 The Age | PacBrands may win millions in grants Brisbane Times, Australia It has axed 1850 jobs and is going to move its manufacturing jobs to South-East Asia, but Pacific Brands may receive millions of dollars in Federal Government grants this year. As the company prepared to cut virtually all of its manufacturing workforce ... More finance problems ahead for textile industry Clothes workers feel stitched up as jobs cut Pacific Brands to slash 1850 jobs in Australia, 550 in Victoria |
February 2009
Monthly Archive
 The Australian | Rudd and Obama to go face-to-face on Afghanistan Sydney Morning Herald, Australia There are just under 1100 Australian soldiers in Afghanistan now. The chief of the Australian Defence Force, Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston, told Senate estimates this week the Government had not asked defence to evaluate whether Australia could make ... Obama To Meet With Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd About ... |
 WA today | Sailing into a storm The Canberra Times, Australia Helpfully for her, Queensland premiers are not statutorily bound to fixed terms, as they are in NSW, Victoria and South Australia. A Griffith University political analyst, Paul Williams, says: "It's the right time in the economic crisis [to call an ... Early reality check for Anna Bligh as preferred Queensland premier Opinion poll predicts Labor win in Queensland election Australian state of Queensland will go to the polls on March 21 |
 BBC News | In search of a true dawn The Australian, Australia As a land association chairman and Aboriginal radio director in South Australia, Vince Coulthard, asks, "How are we going to find a person that each and every one of us Aboriginal people around Australia is going to be able to get down and support? ... Rudd's done nothing to help Aborigines: Joyce |
 Sydney Morning Herald | PacBrands may win millions in grants Brisbane Times, Australia IT HAS axed 1850 jobs and is going to move its manufacturing jobs to South-East Asia, but Pacific Brands may receive millions of dollars in Federal Government grants this year. As the company prepared to cut virtually all of its manufacturing workforce ... More finance problems ahead for textile industry Clothes workers feel stitched up as jobs cut Pacific Brands to slash 1850 jobs in Australia, 550 in Victoria |
NSW to act against bikie gang violence Southern Highland News, Australia In the most definite sign yet that the Government is planning to tighten the screws on the state's 21 outlaw motorcycle clubs, the Police Minister, Tony Kelly, said he would look at emulating some of South Australia's recent anti-bikie laws. ... |
 Earthtimes (press release) | Australian PM appoints new national security adviser Xinhua, China Green is a senior officer with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and a former high commissioner to South Africa and Kenya. He was also awarded an Order of Australia Medal for his work on Australia's response to the Bali bombings. Rudd and Obama to go face-to-face on Afghanistan Philip Green new Senior Adviser on Foreign Affairs, Defence and ... Obama To Meet With Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd About ... |
Grandstand to be demolished in March ABC Online, Australia The demolition of Adelaide Oval's western grandstand will start next month after the Adelaide City Council and the State Government gave the go-ahead for a redevelopment. The South Australian Cricket Association (SACA) says the $95 million work will ... Oval grandstand work set to begin |
 LIVENEWS.com.au | China syndrome: buying TVs does zero for Aust jobs ABC Online, Australia A soft landing then, except for those employees at Pacific Brands and other companies who find themselves retrenched in some vulnerable sectors of the Australian economy. Professor Gregory's optimism is based not only on China's continuing growth but ... Leaders brainstorm at NSW job summit Competing interests could cloud NSW job summit NSW: the 'can do' state |
Hundreds of new SA jobs pledged ABC Online, Australia The Federal Government says up to 450 South Australian manufacturing jobs will be created under a grant scheme that was set up after Mitsubishi closed its Adelaide production line. The 10 grants, worth $15 million in all, have been given to companies ... Carr talks of optimism after jobs gaffe |
