Libs, backed by industry, torpedoed Rudd's carbon bill

THE Rudd Government's big climate package was defeated yesterday because the estimated $16 billion or more it gives in assistance to Australia's big greenhouse-gas polluting industries is either too much or too little to help them adjust to a clean energy future.

Fishy Attraction

NEWCASTLE anglers will have a better chance to catch fish offshore this summer, Primary Industries Minister Ian Macdonald has said.

Coal Jobs Will Power On: Mp

THE Hunter Region's coal and power industries would not be consigned to history, despite Federal Government moves to put a price on carbon, Charlton MP Greg Combet said yesterday.

Pokies And Smokes, A New Try-on

TIMES are tough, and along with makers of gas-guzzling cars and polluting industries, the pubs and clubs are joining the rush of industries crying hardship.

Accc Admits Ignoring Promise To Pratt On Evidence

THE Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's most senior executive has told a court he believed the regulator had promised Visy Industries' founder Richard Pratt that it would not exploit a document in which the billionaire box-maker admitted to illegal price-fixing.

No Special Help For Ailing Industries, Says Rudd

KEVIN Rudd has warned industries hit hard by the slowing economy not to expect special help from the Government.

Giving Mother Nature A Hand

POLYMER Innovations' main focus for the past eight years has been to develop the use of super-absorbent and flocculating, or loosely massed, polymers for a wide range of industries.

Artificial Reef To Be Expanded

AN artificial reef off Galgabba Point, Swansea, will be expanded under a plan Primary Industries Minister Ian Macdonald will announce today.

Brambles, Wal-mart Strike Deal

BRAMBLES INDUSTRIES has formally agreed that its pallets will continue to be used at Wal-Mart distribution centres, easing concerns over its shaky relationship with the largest user of its CHEP pallets.

New Terror Alert System

THE Federal Government has changed the national terrorism alert system to lessen the disruption in areas or industries not under threat.

Programs Turn On The Charm

Television programs are supposed to be entertaining diversions but the creativity of scriptwriters and directors has turned them into effective recruitment drives for a plethora of industries.

Skills Shortage 'harming Defence Industries'

THE ability of the Australian Defence Force to fight wars is being threatened by a serious skills crisis in Australian defence industries, says parliamentary secretary Greg Combet.

Secret Protects Our Embassy

AUSTRALIA'S embassy in Jakarta is the world's first bomb-proof diplomatic mission, thanks to revolutionary technology about to take the international defence and aeronautical industries by storm.

Dead Fish Checked For Fungal Diseases

DEAD fish collected from Myall Lakes are being tested for a range of fungal diseases, the Department of Primary Industries said yesterday.

David Jones's Summer In The City Collection And After-party

Royal Hall of Industries, Moore Park

Banco Pays $5m For Factory Site In Coburg

THE Banco Group has paid about $5 million to MAB Corporation for a 2.24-hectare development site in Coburg formerly occupied by Nylex Industries.

Mining Our Way To Wealth

To conclude our five-day series, we look at the key industries that keep Australia ticking.

Club's Youngster Catches Older Rivals At Big Odds

THE Illawarra Turf Club's venture into racehorse syndication made a successful start when Bilgola got the better of his older rivals in the Waldean Industries Maiden Handicap (1200m) at Kembla Grange on Saturday.

Hardie Spent $6m On Asbestos Cases

JAMES Hardie Industries spent $6 million in the year to March on defence expenses for the coming civil penalty case on asbestos compensation.

James Hardie Pays $6m In Legal Fees

JAMES Hardie Industries spent $6 million in the year to March on defence expenses for the forthcoming civil penalty case relating to asbestos compensation.