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...