16 June, 2011
If the Prime Minister refuses to promise that no job will be lost under the carbon tax, she must come clean on how many jobs will be lost.
Labor backbencher Stephen Jones, the Member for Throsby, has spilled the beans when he said:
“It was unrealistic to expect that not one job wil...
15 June, 2011
Confirmation that Labor and the Greens will team up to pass retrograde changes to R&D tax incentive rules is another slap in the face for Australian manufacturers and miners.
It is also a damaging omen about the wheeling and dealing clearly already underway in preparation for a Green-c...
14 June, 2011
Australian food and grocery manufacturing companies confirm costs will significantly rise under the proposed Gillard Government carbon tax.
This supports the Coalition position that the carbon tax is a toxic tariff on Australian manufacturing.
Coca Cola Amatil Group General Manager, Terry Davis, w...
09 June, 2011
A shadow has been cast over recent reports that scientists received death threats over the carbon tax debate.
Some scientists appear not to have been totally honest about such threats, as it was revealed today that two scientists at the Australian National University (ANU) allegedly received death ...
01 June, 2011
Embattled Innovation Minister Kim Carr has been caught asleep at the wheel again – allowing Australian textile companies to be locked out of tendering for the design of Australia’s next generation of combat uniform fabric and garments.
Shock evidence at this week’s Senate Estimates hear...
31 May, 2011
Innovation Minister Kim Carr told an Estimates hearing last night he would wait until the Greens assumed the balance of power in the Senate before debating a Bill he used to insist was time-critical.
“The matter will be brought on for debate in the new Senate … (when it’s likely) to attract majorit...
30 May, 2011
Today at Senate Estimates, Industry Minister Kim Carr said, “we will see something in the range of 46% of compensation for industry under a carbon tax”.
Later he denied the statement. When his own words were quoted back to him, he desperately tried to change the question and said “I don’t want to a...
30 May, 2011
Just months after it was revealed that the Prime Minister Gillard never even met her then Chief Scientist, a Senate Estimates hearing was told today that the CSIRO hasn’t ever been asked to analyse the different market mechanisms for pricing carbon.
CSIRO’s Chief Executive, Dr Megan Clark, informed...
26 May, 2011
Congratulations to all the recipients of the Endeavour Awards celebrating innovation in manufacturing.
Quickstep Holdings Limited was named Manufacturer of the Year.
Other winners included Integra Systems, Hoshizaki Lancer PTY LTD, Seeley International, Quickstep Holdings, Australian paper Maryval...
25 May, 2011
Australian companies that have excelled in developing new manufacturing technology or instigated new practices that have given their firm a competitive edge will be rewarded at tonight’s Endeavour Awards, the national manufacturing awards.
Meanwhile the Labor Government has slashed funding to com...