Industry News

New research has found that open-cut mines can affect groundwater and plants several kilometres away.

Researchers have made a surprising find about the climate change resilience of sharks.

A man who is paralysed from the waist down has taken his first step in four years – with the help of a high-tech exoskeleton.

Researchers at Perth’s Centre for Exploration Targeting (CET) say sulphur could help find new mining deposits.

An Australian ship operator says he was told by Federal Government officials to sack his crew and replace them with foreign workers.

Reports say Sydney motorists may have been unfairly charged nearly $1.5 million in tolls on the Sydney Harbour Bridge, but the Government cannot tell.

The Australian Hotel Association (AHA) says allowing bouncers to intervene in street fights could make for a safer nightlife.

The Western Australian Department of Mines and Petroleum has launched an investigation after a fatal incident at the Cornishman Pit gold mine, about 400 kilometres east of Perth.

WorkSafe WA has launched a proactive inspection program to look at manual task incidents in hospitals and residential care.

The NSW Government is conducting a review of a fatal accident at a gold mine near Orange.

Fly-in fly-out (FIFO) workers and their families are being targeted in a new study looking at the skyrocketing rates of diabetes in mining communities.

Flu has struck the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator’s offices in Brisbane, and it is asking for the industry to be patient.

Engineers in the US have developed a self-healing, super-strong polymer made from the rings of a squid.

A high-tech approach to presenting important Indigenous issues has won a national award as part of GovHack 2015.

The Communications Department is celebrating the half-completion of the NBN rollout in one Australian city.

The Australian Medical Association (AMA) wants combat sports banned at the Olympic and Commonwealth Games.

Four staff members at Adelaide’s Lyell McEwin Hospital have been “counselled” after removing a radiologist's comments from a patient's medical record.

Child safety campaigners Bruce and Denise Morcombe have launched a mobile phone app to help parents track their children.

A top neurosurgeon has added his name to Senator Nick Xenophon's call for a Senate inquiry into the medical complaints process.

Industry Minister Ian Macfarlane is meeting to discuss 500 jobs hanging in the balance at BlueScope Steel's Port Kembla plant.