30pc union wage claim endangers naval projects: BAE boss
Craig Lockhart, the chief of Adelaide’s $45bn naval frigates program, warns the current union pay claim would make the project “uncompetitive” and trigger a crippling wage spiral.
Defence Industries
Full coverage of South Australia's defence industry, including the nuclear submarines program, shipbuilding operations at Osborne and future skills requirements.
Shipyard showdown: Workers walk over ‘poor cousin’ pay claim
Workers at Adelaide’s naval shipyard are walking off the job of building the nation’s $45bn frigates over a huge pay claim.
Mali factor: ALP heading for historic Adelaide clean sweep
Labor is poised to win all seven metropolitan Adelaide federal seats with a campaign boosted by “potent political weapon”, Premier Peter Malinauskas.
California here we come: Businesses praise new international route
Adelaide’s biggest firm has hailed new non-stop flights to the USA after a historic announcement for other local businesses and jetsetters.
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China’s blunt message on Taiwan at Mali’s Adelaide reception
A top Chinese official has declared the Communist nation’s “family reunion” will not be complete without Taiwan, at an event hosted by Premier Peter Malinauskas.
Major defence firm relocates headquarters to Adelaide
A multinational defence firm is moving its headquarters to Adelaide’s Lot Fourteen, in a jobs and skills coup for South Australia.
Strike on the cards as ASC workers fight for equal pay
ASC workers could walk off the job as they continue their fight for an 18.5 per cent pay rise.
Diving beyond nuke subs – AUKUS extension hailed as boon for SA
Extending the AUKUS security pact to Canada, Japan, South Korea and New Zealand is being touted as a big boost for SA’s nation-leading defence industry.
SA man at the helm of AUKUS sub build to step down
The chief of the Adelaide firm which will construct and maintain Australia’s nuclear-powered submarines has announced his departure after a career full of highs and lows.
Huge new hangar bigger than Adelaide Oval to create hundreds of jobs
The sod has been turned on a huge new hangar – 70m longer than Adelaide Oval – that will take shape at the Edinburgh Defence Precinct and create more than 400 jobs.
Starick: AUKUS subs catastrophe is a very real risk
The biggest project in Australia’s history is not sure thing and failure risks shattering SA’s economy and psyche, writes Paul Starick.
Why big business thinks South Australia is best place to invest
South Australia is the best place to set up a business and more should move here, says the Business Council of Australia’s chief.
Don’t block students: Mali blasts Albo’s ambition-killing uni threat
Premier Peter Malinauskas and university vice-chancellors are warning of the economic cost to South Australia of a crackdown on foreign student numbers.
Starick: Mali shovels your billions into a bottomless pit
Labor has ploughed $7.1bn into fixing ramping but has the money been wasted, asks Paul Starick.
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