06 October, 2011
Julia Gillard’s embarrassing indifference to Australian manufacturing has been exposed yet again as her one-day jobs talkfest descended into farce today – with the belated establishment of a taskforce.
If Labor’s actions on past reviews are anything to go by, they will consume the ti...
05 October, 2011
Nissan Australia is the latest in a long line of companies that has spoken out about the devastating impact the carbon tax will have on Australian manufacturing.
Today, Nissan officially opened its Accessories Business Unit manufacturing facility at Dandenong, Victoria. Nissan is committed ...
05 October, 2011
I extend my warmest congratulations to Australian Astrophysicist Professor Brian Schmidt for last night being awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics.
Professor Schmidt has added to Australia’s rich contribution to the global scientific community becoming the 11th Australian Nobel Prize winner ...
03 October, 2011
Another chapter in Labor’s story of industry policy chaos has been written today with the release of new figures pointing to another record-breaking contraction in Australian manufacturing activity.
Today’s AiG-PwC Performance of Manufacturing Index data for the month of September shows a sixth d...
20 September, 2011
Reports from Afghanistan that Australian Diggers are clothed in foreign made apparel which is falling apart at the seams has exposed the Government’s shambolic process of defence procurement.
An American company was awarded a $7.8m contract for the IP rights to their garment design and also...
20 September, 2011
The Prime Minister has announced plans for tax reform to help struggling manufacturers yet can’t see the obvious reform required – axe the carbon tax.
Addressing the Ai Group’s annual dinner the Prime Minister said:
“When the tax system hinders investment in a struggling business o...
19 September, 2011
A further 30,700 manufacturing jobs have been lost during the last quarter as Labor substitutes a pointless talkfest for effective policy, and persists with a carbon tax that will dramatically reduce industry competitiveness.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics quarterly labor force statist...
14 September, 2011
The Coalition has launched an in-depth review of ‘Industries for Australia’s Future’ while Labor has announced a one day talkfest as a substitute for a real probe into stakeholder views and concerns.
The Leader of the Opposition, the Hon Tony Abbott MP, during his speech to the Com...
08 September, 2011
Australia’s sliding innovation rankings in the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Index (WEF GCI) present another worrying omen about where Senator Kim Carr, the Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, is taking this country.
Senator Carr finally acknowledged tha...
01 September, 2011
Labor’s impotence and incompetence on manufacturing policy has plunged to a new low, following the release today of statistics pointing to another decline in the sector.
The Australian Industry Group - PricewaterhouseCoopers Performance of Manufacturers Index for the month of August has revealed th...