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Coca Cola has ended its involvement with the Northern Territory cash for containers scheme, following its recent, possibly temporary, court victory. The Boomerang Alliance of 26 environment groups have urged the NT government not to be bullied by Coca Cola and stick with the popular scheme. “Despite requests from the NT government for beverage producers [...]
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While Woolworths Limited saw a strong rise in its traditional supermarket revenues in the past six months, its hotel and poker machine interests delivered remarkably strong increases.
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The decision of the Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal to prioritise the retail sector in its first annual work programme is a victory for truckies, small business and the travelling public, said national secretary of the Transport Workers’ Union (TWU), Tony Sheldon. “Truck drivers and operators are price takers not price-makers. With one in three trucks [...]
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This is a rare opportunity to secure an A-grade office/warehouse facility in a sought after premium industrial location offering the following features: Total building area: 9,594.1sqm (approx.) Modern well presented offices Undercover onsite parking Internal clearance up to 11.1 metres (approx.) ESFR sprinkler system Four (4) recessed docks and two (2) on-grade doors Secured truck marshalling [...]
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A truck fitted out with interactive games and information is taking toVictoria’s highways and freeways in a two-month road show to encourage greater respect between car and truck drivers. Victorian minister for Roads Terry Mulder unveiled the ‘Road to Respect’ campaign today at Birrarung Marr, alongside the striking semi-trailer. “The Road to Respect campaign aims [...]
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Ship engine exhaust emissions make up more than a quarter of nitrogen oxide emissions generated in the Australian region, according to a recently published study by CSIRO and the Australian Maritime College in Launceston. Nitrogen oxide is a non-greenhouse gas, unlike similarly named nitrous oxide. The remainder comes from road and air transport, energy generation, [...]
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More than 300 business, industry and community leaders have come together to launch the Transport Reform Network (TRN), a cross-industry coalition aiming to address Australia’s looming transport crisis by seeking changes in the scoping, funding and pricing of transport infrastructure. Infrastructure Australia has drawn up a list of projects to tackle Australia’s infrastructure crisis and [...]
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The Supply Chain and Logistics Association of Australia, Queensland Division, is a strong advocate of industry gaining accredited qualifications in their fields of expertise. To prove how straightforward and efficient this process can be, Major Training Group recently offered to assess staff at Foodbank, the SCLAA nominated charity for the state. Foodbank general manager Ken [...]
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In a major breakthrough for Australian exporters, the Australian Made, Australian Grown (AMAG) logo has now been formally trademarked in China. This means that for the first time ever, Australian exporters have a symbol which can be used on their Australian-made or grown exports into China, that both establishes their products as genuinely Australian and [...]
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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has instituted proceedings in the Federal Court in Sydney against Renegade Gas Pty Ltd (trading as Supagas NSW, a privately owned company) and Speed-E-Gas (NSW) Pty Ltd (a wholly owned subsidiary of Origin Energy Limited). The ACCC alleges that these companies, through their senior executives and sales staff, gave [...]
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