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Australian plays host to US clean tech manufacturers

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2025  |  NEWS
... potential by providing capital to finance new and existing industries, boost infrastructure and productivity, and creating employment opportunities. The delegation spanned three days, bringing together senior ministers, government finance bodies and ...

QIC injects $20.5m into domestic copper, critical minerals projects

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025  |  NEWS
... Queensland's resources sector can deliver globally competitive production while contributing to regional growth and employment." Minister for finance, trade, employment and training Ros Bates added that the investment will propel the "most promising" ...

Green moves: Carbon Markets Institute, Future Fund

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025  |  NEWS
... across six offices in four countries. At the time, the sustainability expert said he wanted to step back from full-time employment and take on contract work, while continuing his role as a non-executive director at GECA. Over the past year, he has advised ...

New Forests makes first investment in South Africa

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2025  |  NEWS
... lands are protected and enhanced to improve biodiversity or water quality. The company is also a strong contributor to employment rates with 1400 people working under their forestry and sawmilling divisions. Managing director of New Forests AFIP Yida ...

Female participation in the workforce hits record high

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2025  |  NEWS
... adjusted unemployment rate fell to 4.2% in July, according to data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). "With employment rising by 25,000 people and the number of unemployed decreasing by 10,000 people, the unemployment rate fell by 0.1 percentage ...

Return to office will harm careers, businesses

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
... found 81% of workers want to be able to work from home two days or more, but organisations are seeing weakness in the employment market as an opportunity to impose stricter return to office mandates; the unemployment rate in financial services is much ...

Australia's $800bn food industry has highest hidden costs per capita

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
... system is an economic and production success, generating more than $800 billion annually and providing significant employment particularly in regional areas, the intersection of our food system with other critical goals calls for a more comprehensive ...

Calls for government to strike while green iron is hot

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
... This is a nation building opportunity on the scale of post war reconstruction. We can lay the foundations now for full employment, rising incomes and a stronger, more resilient economy for decades to come," The Superpower Institute chief executive Baethan ...

New fund backs marginalised female entrepreneurs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... shown how they can grow businesses that are environmentally sustainable, economically resilient, and create meaningful employment for their families and local people," McMullin said. Good Return's remit, however, goes beyond lending, it said. Grant funding ...

Macquarie, Westpac invest in social enterprise fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... fund was established by White Box Enterprises to provide capital for social enterprises, especially those providing employment opportunities for people facing barriers to work. The fund is specifically designed to help residents in rural, regional or ...