Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has lost her lead over opposition leader Tony Abbott among voters as the preferred manager of the $1.3 trillion economy, according to a poll published today. Thirty-four percent of people surveyed said Labor’s Gill

Australia must keep the skills to sustain economic diversity. ALMOST 1 million Australians work in manufacturing, compared with 135,000 in mining. Only retailing employs more people than manufacturing. Yet the long decline in the manufacturing sector has

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By Enda Curran SYDNEY—Australia's manufacturing sector faces little respite from the strong Australian dollar, Prime Minister Julia Gillard said Thursday, just days after Toyota Motor Corp. cited the currency as a trigger for hundreds of job cuts at a lo

MANUFACTURER OneSteel will receive $64 million to help it prepare for the introduction of Federal Government's carbon tax in July. Climate Change Minister Greg Combet today announced the advance payment had been finalised under the Government's $300 mill

Jan. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Australia’s wine lovers are embracing European bottles as never before, exacerbating a decline in the local industry already suffering from plummeting exports. With the Australian dollar at record levels against the euro, imported