Manufacturing & Industrial Equipment Feature Articles

Australia’s manufacturers have capped off a year of improved performance, as increased spending on infrastructure provides support but rising energy costs take their toll, the ...

The latest data showing that the number of apprentices and trainees continues to fall reflects the long-term indifference shown to the vocational education and training sector by ...

The Fair Work Commission recently announced a 3.3% annual wage increase.

The Palaszczuk Government is targeting the next generation of Queensland’s innovators, problem solvers and makers with a new $450,000 grant program aimed at boosting jobs and creating ...

The significant increase in the minimum wage and award rates risks the job prospects of vulnerable people in the labour market and puts pressure on small and award-reliant businesses ...

The Australian Industry Group Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index (Australian PMI®) stayed in expansionary territory for an eighth consecutive month in May.

Four Australian innovation incubators will boost the services they offer start-ups with $1.4 million in grants provided under the Australian Government’s $23 million Incubator Support ...

The 2017 Budget rightly puts the focus on jobs and growth and highlights the scale of the economic challenge facing the Government to return the budget to surplus, according to the ...

The Australian Government will invest $100 million to drive innovation in Australia’s manufacturing sector to create jobs, grow businesses, improve productivity and be globally ...

"The big price rises in the skilled visa charges paid by employers will have largely negative impacts on businesses," Australian Industry Group Chief Executive, Innes Willox, said ...

The 2017-18 Budget will enable major new investment in manufacturing industries and cutting-edge research infrastructure, positioning both sectors for the future. 

The Australian manufacturing sector continued its recent recovery in April, with the Australian Industry Group Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index (Australian PMI®) climbing ...

A new report on patent activity highlights Australia’s positive global ranking in advanced manufacturing patent applications, showing healthy levels of innovation within the sector. ...

Australian and German Industry groups are forging closer ties to advance and modernise both countries’ manufacturing sectors.

Multinational enterprise (NME) coordinated global value chains make up over 80 per cent of global trade, and the latest UN Conference on Trade and Development shows our local Australian ...

Hundreds of thousands of small and medium businesses across Australia will be better able to invest, grow and create jobs thanks to the company tax cut that has passed the Senate, ...

The Australian Advanced Manufacturing Council (AAMC) urged Australian Senators to support the proposed 10 year enterprise tax plan as a vital step in supporting Australia’s manufacturing ...

Australia’s manufacturers have posted a third straight quarter of improved performance, buoyed by strength in new orders, output, overtime and employment, the March quarter Australian ...

Thousands of visitors are expected to attend National Manufacturing Week, scheduled from 9 – 12 May 2017 at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre.

ACCC Chairman Rod Sims said events following the ACCC’s April 2016 Inquiry into the east coast gas market have confirmed the Commission’s worst fears.