It seems the days of Australia being a Mainstream car manufacturer are coming to an end as we can't compete against cheap production in Asian nations, but there could certainly be a long - term future if we become a producer of high quality premium cars for the world niche markets, like Germany, Sweden and Britain.
The clean energy regulator proudly announced that some 45 million tonnes of carbon dioxide abatement was auctioned on 4 to 5 November at an average price of $12.25 per tonne. Over time, these sales of "contracted abatement" will make up a significant proportion of Australia's emissions reduction.
The National Automotive Leasing & Salary Packaging Association (NALSPA) welcomes the Federal Government's recent response to the Harper Competition Policy Review as it relates to the issue of parallel imports of second-hand cars.
When political make-believe becomes scientific fake-belief, and is powered by a turbo-charged religious cargo cult paid for by the West's captive taxpayers, big business cannot afford to ignore the vast potential of such a ready-made source of rent-collecting ("Paris climate change deal first step on long road", AFR, December 14).
Candidate pools that reflect a monoculture, especially in relation to gender, age and skin colour, are widely accepted as the norm. We need look no further than Tony Abbott's cabinet selection in September 2013 and his explanation that "many good women are knocking at the door".
The Paris climate agreement will go down as the greatest day of infamy since Pearl Harbour.
The government's new approach to insolvency is long on rhetoric about "risk-taking" and the need to remove the "stigma" of business failure....
Not a day goes by without a story on innovation policy ("Aussie Silicon Valley 'mafia' eye expansion back home", AFR, December 7) and how we...
I read with amusement that Labor and Bill Shorten are going to promise stiff penalties, greater scrutiny and enforcement and more power for ...
Transport Minister Paul Fletcher's suggestion that transport projects financially supported by the taxpayer should be reimbursed with the in...
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