by Ian Neubauer | Jul 2, 2020 | Business
While we argue over building high-speed rail links between our far-flung capital cities, a new railway line connecting Brisbane and Melbourne is in the works. For all the talk of a high-speed rail link between Melbourne and Brisbane, it’s not going to happen...
by Ian Neubauer | Jun 25, 2020 | Agriculture
Australia’s olive oil producers are giving the Mediterraneans a run for their money. Many stories have been told about the stellar success of the Australian wine industry – heretics of the New World who learned to make wine on par with those of European vintners...
by Ian Neubauer | Jun 24, 2020 | Agriculture
Disrupting a primary industry isn’t easy, but these three operations are keeping the doctor at bay with innovative thinking. If you think Australian dairy farmers are doing it tough, spare a thought for our apple growers. Since the turn of the century, one out...
by Ian Neubauer | Jun 17, 2020 | Business
We take a fresh look at the front line of the gym industry, to see how it’s working out. In 1847, circus strongman Hippolyte Triat opened the world’s first commercial gym in Paris – a vast dome of cast iron and glass filled with dumbbells and barbells where the...
by Ian Neubauer | Jun 16, 2020 | Business
There is fierce debate about just how much money should be spent on upgrading the fleet of Australia’s truck industry. Australia’s freight task is growing fast. Already the fifth-largest in the world, it will grow 75 per cent between 2011 and 2031 demand,...
