Manufacturing

Small business owners on computer. | Newsreel

Small businesses turn to tech to tackle costs

Small business owners plan to turn to tech in 2025 to combat rising costs. This year’s NAB Economics Business Insights survey found three quarters (76 percent) of
Read more 28 January 2025
Manager in factory. | Newsreel

Industry leaders flag weak outlook for 2025

Leaders of Australian industry are scaling back long-term investment plans as they remain pessimistic about the country’s economic prospects for 2025. The latest
Read more 28 January 2025
Mining Queensland. | Newsreel

Queensland momentum challenges western dominance

A surging Queensland economy has improved its position in the State rankings, just falling short of pipping Western Australia for the top spot. The CommSec State of the
Read more 28 January 2025
Woman with robots in factory. | Newsreel

Youth value manufacturing jobs … for someone else

Young Queenslanders value the impact of the manufacturing industry on society, but are reluctant to work in the field they perceive as hard and repetitive. Recent
Read more 28 January 2025
Gas extraction, Northern Territory, Australia. | Newsreel

Oil and gas activity lifts business turnover

Business turnover in Australia jumped two percent in November, driven by a strong mining sector. Australian Bureau of Statistics Head of Business Statistics Robert Ewing
Read more 24 January 2025
Nuclear submarine on the surface of the ocean. | Newsreel

Extra $262m for supply chain to be AUKUS ready

More than $250 million will be spent to develop local supply chains to support the AUKUS nuclear-powered submarine program. Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles said the
Read more 21 January 2025
Hot aluminium being poured. | Newsreel

$2 billion to transition aluminium sector

Aluminium producers have access to a $2 billion fund to switch to renewable electricity before 2036. Prime Minster Anthony Albanese said the new Green Aluminium
Read more 20 January 2025
Technology job. | Newsreel

Five-year window to upskill thousands of workers

Almost a quarter of current jobs are expected to “fundamentally change” withing five years, sparking an urgent call to reskill the Australian workforce. The 2025
Read more 9 January 2025
Employer with hiring sign. | Newsreel

Job vacancies jump by more than 4 percent

Job vacancies in Australia have risen for the first time in more than two years. Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data, released today, shows there were 344,000 job
Read more 8 January 2025
Two researchers in lab. | Newsreel

Call to abolish business R&D expenditure threshold

Abolishing the research and development (R&D) expenditure threshold would create a surge in Australian innovation and drive economic growth, according to the
Read more 8 January 2025