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Not firing on all cylinders
Roger Montgomery
August 8, 2024
The Australian car market is navigating turbulent waters, with conditions expected to worsen before stabilising. As interest rate hikes continue to pressure household and business budgets, consumers appear to be eschewing big-ticket purchases like cars. continue…
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Why we should be worried about the AdBlue shortage
Roger Montgomery
December 10, 2021
If you haven’t already heard about the looming shortage of AdBlue, you soon will. You see, AdBlue, is needed to run the diesel engines of trucks and farm machinery and hospital generators. And, according to some industry players, Australia will run out in February 2022. So this is a major problem, and could lead to a national transport crisis. continue…
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How restrictive work practices at ports are costing us more
Roger Montgomery
November 11, 2021
According to a new report by the ACCC, imported goods are costing us all far more than they should. And it’s largely because enterprise agreements covering stevedores at our container ports contain provisions that limit the ability of port operators to automate, cut labour costs and choose who they hire. These provisions are hampering productivity, increasing disruptions, and driving up the cost of goods. continue…
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Southern Highlands of NSW and electric vehicle manufacturing
David Buckland
October 20, 2020
Chairman of the Eastern Suburbs District Rugby League Football Club (colloquially known as the Sydney Roosters), Nick Politis, has joined other transport investors in the proposed $700 million electric vehicle manufacturing hub planned for Moss Vale, 130 kilometres south-west of Sydney. continue…
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Six challenges facing the revival of Aussie manufacturing
Andreas Lundberg
April 16, 2020
After years of standing by as our manufacturing industries were sent offshore, the Federal Government has set up a task force to restore local manufacturing. “Australia drank the free-trade juice and decided that off-shoring was OK. Well, that era is gone,” Andrew Liveris, who is on the task force, told the AFR. It’s a great idea, but there are some mighty challenges ahead. continue…
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Curious about the investment landscape in 2024? It appears that the current market offers a plethora of enticing opportunities for investors, a rarity not experienced since pre-pandemic times. This unique scenario stems from a confluence of factors, including elevated yields and comparatively rational equity valuations.
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How tech firms could help us win the war on waste
Roger Montgomery
January 22, 2020
As the world grapples with the problem of managing our mountains of waste, a few tech firms are coming up with highly innovative and profitable ways to convert waste into commercial products – proving yet again that ‘where there’s muck, there’s money’. continue…
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Australia heads for a car sales crash
Roger Montgomery
March 5, 2019
Is Australia’s debt-fuelled party about to end? It looks like it. National new car sales have fallen off a cliff. This new era of belt tightening poses a threat to the national economy. continue…
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The future of transportation
Scott Shuttleworth
January 30, 2018
One theme that we’re paying particular attention to at Montgomery is the prospect of autonomous cars – once thought as an unlikely futuristic scenario, it now appears that at least in the next 30 years this technology will become widely available.
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I am not a robot, I am a human being
David Buckland
October 3, 2017
As technological innovations increasingly edge into the workforce, many people fear that robots and machines are destined to take jobs humans have held for decades. Over the last two decades, automation has replaced blue collar jobs in manufacturing and warehousing, and now white collar jobs are increasingly under threat. continue…
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Electric Cars, Autonomous Vehicles and the Oil Price
David Buckland
July 24, 2017
The recent announcement by Volvo that starting 2019, it will only make fully electric or hybrid cars has seen the team at Montgomery doing a lot of thinking about electric cars, autonomous vehicles and the potential threats to the combustion engine powered car and what this may mean for associated industries in the areas of manufacturing, wholesale, retail, distribution and service. continue…
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