Industry

• How good is renting in Australia?

  By the National Reporting Team's Mark Doman and Rebecca Armitage

  Posted February 16, 2017 12:15:19 | Updated February 16, 2017 13:56:22

  Let's just say the latest national snapshot of the state of renting a home in Australia does not paint a pretty picture. That's putting it lightly. It's dire.

  Topics: housing, government-and-politics, housing-industry, industry, business-economics-and-finance, australia

• Turnbull critical of SA scheme that's of his own making Opinion

  By Danny Price

  Posted February 16, 2017 11:29:55 | Updated February 16, 2017 11:48:08

  Malcolm Turnbull is particularly critical of the SA Government for what he describes as its renewable energy scheme, but it's the Commonwealth's scheme, says energy expert Danny Price.

  Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, business-economics-and-finance, industry, electricity-energy-and-utilities, alternative-energy, australia

• Single parents, pet owners finding Tasmanian rental market tough

  Posted February 16, 2017 09:45:08 | Updated February 16, 2017 13:54:18

  People with criminal records, single parents and pet owners are facing discrimination when it comes to renting in Tasmania, and there are reports of racial discrimination, a tenant's advocacy group says.

  Topics: housing, government-and-politics, housing-industry, industry, business-economics-and-finance, tas

• Rural business owner tells Government to 'grow a set' as gas shortage looms

  By regional affairs reporter Lucy Barbour

  Posted February 16, 2017 08:07:13 | Updated February 16, 2017 12:15:19

  A New South Wales abattoir owner calls on Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg to "keep some gas for Australians" as the east-coast braces for a huge surge in prices.

  Topics: oil-and-gas, industry, small-business, australia, cowra-2794

• Fear and loathing in the rental market

  By the National Reporting Team's Natasha Robinson and Rebecca Armitage

  Posted February 16, 2017 06:02:44 | Updated February 16, 2017 10:03:00

  The nation's first national survey of housing tenants reveals renters in Australia have little security and lack the power to demand standard property maintenance.

  Topics: housing, government-and-politics, housing-industry, industry, business-economics-and-finance, australia

• Ergon's Queensland electricity price hike unjustified, report says

  ABC Rural

  By Robin McConchie

  Posted February 15, 2017 18:32:09

  A Queensland's sugar industry report warns that the pain from increasing electricity prices under a new tariff proposal is almost guaranteed.

  Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, agribusiness, industry, federal-government, irrigation, sugar, bundaberg-4670, brisbane-4000

• Origin wipes $1.9 billion off assets despite higher oil prices

  By business reporter Stephen Letts

  Posted February 15, 2017 17:50:33

  Origin Energy finally bites the bullet and wipes more than $1 billion off the value of its stake in the $25 billion APLNG gas export project in Queensland.

  Topics: business-economics-and-finance, oil-and-gas, industry, qld, australia

• Commonwealth Bank posts record $4.9b first-half profit

  By business reporter Stephen Letts

  Posted February 15, 2017 08:58:04 | Updated February 15, 2017 14:25:29

  Australia's biggest lender, Commonwealth Bank, unveils a record first-half profit of $4.9 billion, up 6 per cent on the previous record.

  Topics: banking, industry, business-economics-and-finance, australia

• Only a matter of time before major aviation incident, air-traffic control insiders warn

  By the National Reporting Team's Benjamin Sveen and national technology reporter Jake Sturmer

  Posted February 15, 2017 06:12:58 | Updated February 15, 2017 10:25:25

  Ongoing job cuts in Airservices Australia leave the network at "breaking point" and senior managers express fears the new regime is "a huge risk to public safety", an ABC investigation reveals.

  Topics: air-transport, industry, business-economics-and-finance, government-and-politics, federal-government, melbourne-3000, melbourne-airport-3045, vic, canberra-2600, act

• ABC relaunches Fact Check in partnership with RMIT

  Posted February 14, 2017 10:50:42 | Updated February 14, 2017 12:16:07

  The ABC's Fact Check unit is back in business as a collaboration with the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, after being closed in 2016 due to budget cuts.

  Topics: media, industry, education, university-and-further-education, melbourne-3000, australia

• Solar batteries 'exploding' in popularity with uptake tipped to triple: audit

  By consumer affairs reporter Amy Bainbridge and the National Reporting Team's Rebecca Armitage

  Posted February 14, 2017 06:07:33 | Updated February 14, 2017 06:09:40

  The first national audit of batteries that store solar power shows almost 7,000 were installed in Australian homes last year — and that's predicted to triple this year.

  Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, industry, business-economics-and-finance, alternative-energy, environment, energy, science-and-technology, australia

• Agency assessing $1b Adani loan blocks FOI request for board meeting times

  Exclusive by the National Reporting Team's Mark Willacy and Alexandra Blucher

  Posted February 13, 2017 06:01:32 | Updated February 13, 2017 11:46:22

  The Federal Government agency considering a $1 billion loan to mining giant Adani rejects an FOI request from Greenpeace for information about its upcoming board meetings, saying it could encourage protesters and media interest.

  Topics: mining-industry, industry, business-economics-and-finance, mining-environmental-issues, environment, australia, qld

• Banks tempt businesses to lure default super funds

  AM

  By senior business correspondent Peter Ryan

  Posted February 13, 2017 00:17:58 | Updated February 13, 2017 08:16:23

  Australia's major banks are sharpening up incentives to business to win a greater slice of lucrative default superannuation schemes, according to research out today.

