This is one of those stories that takes you by surprise when you first read it mainly because - for me - I first read about it in WardsAuto, a US based media outlet rather than an Australian publication, which is odd considering that TheCarTest is based in Melbourne! The concept that TheCarTest has brought to the automotive industry down here is a try-before-you-buy system … [Read more...]
Harley Tarrant
I can probably be certain that very few readers will have heard of Harley Tarrant - yet he was at the forefront of the industry and was at the heart of Australian motoring. Tarrant was born in 1860 in the small town of Clunes, in Victoria, Australia and was the son of a couple who had emigrated from Oxford in England. His father started out as a miner before becoming a … [Read more...]
Carbon Revolution
I first heard about Carbon Revolution last year when they were featured in an article in the Australian Financial Review. At that time they were looking at a possible Initial Public Offering and they had recently opened a new factory in Geelong near Melbourne. They are a true success story in the automotive industry from Australia - at a time when the main manufacturers have … [Read more...]
Victoria beats NSW in Ride Sharing Plans
I recently wrote about the need for the NSW Government to overhaul the taxi licencing schemes in light of new entrants in the personal transport marketplace. I wrote it after seeing a very poor piece of Government advertising that suggested that ride sharing was illegal, when in fact it sits in a loophole of legislation. Victoria has taken a step forward in realising that … [Read more...]
Redflex Bribery Case
A few weeks ago a small story in the Australian Financial Review piqued my interest. It was about an Australian company CEO who was in court on bribery charges after the Chicago Tribune had uncovered a wide corruption case. Redflex is a global company designing and marketing digital traffic enforcement systems and were founded (and are still headquartered) in Melbourne, … [Read more...]