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WELLINGTON workers are taking home the most pay on average, while construction workers are raking in big pay packets that continue to grow, says Seek.
WELLINGTON workers are taking home the most pay on average, while construction workers are raking in big pay packets that continue to grow, says Seek.
HOLDEN looks set to follow the lead of Ford and give grieving fans an iconic V8 muscle car to ease the pain of its 2017 factory closure.
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BMW has created the world’s first self-driving car that is capable of drifting – just like in movies such as The Fast and the Furious.
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AUSTRALIA’S last remaining car manufacturer, Toyota, has embarked on a silent waiting game with its factory workers.
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THE fate of Toyota Australia’s manufacturing operations has effectively been sealed by a decision in the Federal Court.
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UPDATE: SA Premier Jay Weatherill says Holden could close sooner than 2017, as Industry Minister Ian Macfarlane rejects claims he knew the company would quit.
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UPDATE: Tony Abbott says he wants Toyota to continue manufacturing in Australia and has already contacted the company in the wake of Holden’s departure.
AUSTRALIAN-MADE used to be as common as snags and thongs but homegrown products will fast become a memory if we don’t get smart.
HOLDEN’s decision to shut its manufacturing operations came after it became clear that it does not make sense for the company or the country, says motoring writer Josh Dowling.
HOURS after Holden’s boss Mike Devereux fronted the Productivity Commission and declared no closure had been ordered, he got a call from Detroit.
MAKE no mistake, the bland corporatese in which Holden announced the end of its Australian car building story tells only half the story.
HEARD Holden every day in the news this week but still don’t know what’s going on? Here’s everything you need to know but didn’t know who to ask.
THE closure of the car manufacturing industry will cost 50,000 jobs and wipe out $21 billion in economic activity, one union warns.
THE survival of our largest car manufacturer, Toyota, is hinging on an unlikely bid to renew an export deal with the Middle East.
WORKERS at Holden’s engine factory in Port Melbourne have walked off the job over a dispute about forced redundancy payouts.
FORD will axe the iconic Falcon GT by the end of 2014 – two years before the Broadmeadows factory is due to close.
AUSTRALIA is on track for a new-car sales record for the second year in a row despite changes to the Fringe Benefits Tax.
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THE cars Holden plans to build with more than $275 million in government assistance will be less Australian than a Toyota Camry, new documents reveal.
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