Manufacturing industry stalwart Dick Warburton says the Australian Government dumped the industry and its problems in the 'too hard' basket.
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COMMENT: Why no cheap LNG for us?
The carbon tax has made its ugly entrance onto Australia's economic landscape and is rightly hogging all the headlines, however we can be quietly confident that when Tony Abbott takes over the reins in Canberra the insidious tax will become history.
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Carbon tax does have a silver lining
While the unpopular carbon tax comes into force this month it is linked to some good news in the form of the generous $800m CleanTechnology Investment Program (CTIP) specifically for Australian manufacturers.
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Carbon Tax: Manufacturers affected and likely to raise prices
An Australian Industry (Ai) Group survey marking the start of the carbon tax has found a big proportion (42%) of businesses across the manufacturing, services and construction sectors will try to put up their prices immediately following the introduction of the scheme on 1 July.
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Climate Change Authority must maintain manufacturing competition
The board of the government’s Climate Change Authority has ‘heavy responsibilities’ to maintain competitiveness in manufacturing, warns the Australian Industry Group (Ai Group).
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Industry gets ready for carbon tax with clean technology funding
Eleven businesses have each nabbed a share of $8.1 million in funding to help them improve production efficiency in preparation for the carbon tax.
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Carbon tax, imports blamed for lowest manufacturing activity in 9 months
In worrying news for Australian manufacturers, industry activity dropped again during May, reaching its lowest level in nine months, according to an Australian Industry Group (Ai Group) report.
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It’s the carbon tax that’s toxic
Next month sees the introduction of one of most absurd taxes in Australia; one that will damage our industry and lower our standard of living for absolutely no benefit to the environment.
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Don’t guess with carbon tax
Now that the carbon tax has been approved by Parliament, companies should shift their attention to limiting the costs of paying the tax.
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