A record skills shortage within the Australian automotive industry is set to rise from more than 27,000 to 35,000 in 2018, a new report has predicted.
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Putting manufacturing back on the political agenda
Leaders from all walks of industry united in Canberra to discuss the future of Australia’s manufacturing sector. Steven Impey reports from Parliament House.
During the winter solstice in the
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Calls for caution after 40,000 manufacturing jobs boost in Australia
A warning has been fired to Australia’s manufacturing industry despite a bump in job numbers over the past financial year.
Around 40,000 new manufacturing jobs – recorded by the Australian Bureau of
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Submarine jobs at stake as DCNS backtracks on promises
Future submarine building jobs are at stake in SA, after French company DCNS retracted its statement that 90 per cent of the construction of its next fleet would occur in Australia.
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SA snubbed in Federal Budget, politicians claim
The Weatherill government and Nick Xenophon believe that South Australia was deliberately slighted in this year’s Federal Budget. The politicians have suggested the Liberal Party purposefully excluded
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Xenophon: Australia needs plan to save automotive jobs
South Australian senator Nick Xenophon has called on the federal government to develop an automotive transition plan to save jobs.
Xenophon would like the government to spend the A$1.3 billion still in
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Xenophon will block 25 per cent company tax
A Coalition plan for a company tax rate of 25 per cent within a decade now seems unlikely, with the Nick Xenophon Team’s three senators to vote against proposed tax cuts.
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Xenophon slams SA’s renewables adoption
Senator Nick Xenophon has blamed renewables for the state-wide blackout in South Australia yesterday.
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Chinese-made army uniforms “a disgrace”: Xenophon
Senator Nick Xenophon has criticised the manufacture of army non-combat clothing in China.
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Whyalla tense as Arrium future remains uncertain
The uncertain future of the Whyalla’s main employer, the Arrium steelworks, continues to trouble the city, with a significant capital injection needed to make the plant competitive again.
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Long-term security for Arrium Whyalla needed: SA politicians
The South Australian government and SA senator Nick Xenophon have urged the new federal government to secure the long-term future of the Whyalla steelworks.
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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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Xenophon, Turnbull meet, discuss Arrium resolution
Senator Nick Xenophon had an hour-long meeting with prime minister Malcolm Turnbull yesterday, telling the PM that it is vital the country retains a steel industry.
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Coke boss criticises penalty rates
Terry Davis, the chief of Coca Cola Amatil, has criticised weekend penalty rates in an interview with The Australian.
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New program encourages pollies to understand farming, manufacturing
The Land reports on the launch of the Australian Manufacturing and Farming Program, which gives politicians to get a first-hand experience of the industries.
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Farming and Manufacturing to Develop- AMFP
Australia’s manufacturing and farming sector will receive a much needed boost with the launch of Australian Manufacturing and Farming Program.
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