Industry News

Unions are keeping up their campaign to warn coal miners and their employers about ‘black lung’.

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency(ARENA) has shortlisted 22 renewable energy projects for $100 million in funding, signalling that solar project costs would fall below $AU100/MWh by 2020.

Using smaller plates could help Australia battle its bulging waistline.

NASA is giving students and citizen scientists a chance to explore the surface of Mars – virtually.

The New South Wales Opposition and Greens say 2016 is the last year to “rescue TAFE”.

A comprehensive economic analysis has shown Australia stands to gain almost nothing from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).

BHP Billiton is staring down the barrel of a $10.3 billion write-down on its US shale oil and gas assets.

A study from South Australia has shown how important it is for senior citizens to be enfranchised by public transport.

Mammals, including humans, are easily identified by the layers of fuzz and fur that cover their bodies, but a new study has looked at an arguably more important feature - the presence of complex, highly sensitive ears.

“Knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch that illuminates the world,” Louis Pasteur famously said, but the reality of modern research is that it often stays in the dark.

Research suggests that increasing the cost of the cheapest alcohol leads to a reduction in consumption.

New South Wales Premier Mike Baird and the state’s Minister for Local Government Paul Toole have finally unveiled plans for big council reforms.

A long-serving Sunshine Coast councillor has encouraged more women to run for local government.

Victoria’s Minister for Local Government, Natalie Hutchins, has announced an annual rate cap of 2.5 per cent will apply to Victorian councils for the 2016/17 financial year.

Queensland's public service is nearly back to the size it was before the former LNP government’s heavy cuts.

The public sector union says big IT glitches in government systems are the result of “chronic underfunding”.

Centrelink has confirmed reports of harsh treatment being handed to former public servants.

Government workers are being subjected to a high level of cyber abuse, a new study suggests.

The union crew of stranded ship - the MV Portland - were pulled off the ship by security guards, ending a blockade in a lucrative berth at the port of Portland.

Despite reports of widespread community anger, very few farmers in south-east South Australia have raised their views about NRM levy increases.