Greg Combet
News and interviews on Greg Combet including trends, features, blogs and community conversations from an Australian business perspective.
Billabong founder Gordon Merchant's bioplastics company ties up deal with ColesFriday, 18 May 2012
Gordon Merchant's bioplastics company Plantic Technologies is expecting a 500% increase in sales and hopes to turn a profit for the first time in nine years after securing a supply contract with Coles. ...
FEDERAL BUDGET 2012: Your sector-by-sector guide
Wednesday, 09 May 2012
The business community can rightly feel that is has been sacrificed at the altar of Wayne Swan’s surplus, with the Government’s decision to kill off Labor’s much-hyped company tax cuts. ...
SME defence companies get access to $20,000 grant
Thursday, 03 September 2009
Around 150 small and medium companies in the defence sector will be able to claim a Federal Government grant of up to $20,000 to improve their competitiveness and access new technology. ...
Bigger role for SMEs in defence work: Combet
Wednesday, 25 June 2008
The industry group for small and medium sized businesses in the defence sector has welcomed a Government commitment to increase the flow of work to them from current levels. Parliamentary secretary for defence procurement Greg Combet said yesterday that the ...
Door opens for small defence business players
Tuesday, 26 February 2008
Adequate monitoring will be crucial to the success of a new initiative to give small and medium sized businesses a bigger share of the Federal Government’s multi-billion dollar defence spend, industry groups say. Large contractors will be required to show ...
Historic Labor election win
Sunday, 25 November 2007
Kevin Rudd will become Australia’s next prime minister after the Labor Party achieved a crushing victory in Saturday’s federal election. A national 5.8% swing to Labor should see it hold around 86 seats to the Coalition’s 62 seats, delivering Labor a majority ...
Nicholas Way
Wednesday, 04 April 2007
OK, we know Labor is surging in the polls, but just what, exactly, is its IR policy? We need to know – now. ...
Nicholas Way
Wednesday, 14 February 2007
There's no need to fear a return to an onerous unfair dismissal system. Labor, and small business, knows what is at stake. ...
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