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Alpaca producers from across Australia are joining forces to begin shipping out record volumes of fleece to China.

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Power prices for consumers could double, not fall, if new coal-fired power stations are built, according to energy experts.

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It is hardly a great economic leap forward, but another solid set of data from China’s industrial heartland points to promising start to the year, rather than the rout that ushered in 2016.

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At least two car component manufacturers are set to close in the wake of Toyota’s decision to cease manufacturing in Melbourne in October, meaning hundreds more jobs will be lost.

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Khuzema Adamjee, who is among the more than 2,500 Toyota workers set to lose their jobs in October, is calling on both sides of Parliament to work together to create jobs.

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Car manufacturer Toyota will close its Altona plant in Melbourne’s west in October, with the loss of more than 2,500 jobs.

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The future of Alcoa’s Portland aluminium smelter in Victoria is secured, with the Federal and Victorian governments announcing a rescue package worth about $230 million.

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United States President-elect Donald Trump chooses Australian-born businessman Andrew Liveris to head the American Manufacturing Council, as Exxon Mobil boss and a Vladimir Putin ally emerges as frontrunner to be the next secretary of state.

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For decades Australia’s manufacturing has been in decline, with jobs, skills and technology moving offshore, but there’s a fightback underway inside a non-descript inner-city warehouse.

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A power failure that browned out properties in South Australia affects Alcoa’s Portland smelter, cutting power for more than five hours.

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