Prime Minister and Ian Macfarlane attended a meeting with industry groups in Adelaide yesterday to discuss the South Australian manufacturing sector.
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70 jobs to go at Marshall Power
About 70 workers will lose their jobs when battery firm Marshall Power shuts it manufacturing operations in Adelaide’s north this year.
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Geelong to bid for military combat vehicle contract
Geelong leaders have taken an initiative to bid for a $10 billion defence contract to build a fleet of more than 800 military combat vehicles.
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No sacred cows: Productivity Commission targets Toyota
As Holden and Ford fail in Australia, Toyota is coming under the spotlight as its own future is questioned.
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Ferdinand Porsche made electric car in 1898
Ferdinand Porsche, founder of the company that bears his name, built his first electric car back in 1898.
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Fiat becomes Fiat Chrysler Automobiles
Italian car maker Fiat will now be known as ‘Fiat Chrysler Automobiles’, following its purchase of US car maker Chrysler.
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TAFE campus opens on old Mitsubishi site in Adelaide
A new TAFE campus with the capacity for over 6,000 students has been opened on the former Mitsubishi site at Tonsley Park in Adelaide.
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Timeline: Australian automotive manufacturing – The Holden and Toyota saga
Manufacturers' Monthly has put together a timeline of the last few months highlighting the major events in our automotive manufacturing industry.
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Federal Government will intervene and allow Toyota workers to vote on proposed changes
Employment Minister Eric Abetz to intervene and give Toyota's workers a say on the management's proposed variations to the enterprise agreement aimed at improving productivity.
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AMWU should Co-operate with Toyota [blog]
A lack of co-operation between manufacturers and unions may put another automotive company at risk of closure. John Blakemore* writes.
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Toyota workers must accept reforms: Government
Toyota workers will have to accept changes to their pay and conditions if they want to keep their jobs, according to Industry Minister Ian Macfarlane.
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Fiat completes purchase of Chrysler
Italian carmaker Fiat has completed the purchase of US carmaker Chrysler in a $US4.35 billion deal that will create the world’s seventh biggest auto group.
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SA government wants $333 million to deal with Holden closure
The South Australian government wants $333 million from the federal government to help the state cope with Holden’s closure in 2017.
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Toyota may reduce Thai investment because of unrest
Toyota may decide to reduce its $689 million investment in Thailand because of the current political unrest in the country.
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Tesla wants electric car charging network in China
Electric car maker Tesla Motors hopes to develop a network of free superchargers from Beijing to Shanghai in China.
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Manufacturing is the “foundation of all economic development”: Ford chief
Alan Mulally, the global CEO and president of Ford, has commented on the importance of manufacturing to a country’s economic development.
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GM to pay first dividends in six years
General Motors will pay its first dividend to shareholders since June 2008.
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Hino Motor Sales Australia appoints new chairman and CEO
Hino has announced the appointment of Steve Lotter to the position of Chairman and CEO of Hino Motor Sales Australia.
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Industry assistance to be tied to transparency: Hockey
Federal treasurer Joe Hockey has said that government assistance would not be given to “lazy” companies, seizing on comments by a General Motors executive.
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Coalition claims Labor misled public on Holden
The federal government has accepted General Motors’ claim that it would have shut Holden no matter the level of taxpayer support it received.
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