Realistic energy management solutions can help save money.
COMPANIES in Australia have experienced price spikes in energy costs
in the past decade that seem to just keep rising.
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ABB motor sets world record in energy efficiency
ABB has achieved almost 100 per cent energy efficiency with its synchronous motor.
Tests carried out on a 44 megawatt 6-pole synchronous ABB motor shortly before delivery showed an efficiency 0.25 percent
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Salary increase for FMCG manufacturing workers
Australian salaries are set to increase by 2.8 per cent this year, according to the Australian Institute of Management (AIM)’s annual salary survey.
“Businesses this year forecast they will increase
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NSW Budget: $73b for infrastructure and $96m for local businesses
The 2017 NSW Budget has been revealed, including $72.7 billion for infrastructure and $96 million to support local businesses. Here is a breakdown:
Infrastructure
$7.2 billion
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Australian minimum wage increases by 3.3 per cent
From July 1 this year, the national minimum wage will increase by 3.3 per cent.
This means that Australia’s lowest-paid workers will see a weekly pay increase of $22.20, with the minimum wage being raised
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Hundreds of job losses for QLD maintenance staff and train crew
Around 180 jobs are at risk as Aurizon announces plans to close its rollingstock maintenance workshop in Rockhampton, Queensland. The company has also announced its plans to “move to more flexible train
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Pay rises for Australian manufacturing workers
Seventy-six per cent of Australia’s manufacturing employers will give their staff a pay rise of up to three per cent in their next review, but seven per cent will not increase salaries at all, according
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Queensland manufacturers receive $175k grant
Toowoomba manufacturers Gessner Industries and Global Rotomoulding have received the first $175,000 grant from the Palaszczuk Government’s $20 million Made in Queensland program.
The grants will allow
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Electricity prices to increase $3b for NSW consumers
The Federal Court has handed down a decision that will increase electricity prices for NSW customers by around $3 billion.
According to environment and energy minister Josh Frydenberg, this reaffirms the
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Climate sharing system could end Australia’s power crisis
A University of Adelaide (UoA) researcher is proposing Australia use a “climate sharing system” to help solve the current power crisis.
The architect of the system, Professor Mike Young, is Professor
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Foreign workers needed to support SA shipbuilding
The Naval Shipbuilding Plan has been released, outlining how the Australian government expects to deliver $89 billion worth of ships over the next few decades.
According to the report, there will need
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Australian clothing manufacturers under fire over wages
The Fair Work Ombudsman is auditing hundreds of businesses nationally after finding a lack of awareness of the minimum pay rates that apply to workers who make clothes, bags and footwear in factories and
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SA snubbed in Federal Budget, politicians claim
The Weatherill government and Nick Xenophon believe that South Australia was deliberately slighted in this year’s Federal Budget. The politicians have suggested the Liberal Party purposefully excluded
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Manufacturing to receive $100M in federal budget
The federal budget will include a $100 million fund for manufacturers to diversify and expand their businesses, in the wake of the death of Australian car manufacturing.
Primarily, the money is aimed at
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SA company loses $12m submarine tender
Adelaide company Ezy-Fit Hydraulics spent approximately $4 million on upgrades in preparation for a tender to replace the Collins Class periscope tubes, only to lose the tender to Thales, the original
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Rising wholesale electricity prices will threaten NSW businesses
From July this year, there will be a significant increase in wholesale electricity prices for NSW. This has sparked fears that the cost of doing business in the state will be so high that manufacturers
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NSW continues to dominate Australia’s economic performance
CommSec has released its latest quarterly report revealing the economic performance of Australian states.
The report analyses eight key indicators: economic growth; retail spending; business investment;
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Chinese downturn could cost 500k Australian jobs
A downturn in China would have catastrophic implications for Australia’s economy, according to new research from Deloitte.
While there is not an immediate risk of a Chinese downturn, Deloitte partner
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Survey reveals Australians’ job satisfaction
A new HILDA survey has revealed the level of job satisfaction among Australian workers. Satisfaction is measured in terms of job security, work flexibility, the job itself, working hours and payment.
According
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NSW pet food factory workers win pay rise
Workers at the Real Pet Food factory in Dubbo have won pay rises of up to 30 per cent in a new union agreement.
A four-year agreement was negotiated between the Real Pet Food Company and Australian Manufacturing
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