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Key stakeholders in the Illawarra to discuss the future of steel industry in the...
Australian Minister for Industry and Science Ian Macfarlane is setting up a meeting of key stakeholders in Wollongong to discuss a long-term economic strategy...
Senate to support Abbott’s Government Bill to repeal mining tax
Federal Director of the Liberal Party of Australia, Brian Loughnane, yesterday stated that Abbott’s Government Bill received support from the Senate regarding the abolition...
Carbon tax scrapping and lower energy tariffs welcomed in Victoria
The Essential Services Commission (ESC), the independent regulator of the retail energy industry in Victoria, has decided to take no action against retailers that chose to...
PACIA welcomes carbon tax repeal
Australia’s Senate has voted (39 to 32 votes) to repeal the carbon tax, a levy on the biggest polluters passed by the previous Labor...
Australia repeals carbon tax, infuriates Opposition and environmentalists
Premier Tony Abbott has finally delivered his key pre-election promise to scrap the carbon tax after Australia’s Senate on Thursday voted in favour of...
Experts say Australia’s policy on renewable energy stifles investments in the sector
California-based renewable energy company Solar Reserve has abandoned plans to develop electricity plants for the public market in Australia because of the Government’s hostile...
Australia’s manufacturing sector shrinks in June
Activity in Australia’s manufacturing sector continued to shrink last month due to the renewed strength of the dollar, which increases import competition and hurts...
Unnecessary punitive imposts are hurting Australia’s aluminium industry, Council says
The Australian Aluminium Council has urged the Federal Government to lift all unnecessary imposts on the country’s aluminium industry currently facing a climate of...
Business leaders call on Labour to scrap the Carbon Tax
Four of Australia’s leading business groups have teamed up to call on the Senate to act quickly and repel the Carbon Tax.
Representatives from the...
Federal Government reaps over $4.1B from carbon tax
A Clean Energy Regulator report released on Friday revealed that the carbon tax earned the Federal Government a net figure of just over $4.1...
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