A report, commissioned by the Australian Workers Union (AWU), on the cost of climate change has called for the aluminium industry to be granted short-term exemption from an emissions trading scheme (ETS).
A poorly-designed emissions trading scheme could cost Australia’s aluminium sector 15,000 jobs and force the industry offshore the report warns.
The exemption from an ETS [...]

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Fair Trading Minister Linda Burney has reported an overwhelming number of firms have shown interest in purchasing the collapsed NSW builder Beechwood Homes.
Beechwood left about 300 families with unfinished homes and many subcontractors out of work when they moved into voluntary administration last month.
Linda Burney says the receiver, Deloitte, had given an assurance it was [...]

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