Why we won’t follow France’s car ban
FRANCE has moved to ban petrol cars by the year 2040 — but there are compelling reasons why Australia won’t follow suit, writes Joshua Dowling.
FRANCE has moved to ban petrol cars by the year 2040 — but there are compelling reasons why Australia won’t follow suit, writes Joshua Dowling.
THIS is it for Tesla and Elon Musk. The company is launching its new car the Model 3 in two weeks, and if it fails, everything could suddenly fall apart.
HEINEKEN has been slapped with a $30 million fine, but things could get a lot worse for the Dutch beer giant.
WHEN you think of Holden, Bathurst and blokes come to mind. But now, the brand once dubbed as the ‘King of Cars’ faces its biggest battle yet.
AN AMERICAN court has struggled to find an impartial jury for “pharma bro” Martin Shkreli because so many people already hate his guts.
WANT to sell fidget spinners? Bring “bags of cash”. Companies scrambling to keep them on shelves claim they’re being hit with extortionary practices.
TWO men investigating a company that produces Ivanka Trump-branded shoes have gone missing while another has been arrested.
THREE e-cigarette companies have been ordered to pay penalties for misleading consumers about the presence of harmful toxins in their products.
A LANDMARK legal win upholding Australia’s plain packaging tobacco laws will give the green light for other countries to roll out similar measures.
HOLDEN has recorded a healthy profit as it prepares to exit Australian manufacturing operations in October.
AUSTRALIA’S biggest milk producer “should be ashamed” for causing hundreds of job losses through poor management and recklessly low prices.
HUNDREDS of jobs are expected to be lost with Australia’s largest milk processor Murray Goulburn announcing it will shut three factories.
A MAN who claims to have found a dead mouse in his can of Coke is suing the soft drink maker saying he missed work and became ill.
AS AMAZON breaks its silence on its Australian launch, it has quietly unveiled plans for another game-changing invention.
A DISTURBING theory is behind the discovery of suspected human waste in cans at a Coca Cola factory in Northern Ireland.
YOU might not know Brett Birkill’s clothing brand, but you’ve definitely seen his wares — they’re impossible to miss. Now he’s sold for $10 million.
THE ACCC is “mystified” that Audi and VW are seeking to defend themselves in a court action over software that allegedly distorted diesel emission data.
GENERAL Motors says that Holden won’t be left high and dry now the company that supplies a third of its cars has been sold to the French.
THE loss of the Commodore V8 was devastating enough, now future Holdens are set to have a significant French influence.
SALES of SUVs — also known as “faux-wheel-drives” — have overtaken passenger cars for the first time in Australian automotive history.
VOLKSWAGEN remains mired in the dieselgate scandal, with the car giant facing more legal action from furious Australian buyers.
BLACKMORES has suffered a dramatic $20 million fall in profit after Chinese personal shoppers turned their backs on the brand.
MORE than 170 jobs are expected to be lost in South Australia, after Coca-Cola Amatil this morning announced plans to close its factory.
HOLDEN is on the brink of its biggest upheaval since it announced it would stop making cars in Australia.
WHILE its rivals struggle to survive, the a2 Milk Company has more than tripled its profit to $37 million. So what’s its secret?
TOYOTA has announced it will close its Camry factory in Altona on October 3, leaving 2500 Australian workers without jobs.
BRITISH American Tobacco will take over Reynolds American Inc. to create the world’s largest publicly traded tobacco company.
LAURA McBain was a pioneer of the baby formula boom, making Bellamy’s a $1 billion company — then it all came crashing down.
THE chief executive of troubled baby formula maker Bellamy’s is stepping down in the wake of its disastrous share price plunge.
SHE’S the Chinese social media star who shot to fame after a pic went viral. Now an Aussie company has big plans for her.
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