Manufacturing, civil construction and defence force workers are being targeted to join the first ever adult apprenticeships for the resources and energy sector.
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‘It’s not all about you, manufacturing’: a message from the resources industry
Resources Minister Martin Ferguson has admitted that the resources industry is really hurting Australia’s manufacturing sector, but says this is OK because other industries will benefit.
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ACTU really, really supports the carbon tax (no, really)
The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) has sent out a media release reiterating its support for the carbon tax – just in case any of us had forgotten.
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CSL’s Parkville site accused of bad manufacturing practices
The country’s largest pharmaceutical manufacturer, Commonwealth Serum Laboratories (CSL), has been accused of a string of bad manufacturing practices, including under-par laboratory safety and ignoring ‘dark particles’ forming in its swine flu vaccines.
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A digital version of Manufacturers’ Monthly September 2011 is now available for free for all newsletter subscribers; click on this link to read all the latest new products, industry news, opinions, technical features and more.
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[VIDEO] How to make a life-size 2012 Ford Explorer out of LEGO… in 90 seconds flat!
Watch the engineers (is that what you'd call them?) at LEGO make a life-size 2012 Ford Explorer model out of LEGO bricks in less than 90 seconds! OK, so there is time-lapse photography at play here. But still, we think it’s pretty incredible. A little something for the child-manufacturer in all of us!
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[VIDEO] Laser Tracker enables precision engineering in the middle of the ocean
What do you do when you need precision parts machined for an oil processing project in the middle of the ocean? Send in the experts, of course. Check out this video of the FARO Laser Tracker, an ingenious system used by one manufacturing company to cut-out the tedious surveying legwork required to start the job.
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Sydney doors manufacturer gets foot-hold in lucrative US building market
Sydney manufacturer of hardware for sliding and folding doors, the Brio Group, has gained a foothold in the lucrative US building market and opened a new subsidiary, Brio USA Inc.
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Chevron sends majority of fabrication, engineering overseas for $29 billion LNG project
WA unions have revealed that Chevron outsourced the majority of its engineering and fabrication for its $29 billion Wheatstone LNG development to overseas companies before the final investment decision was even made, cutting local suppliers out of the equation.
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Manufacturers spending $90 billion on overcoming government’s ‘red tape’
A survey released yesterday points to the high and still rising cost of complying with regulation for Australian manufacturing businesses.
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Anti-dumping: one small step for manufacturers, or one giant leap onto the slippery slope of protectionism?
The government’s commitment to improving Australia’s anti-dumping regulations is a welcome act of support for local suppliers doing it tough on the export market. But when teamed with talks of local content mandates in the resources sector, is this beginning to smack of protectionist policy from a government so hell-bent against it?
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Defence workers warn more strikes to come over unfair pay deal
The Department of Defence (DOD) has become the latest target of industrial action for refusing to agree to wage rises above inflation.
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Union accuses WA of ‘stalling’ to avoid harmonised OHS decision
The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) is shaming the West Australian government for failing to sign off on the national harmonisation of OHS laws, claiming the state is putting ‘politics before the state’s workers’.
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Holden rethinks export program over raised import taxes
Holden and GM are deciding whether or not to trash their lucrative Commodore export program as a result of import tax increases in Brazil.
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Ford refuses export help from government: leaked wire
A cable released by Wikileaks shows Ford Australia refused funding from the government to build its export business, amid speculation that Australian car manufacturers are in dire straits after battling with the strong Australian dollar for the best part of a year.
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Government protects cement factory’s refusal to control pollution
The WA opposition says Cockburn residents have been “betrayed” by the government’s failure to make public the legal appeal by Cockburn Cement against conditions that would have forced it to install pollution control measures.
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$10m a day for strikes; Toyota feeling the heat
Toyota Australia workers are striking again today over an on-going wage dispute, raising concern over the future of the automotive manufacturer.
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Will Brazil protectionism jeopardise Australia’s automotive exports?
Brazil’s finance minister has announced a 30-point increase in the country’s industrial-product tax on cars, raising concern for some Australian automotive exporters.
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Aussie dollar falls to 10-month low; is there hope for manufacturing yet?
After months of banging on about how low the manufacturing industry is feeling over how high the Aussie dollar is getting, today’s news that it has suddenly fallen to a 10-month low against the US dollar is a beacon in the night for our manufacturing businesses.
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