  Topics: business-economics-and-finance, industry, banking, superannuation, australia

• Adelaide factory chooses shutdowns over high spot power prices

  By Simon Royal

  Posted February 12, 2017 15:11:51 | Updated February 12, 2017 18:21:15

  A big wool processing firm in Adelaide is shutting down at times because spot power prices hit $13,000, compared with $10 at times of low demand.

  Topics: business-economics-and-finance, industry, electricity-energy-and-utilities, rural, salisbury-5108, sa, china, adelaide-5000

• Blue-chips to fire up reporting season this week in finance

  By business reporter Stephen Letts

  Posted February 12, 2017 09:15:46

  Wall Street's three key indices all hit record highs on Friday and, along with another spurt in commodities, should produce a positive start to a busy week on the Australian market.

  Topics: business-economics-and-finance, consumer-finance, industry, markets, australia

• Smelter to be turned off again to stop NSW blackouts

  Posted February 11, 2017 14:27:34 | Updated February 11, 2017 16:31:22

  AGL Energy is preparing to shut down the Tomago Aluminium Smelter for the second day running to curtail electricity and prevent blackouts across the state.

  Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, industry, nsw

• Low-emission bus production seen as post-Holden jobs hope for SA

  Posted February 11, 2017 14:24:24

  New low-emission buses are about to go into service in Adelaide, with dozens more to be built to fill interstate orders, as part of manufacturing efforts to fill the jobs hole when Holden closes in northern Adelaide.

  Topics: programs-and-initiatives, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, work, community-and-society, manufacturing, industry, business-economics-and-finance, sa, adelaide-5000

• NSW reduces power usage, staves off blackout as heatwave continues

  By Dom Vukovic and Penny Evans

  Posted February 10, 2017 17:56:36 | Updated February 10, 2017 22:00:52

  New South Wales escapes enforced power blackouts due to record-high electricity demands caused by a heatwave that's moving across the state.

  Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, industry, weather, nsw, sydney-2000

• New technique to be tested to extract gold from defunct NT mine

  By Steven Schubert

  Posted February 10, 2017 16:49:02

  A new technique for crushing rock could make reopening a disused gold mine near Katherine economically viable, says the American company who owns the site.

  Topics: gold, mining-industry, business-economics-and-finance, industry, mining-rural, katherine-0850

• Why was South Australia's power shut off during the heatwave?

  By political reporter Nick Harmsen

  Posted February 09, 2017 11:40:01 | Updated February 10, 2017 11:25:22

  South Australians enduring a severe heatwave have been warned they could face power cuts as the state struggles to meet power supply demands. We take a look at the process of load shedding and why it takes place.

  Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, industry, alternative-energy, environment, wind-energy, solar-energy, states-and-territories, federal---state-issues, government-and-politics, sa, australia

• Lithium mines to grow sevenfold as Chinese investment propels WA boom

  ABC Goldfields

  By Jarrod Lucas

  Posted February 08, 2017 15:58:17 | Updated February 08, 2017 16:14:50

  Western Australia could go from one lithium mine to seven over the next 18 months, opening up hundreds of millions of dollars of revenue.

  Topics: mining-industry, industry, business-economics-and-finance, consumer-electronics, electronics, kalgoorlie-6430, boulder-6432, port-hedland-6721, southern-cross-6426, greenbushes-6254, ravensthorpe-6346, china

• Macdonald did not show 'favour' when granting mining licence, court hears

  By court reporter Jamelle Wells

  Posted February 07, 2017 14:21:33

  Former NSW Labor minister Ian Macdonald did not show any favour to a mining company when he granted a licence without a tender, a Supreme Court trial is told.

  Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, mining-industry, industry, government-and-politics, nsw

• Allphones retail chain placed into administration, 69 jobs go

  By the National Reporting Team's Dan Oakes and Sam Clark

  Posted February 06, 2017 10:55:02 | Updated February 06, 2017 16:35:54

  The mobile phone company is placed into voluntary administration with the immediate loss of 69 jobs after the company's owners admit failure in their attempts to turn the struggling business around.

  Topics: industry, retail, business-economics-and-finance, australia

• Chinese online retail giant Alibaba's new Melbourne HQ to put squeeze on local retailers

  Posted February 05, 2017 07:36:30 | Updated February 05, 2017 09:19:29

  China's e-commerce giant Alibaba sets up in Melbourne, but the Australian Retailers Association warns this could increase pressure on local businesses already doing it tough.

  Topics: business-economics-and-finance, economic-trends, globalisation---economy, retail, industry, melbourne-3000, australia, china

• Evicted landowner living illegally in shed after battle with bank

  By the National Reporting Team's Josie Taylor

  Posted February 04, 2017 06:00:17 | Updated February 04, 2017 14:22:41

  Former interior decorator and graphic artist Deborah Parkhouse lives in a shed with a rack of clothes and her rescue pets in country Victoria after being evicted from her home following a long battle with her bank Credit Union Australia.

  Topics: homelessness, community-and-society, banking, industry, business-economics-and-finance, kyneton-3444, vic, australia

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