Tag: manufacturing
Alcoa to 250 staffers: Yule be out of work
By NOEL MURPHY
ALCOA’S last 250 Geelong workers will face a bleak, uncertain Christmas when they farewell the aluminium plant after 51 years of operation...
80 new jobs in local industry
MORE than 80 manufacturing jobs are set to flow from three business investments worth almost $7.5 million, federal Industry Minister Ian McFarlane has announced.
He...
Alcoa health concern for workers on eve of sackings
By NOEL MURPHY
RETRENCHED Alcoa staff need to guard against depression and other mental health issues in coming months, Beyondblue has warned ahead of 520...
Value of manufacturing job rescue funds in doubt
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
GEELONG is part of the third-most “economically vulnerable” region in the country, according to a new report.
And job-assistance and rescue packages...
Ford cuts 70 more from its Geelong plant
MORE than 70 Ford workers are licking their wounds today as they’re told they’re no longer wanted by the company at its North Geelong...
MPs urge ‘positivity’ as Ford job losses loom
By NOEL MURPHY
FORD and federal Liberal MPs have embarked on a charm offensive ahead of 120 job cuts set for the auto-maker’s North Geelong...
Ford and Alcoa top US market
By NOEL MURPHY
FORD has posted a loss of $267 million, its second worst, ahead of closing its North Geelong manufacturing operations and sacking 600...
Pot luck’s over
By NOEL MURPHY
ANOTHER ERA has ended for Geelong manufacturing with delivery of the last pot manufactured for Alcoa’s Point Henry smelter.
The final heavy steel...
$100m fund in ‘delay’
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
A $100 MILLION automotive rescue fund targeting Geelong is running late, proponents have conceded.
Prime Minister Tony Abbott announced the scheme to...
Funding revs up hope for 150 jobs
By NOEL MURPHY
UP TO 150 new jobs will be generated at Deakin University’s new-tech Carbon Revolution centre at Waurn Ponds.
A $5 million injection from...
Resilience we have but it’s options we really need
COMMENT: JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
IN between all the voices fronting the clustered microphones and cameras peddling their politically correct responses was a flash of reality...
80 jobs in doubt at Alcoa’s Anglesea power station
By NOEL MURPHY
Workers at Alcoa’s Anglesea power plant mine are furious the complex will close if it remains unsold by year’s end, according to...
Glory for the Grovers
Ocean Grove defeated Highton 81 to 64 at Belmont on Sunday in the Geelong Bowls Region Premier Division grand final. Independent photographer Ivan Kemp...
