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Services sector expands for first time in a year: Australian PSI
The services sector expanded for the first time in 12 months in February, with the Australian Industry Group Australian Performance of Services Index (Australian PSI) improving by ...
Weak domestic demand hits manufacturing: Australian PMI
The Australian Industry Group Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index (Australian PMI) fell by 3.6 points to 45.4 in February, indicating a third consecutive month of contraction ...
Risky business: the safest and riskiest industries in 2015-16
As the Australian economy enters a period of uncertainty characterised by falling capital expenditure on mining, a shrinking manufacturing sector and soft consumer spending, IBISWorld ...
Imported food safety checking 'a disgrace'
The hepatitis scare from frozen mixed berries from China and Chile highlighted the lax standards on testing imported food and the urgency for clearer labelling laws, the AMWU warned ...
Patties Foods explains testing process on product from China
In response to consumer and media enquiries regarding safety testing on its fruit and berry products imported from China, Patties Foods MD & CEO, Steven Chaur, issued the following ...
Knowledge lost as older workers leave workforce
According to a report on older workers, less than a quarter of the respondents to a survey of human resource professionals say that their organisation takes routine steps to capture ...
How to create a positive work environment
First a disclaimer: this headline is not suggesting your workplace isn't a positive place already.
Productivity lift needed to 'protect living standards'
Lifting productivity must become a priority in 2015 or gains in our standard of living could be significantly eroded as the terms of trade continue to decline and our population ...
Feds to tighten scrutiny of foreign farmland purchases
Farmland sales to foreign purchasers will be more tightly scrutinised from next month, the federal government announced on Wednesday, though a launch date for the long-awaited national ...
'Not time to panic' over volatile unemployment numbers
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) January Labour Force numbers have seen a decline in full time jobs and an increase in part time jobs that was to be expected, according to ...
Less red tape for local firms with Intellectual Property law reform
An Act which simplifies aspects of Australia's Intellectual Property system will mean Australian businesses have less red tape to deal with when protecting their hard-won intellectual ...
What can and should be automated for a manufacturer?
Automation describes computers and other automated machinery for the execution of business-related tasks; anything from simple sensing devices to computers and robots.
Plastic cribbing sets benchmarks for weight-bearing consistency
A new generation of recycled plastic cribbing system tested consistent with internationally recognised Australian Standards is being introduced throughout the Asia-Pacific.
Your Essential Product Importing Checklist
If you're about to embark on an importing venture for the first time, it's not as easy as buying some goods and sticking them on a boat. Successful importers are meticulous importers. ...
Robotic cars 'could' save wine industry $200m annually
It's not the most obvious of triumvirates, but cars, robots and grapes could well do wonders for Australia's wine industry.
Renewed push for mandatory country of origin food labelling
Greens leader Christine Milne has vowed to reintroduce a bill for mandatory country of origin food labelling as soon as parliament returns for the year.
How to avoid waste in overproduction
It's an easy mistake to make: you're worried about running out of those all important components that feed your production line, so you make far too many of them far too soon.
Lower Aussie dollar boosts manufacturing sector in Jan
There were broadly stable conditions across the manufacturing sector in January with the Ai Group Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index increasing by 2.1 points to 49.0.
7 Recycling Tips for Manufacturing Facilities
Recycling might seem like a great way for your entire workforce to dither about depositing bits of glass, plastic, paper and metal in bins instead of actually working, but it's simply ...
Top 4 Tips for Designing Food Labels
The food product market is a tough one to break into as it is saturated with thousands of new products every year.
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