We have heard the car industry once again lament that it cannot survive without subsidisation. This is despite more than $3 billion being pr…
We have heard the car industry once again lament that it cannot survive without subsidisation. This is despite more than $3 billion being pr…
Members of the Government’s manufacturing taskforce are promoting a scheme that would see the Government partially funding small businesses …
All the noise over the government giving $34 million to Ford, and GM Holden seeking $200 million from taxpayers to maintain its operations i…
The only certainty is uncertainty: chances are the Australian economy is headed for another topsy-turvy year. But for the nation’s small-…
You would think, reading the claptrap about why the federal government is giving $34 million to Ford, that there was no such thing as an ele…
I always felt like a bit of a fraud when I covered the automotive sector for BRW from about 2001 to 2004. I wasn’t a petrol head, I knew lit…
The future of the local car manufacturing industry has been boosted by a $103 million investment by Ford to complement $32 million in Govern…
Pacific Brands, the beleaguered owner of household brands Bonds, Sheridan and Hard Yakka, is holding preliminary talks with private equity g…
The fall in the number of locally made cars sold in Australia is likely to make things difficult for component manufacturers, according to t…
The chief executive of collapsed clothing retailer Fletcher Jones is reportedly considering a management buyout offer of the 93-year-old clo…
The idea of Australia having a “two speed” economy has become so entrenched that it’s easy to overlook the less visible, but yet signi…
Small- and medium-sized enterprises are being urged to take heed of new laws covering consumer guarantees and warranties and workplace healt…
