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Qantas, Emirates get NZ nod, Emirates to introduce A380 on the route

Qantas and Emirates have welcomed the New Zealand Minister for Transport’s decision to approve their partnership for five years. The partnership will provide New Zealand customers with stronger links to…

WorkCover targets road industry with new action plan

An action plan to reduce workplace injury and illness in the NSW road freight transport industry has been launched by WorkCover NSW. The industry is one of the states’ 10…

Budget response #1: rail

While the rail industry did not find the budget entirely positive, there are many good points for rail in the Budget.…

Budget response #2: importers

The import supply chain will feel the sting of the Federal Budget, writes director of advocacy body Freight & Trade Alliance (FTA) Paul Zalai.…

Budget response #3: road transport industry

The 2013 Budget has failed Australia’s trucking businesses because it does not reverse the government’s plan to extend the carbon tax to the trucking industry, Australian Trucking Association chief executive…

Budget response #4: infrastructure industry

Infrastructure developers’ lobby group Infrastructure Partnerships Australia says the 2013 Federal Budget has made some important project funding commitments, but with around half of the money beyond the forward estimates,…

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Seminar program released for AITA 2013 National Safety Week

  The president of the Australian Industrial Truck Association (AITA), Steve Stewart, has announced the program for the Safety Week Seminar to be held on Tuesday 4 June at the Novotel Sydney, Rooty Hill, from 9 am to 12 noon.…

First Terberg 6×4 in Australia

In Western Australia Toll Intermodal, part of Toll Group, required low axle weights and an environmentally friendly and safe yard…

Industrial retail giant to develop new DC

Wesfarmers-owned Blackwoods, Australia’s largest supplier of industrial, and safety workplace goods, will build a new distribution centre in Greystanes, Sydney.…

Warehouse equipment market surprisingly resilient

The top equipment suppliers have held their ground and the rest are climbing steadily upwards.…

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Coca Cola continues attack on CDS legislation

Coca Cola Amatil (CCA) has attacked the Northern Territory’s cash-for-containers recycling scheme, saying it’s old fashioned and inefficient, and will increase the price of soft drinks. CCA chairman David Gonski said the company’s own scheme will be much more effective and cost less. Mr Gonski said at the company’s annual…

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Private equity owners put Silk Logistics on the market

The board of Silk Logistics has decided to consider offers for the whole or parts of Silk and appointed Canterbury Partners to assist in the sale. According to sources there are more that one interested buyers already, and so the company expects the sale to be finalised during late 2013.…

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Industrial retail giant to develop new DC

Wesfarmers-owned Blackwoods, Australia’s largest supplier of industrial, and safety workplace goods, will build a new distribution centre in Greystanes, Sydney. The largest business of the Wesfarmers Industrial and Safety Division, Blackwoods has a product portfolio of over 200,000 stock keeping units (SKU), which are serviced from over 90 geographical locations…

DnB business expectations May 13

Business spending tumbles

Australian businesses will keep cutting their spending this year, with expectations for capital investment, employment and new credit set to fall further. The deteriorating outlook for the September quarter suggests that despite pockets of optimism, including low interest rates and recovering consumer confidence, a tough trading environment and tight cash…

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Finance key barrier to SME growth

The inability to secure finance is a significant barrier to SME winning tenders in the resources industry, a new report commissioned by Australia’s export credit agency (EFIC) has found. The survey of 2,000 Australian SME showed that while resources sector growth has created opportunities for SME across the country, obtaining…

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