Trade incentives and more inclusive union leadership could improve working conditions in the garment industry – particularly for women.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull wants Australia to be more innovative, but the loss of its car manufacturing industry could have the opposite effect.
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The collapse of the car manufacturing industry will require more investment in R&D and technological innovation to ensure Australia doesn’t fall behind.
Awaiting a more useful life?
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The world’s landfills are growing, which has prompted the search for new industrial processes that can use everyday waste items in some surprising ways.
Southern states have attracted foreign investments with incentives to keep their car industry going.
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Australia can learn from the US where state governments have attracted foreign investment in manufacturing that contributes to local economies.
Some auto manufacturing workers, like those from Ford’s plant in Geelong, want to find work in manufacturing after the closure of the industry, a survey has found.
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The closure of the car manufacturing plants in Australia is a sad loss of knowledge and jobs that will be difficult to replace.
Australia should be careful in accusing China of dumping steel into the local market, as the definitions of dumping and the tariffs on this practise have changed to suit governments in the past.
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Governments have been known to change the definition of anti-dumping tariffs to suit their needs, so accusations of steel dumping from China are still quite subjective.
The growth in popularity for larger, supportive underwear has, in turn, led to huge amounts of innovation in the sector and a 70,000 mile supply chain.
Research shows that low-skilled workers are losing jobs and wages in developed countries because of trade, but the evidence still isn’t there as to who are the winners.
South Africa’s economy isn’t growing. Solutions are within its grasp.
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Developing countries, specifically in sub-Saharan Africa, are urbanising without industrialising, a trajectory that leaves them with relatively higher poverty rates and share of slums.
Incoming Director of the Australian Institute of Business and Economics at UQ, and Professor of Management, Faculty of Business and Economics, Macquarie University