9 Sept 2019 – It is and has been a difficult time for Australia’s car dealerships due to digital transformation and changes to consumer behaviour, with car ownership models being disrupted. The slowing consumer behaviour is making for tough times in the car sales industry, said Motor Trades Association of Queensland CEO, Dr Brett Dale , but we need to ride it out.
6 Sept 2019 – Provides small and medium manufacturing enterprises with co-funding of between $50,000 and $1,000,000 for capital investments and associated re-skilling to modernise manufacturing processes, adopt new technologies, become more productive and create jobs.
6 Sep 2019 – BlackBerry Limited and Jaguar Land Rover have announced a deepening of their partnership to continue developing the next generation of Jaguar Land Rover vehicles
5 Sep 2019 -The Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI) has released the August sales figures for new vehicles in Australia
4 Sept 2019 – Ford has released information relating to Ford vehicles in Australia that are affected by Takata airbags.
3 Sept 2019 – Mitsubishi Australia has issued an urgent recall for the popular 2016-2019 Mitsubishi Pajero NX model vehicles
30 Aug 2019 – With automatic braking systems becoming more common in new cars, reports of the technology malfunctioning are causing drivers to second guess the safety mechanisms of their vehicles.
28 Aug 2019 – The Queensland Government have announced their intentions to phase out petrol-fuelled vehicles by 2028, with five hydrogen-powered cars to be added to its fleet.
26 Aug 2019 – The Australian Renewable Energy Agency has announced $15million in funding to begin construction on the largest ultra-fast battery electric vehicle charging network on Australian highways.
26 Aug 2019 – The Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction, Hon Angus Taylor MP, has announced a new tool to help small businesses reduce their energy costs and improve energy efficiency.