers are finding it hard to struggle with the increasing job cuts in the automotive industry that turns over $11 billion a year. They have warned that nearly 30,000 jobs and an $800 million export industry will be lost without government assistance..

Global car giant Ford has forced automotive parts maker Nexteer to refuse $63 million in government aid and scrap plans for a new factory in Melbourne.

Australia’s car industry is seeing increased support for locally manufactured cars.

Australian Pharmaceutical manufacturing looks set for substantial growth to meet the increasing demand of Asian health-care products.

A container containing one hundred litres of highly toxic and flammable chemical, methyl ethyl ketone also known as Butanoue spilled from a plastic container at CQMS Razer in Laverick Avenue this afternoon.