Feature Articles for Australian Industry

With just four weeks to go until the 2014 Vinnies CEO Sleepout, over 900 business leaders have already registered nationally, raising close to $900,000 so far.

In its first budget, the federal government has attempted to reduce its deficit. IBISWorld forecasts the potential effects of the new federal budget on key Australian industries.

Glenn Cooper AM, Executive Chairman of South Australian icon Coopers Brewery Ltd, has been announced as the new Chairman of Australian Made Campaign.

Small to medium businesses and construction firms are set to benefit from Treasurer Joe Hockey's first budget, delivered on Tuesday (13 May).

The Liberal Democratic Party has released its own federal budget in an attempt to demonstrate that a return to surplus can be achieved in the next 12 months without harming the ...

By-products of wood and wool are being turned into biodegradable packaging by scientists at Deakin University's Institute for Frontier Materials, in a new project that hopes to slash ...

The Australian Industry Group Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index (Australian PMI) for April recorded its lowest reading since July 2013 with the latest seasonally adjusted ...

An assistance fund enabling automotive industries in Victoria and South Australia steer their way through the planned mass exit of major car manufacturers has been increased to $155 ...

A new material that prevents plastic from ageing has been developed by CSIRO – offering huge environmental and cost savings for the energy industry.

More than 100 new manufacturing jobs will be created in Melbourne's northern suburbs by a project to be funded by the Victorian and Australian Governments in partnership with Ford ...

Australia risks destroying the training capacity it will need to transform manufacturing due to governments nationwide starving and dismantling TAFEs.

Tony Abbott announced this week (Monday, April 7) Australia had finally struck a historic trade deal with Japan, a move that will allow a number of local industries – most significantly ...

Half of Australian workers worry about their work, a survey by the Centre for Workplace Leadership at the University of Melbourne has found.

The extent of the red tape burden facing Australian business is highlighted in a new Australian Industry Group (Ai Group) CEO survey.

"The Australian Industry Group strongly welcomes the initiatives the government is taking to reduce the regulatory burden on businesses and other organisations," Australian Industry ...

Most businesses lodge and pay on time with over 1.3 million BAS lodgements received by the due date for the last quarter.

The federal government's announcement of its intention to amend the Qantas Sale Act to potentially allow increased foreign investment in the airline is one of the hottest topics in ...

More than 100 new manufacturing jobs will be created in the Geelong region by the first project to be funded under round one of the Australian and Victorian government's Geelong ...

"With the next quarterly BAS due on 28 February, Australian businesses need to plan for timely and accurate lodgement, even if there is nothing to report or the business may not be ...

While the Australian government expressed disappointment last week over Alcoa's decision to close its Point Henry Smelter and two rolling mills, IndustrySearch readers have weighed ...