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Australian industry climbed 1.5 points on the Price Waterhouse Coopers performance of manufacturing index (PMI) in July due to stronger levels of production, new orders and deliveries.

This is the seventh consecutive month of upward movement. The strong result suggests the Australian economy is performing well. A figure above 50 shows the industry is . . . → Read More: Australian Industry Grows

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Professor Peter McDonald, the director of the Australian Demographic and Social Research Institute at Australian National University (ANU) said that immigration is a factor of labor demand and has a connection to economic growth.

“The discussion in Australia is that we can fix population growth and forget about its relationship with the economy,” . . . → Read More: Jobs Australia Needs More Skilled Immigration For.

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“New Musicals Australia” is the latest initiative of an Australia working to promote new productions of original Australian musical theater.

Providing creators of new musicals with professional workshop opportunities New Musicals Australia will help their work to be developed and presented. This models the US and UK, allowing writers and composers to have . . . → Read More: Australia Working to Promote Musical Theater

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The first female Prime Minister of Australia Julia Gillard is attempting to keep her job by calling an early election, she has been in the job only 3 weeks, on August 21. This will give all contenders a five-week campaign.

The battle is drawn on jobs in Australia, climate change, asylum seekers, . . . → Read More: Jobs in Australia Key in Upcoming Election

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Why has Australia escaped the economic crisis? This is the burning question in France at the moment. Economists point to China, which has become the No 1 trading partner of Australia and its demand for commodities but many believe that the fiscal stimulus is the principal reason.

Plantu is a French editorial cartoonist . . . → Read More: France praises Australia for it’s ‘Economic Miracle’

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Australia’s live entertainment industry accumulates an incredible $2 billion a year.

According to a study ‘Size and Scope of the Live Entertainment Industry 2010‘ released in Melbourne by the industry body, Live Performance Australia (LPA), the industry made $1.88 billion and contributed $1.1 billion to the nation’s economy in 2008, making it . . . → Read More: Australia’s $2 Billion Live Entertainment Industry

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The annual Private Companies survey of one of the largest professional services firms in the world, KPMG, shows that 70% of the private firms in Australia have recovered and appeared positive about the mid year economic outlook, up from two percent in 2009.

KPMG’s head of private enterprise Marco Di Sebastiano said that . . . → Read More: Survey shows a Recovery of Australian Private Firms

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After his last Australian-based production, The Pacific, Steven Spielberg is expected to return to Australia for another television blockbuster, Terra Nova.

Queensland is one of the frontrunners, as . . . → Read More: New Blockbuster Series by Spielberg to be set in Queensland

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The Asia Pacific’s largest technology industry event called “CeBIT Australia 2010″ was officially opened in Sydney on 24 May by NSW Premier Kristina Keneally, announcing a variety of initial steps to enhance the State’s digital market.

Approximately 35,000 guests from over 70 countries counting the exhibitors from Canada, China, Germany, . . . → Read More: New South Wales Fosters IT Industry

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Tourism Central Australia, an agency that promotes Australia to the world, is launching the “Australia Unlimited” campaign.

Simon Crean, the Federal Trade Minister inaugurated the campaign during the Shanghai Expo which is in China, Australia’s largest trading partner.

Ren Kelly, Tourism Central Australia Chairman, believes the Government and TCA have ultimately hit the . . . → Read More: New Australian Tourism Campaign