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Manufacturing must reinvent itself, add value: TAFE NSW  5/26/2011
Manufacturing must reinvent itself, add value: TAFE NSW
Despite a tough decade, manufacturing in Australia still has a promising future if it focuses on getting closer to the customer and improving the value proposition, says Kathy Rankin ...
Manufacturers express "deep concern" about skills shortages  5/16/2011
Manufacturers express "deep concern" about skills shortages
Australian Industry Group members say lack of trained staff will present a "high risk factor" in the next five years.
Outlook for metal manufacturing patchy: AMTIL president  2/14/2011
Outlook for metal manufacturing patchy: AMTIL president
Pat Boland was appointed president of the Australian Manufacturing Technology Institute Limited (AMTIL) in January this year. Boland is a founding partner of the ANCA machine tool ...
Indicators are showing a struggling economy  2/8/2011
Indicators are showing a struggling economy
The question lingering over the latest bout of weak economic figures is whether they have been depressed temporarily by adverse weather or reveal a longer-lasting economic malaise.
Industrial relations in Australia: The facts  1/31/2011
Industrial relations in Australia: The facts
Industrial relations (IR) is an all-encompassing term for the relationships existing between employers, workers and their representatives.
The high price of work stress  10/11/2010
The high price of work stress
Excessive pressure at work is costing Australia's economy $730 million a year due to job-stress related depression, a University of Melbourne and VicHealth report has revealed.
Regional minerals demands buoys AUS's mining sector  9/2/2010
Regional minerals demands buoys AUS's mining sector
Feature of the week: Within five years China's economy will be almost equal in size to the world's largest economy, that of the United States.
Safety awareness in PPE clothing  8/31/2010
Safety awareness in PPE clothing
Feature of the week: More safety awareness in producing personal protection equipment (PPE) clothing is imperative if accidents are to be averted in sensitive voltage areas.
Plenty of activity for structural engineers  8/5/2010
Plenty of activity for structural engineers
Feature of the week: The first half of 2010 has proven to be a very good period for companies involved in structural engineering, primarily those that provide engineering services ...
Workplaces still lack women  7/6/2010
Workplaces still lack women
Only 38 per cent of Generation X, tertiary qualified women participating in a long-running University of Melbourne study or work full-time, compared to 90 per cent of Generation X, ...
Waste management for Australian businesses  6/17/2010
Waste management for Australian businesses
Feature of the week: Every year Australian businesses purchase millions of computers, printers and televisions, and throw out their old ones.
Access to finance a major barrier to SME exporters  6/16/2010
Access to finance a major barrier to SME exporters
The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry has renewed calls for Australia's banks to make a greater effort to understand and meet the needs of the small business sector following ...
Emotional intelligence: Enhancing success in the workplace  5/27/2010
Emotional intelligence: Enhancing success in the workplace
Where there is emotional intelligence in the workplace, there are likely to be happy, and productive employees who work as a team.
Skilled workers needed: Federal Budget to the rescue  5/19/2010
Skilled workers needed: Federal Budget to the rescue
Feature article of the week: For the construction industry, the recently released 2010-2011 Federal Budget is focusing on building foundations for skill training. This marks a strong ...
Gold particles change plastic  5/11/2010
Gold particles change plastic
Durable paint, water purification, faster computers, tougher shoe soles, and lighter and cheaper televisions are all possibilities now that a Queensland University of Technology ...
Understanding AUS's desert businesses  5/10/2010
Understanding AUS's desert businesses
A major national study aimed at identifying the secrets of business success for small and medium enterprises gets underway this week.
Adaptive camera senses trouble  5/7/2010
Adaptive camera senses trouble
Curtin University of Technology researchers have developed computer software that can detect unusual behaviour in crowds and other high-motion environments, providing a new tool in ...
Better mixing helps mining yield  5/7/2010
Better mixing helps mining yield
Chaos theory could hold the key to making the in-situ leaching process a more effective ore extraction technique, according to a team of CSIRO Minerals Down Under Flagship scientists. ...
It's now time for an interest rate pause  5/5/2010
It's now time for an interest rate pause
Reserve Bank interest rate increases are always difficult for business and all borrowers across the economy.
Bold leadership on tax will realise our potential  5/3/2010
Bold leadership on tax will realise our potential
The Henry review into Australia's Future Tax System makes an historic and significant contribution to the economic reform debate in Australia.
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