The government has unveiled a centrepiece of its coming Defence White Paper, bringing forward a A$40 billion program to build surface warships, centred on the economically ailing state of South Australia.
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Struggling federal government to announce “advanced manufacturing” statement, major projects for SA
The federal government will today reportedly announce plans, including the shoring up of shipbuilding in Victoria and South Australia, as part of a three-day stint of campaigning in SA.
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More SA jobs, regardless of submarine build outcome: PM
Prime minister Tony Abbott has given an “absolute guarantee” of more jobs in South Australia, regardless of who wins the controversial “competitive evaluation process”.
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Bega Cheese, Cochlear among 19 winners in $50 m of manufacturing grants
19 successful applicants for the first round of the Manufacturing Transition Program were awarded nearly $50 million yesterday.
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Business cautions against ‘dull’ budget from Abbott Government
Business groups say Australia needs the federal budget to be bold, not dull as the Prime Minister forecast last week.
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Abbott: Japanese-built subs could cause tensions with China
The prime minister has reportedly admitted that buying Japanese submarines would not benefit Australia's relations with China.
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PM leadership instability worrying defence industry
Prime minister Tony Abbott’s apparently fragile hold on the prime ministership is troubling some in the defence industry.
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Submarine decision to be “good for jobs” in SA: Abbott
Prime minister Tony Abbott has said that whatever the government’s decision on procuring the next generation of submarines, there would be more South Australian jobs as a result.
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Vic premier seeks crisis meeting with PM over shipbuilding industry’s future
Premier Daniel Andrews has sought urgent meetings with prime minister Tony Abbott regarding the looming loss of hundreds of Victorian shipbuilding jobs.
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Defence minister regrets saying ASC couldn’t “build a canoe”
Defence minister David Johnston yesterday lashed out at Australian Submarine Corporation as incapable of building a canoe.
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Private/public technical school to be trialled in Geelong
Geelong has been named as the site of a federal government pilot program linking a high school with private business.
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Announcement “puts science at the centre of industry policy”: Abbott
The Industry Growth Centre initiative in yesterday’s competitiveness agenda would create better links between science and business.
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Industry growth centres to link business and science
The federal government will fund industry growth centres in five sectors that will encourage better use by business of Australian research.
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Industry agenda to encourage closer business-education links
The federal government’s competitiveness agenda is set to be released today.
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A thinking country’s guide to competing on the global stage
With its fateful decision not to support car assembly in Australia, we might be forgiven for thinking the federal government has written off manufacturing. But we could be in for a surprise, as options narrow in the wake of the mining boom.
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Technical colleges, apprenticeships on competitiveness agenda
Federal Cabinet has approved the federal government’s competitiveness agenda.
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Warburton report recommends Renewable Energy Target be cut
A panel reviewing led by businessman Dick Warburton and examining the Renewable Energy Target has delivered its report.
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Aluminium industry at “crisis point” due to carbon tax, RET
The peak lobby group for the country’s aluminium industry has argued that Parliament should do away with the carbon tax and renewable energy subsidies.
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Auto industry didn’t have to die: Kim Carr speaks
Former industry minister, Senator Kim Carr, has rubbished the idea that the demise of our car industry was unavoidable. He spoke to Alan Johnson.
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Federal assistance announcement for auto industry made
The federal government announced an expanded, $155 million automotive assistance program yesterday.
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