Industry News

The Federal Government wants to override the Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal (RSRT) to delay the introduction of new minimum payment rates for trucking contractors.

Engineers have taken over the mind of beetle and made it move to their will.

SA Pathology executive director Ken Barr has been sacked after a bungle that saw about 100 patients given false positive results for prostate cancer.

Studies show more than half of New Zealand chiropractors who advertise online make misleading claims about what they can treat.

Residents say the New South Wales Government is failing in its response to the toxic legacy of Mr Fluffy asbestos.

Researchers have reported success in a new combination of computer analysis and microscopy.

The WA Conservation Council has launched Frack Free Future - new anti-fracking campaign to press the issue ahead of next year's state election.

The Tasmanian Government is urging power-users to reduce their use amid the state’s energy crisis.

Academics and aboriginal rangers have come together near the Queensland-Northern Territory border to farm native spinifex grass for the world's strongest, thinnest condoms.

The South Australian government has approved on-road trials of driverless cars.

Research has revealed the epigenetic effect of a mother’s smoking on their unborn child.

Queensland’s Palaszczuk government has granted the final major approval for the controversial Carmichael coal project in Central Queensland.

Governments tend to shower new roads, railway and other infrastructure on marginal electorates, but a new report says this pork-barrelling is creating a major drag.

More than 400 prescription medicines for conditions ranging from cholesterol to high blood pressure have dropped in price this week.

The retina has become the latest human body part to be grown in the lab.

Reports say INPEX is trying to renege on an agreement for $30 million worth of environmental projects.

ANZ has been forced to refund 25,000 customers approximately $5 million after it failed to properly apply some fee reductions and fee waivers.

Unions want an increase of $30 per week in the minimum wage, but that is three times more than the retail industry says it can afford.

Experts are looking at the idea of fining parents of South Australian children who regularly miss school.

A new snapshot of Australia's education system shows the Gonski funding is working, although it may have increased teachers’ workploads.