Industry News

A new Deakin University study seeks to answer the question; ‘How are women with no children faring in a society where being a mother, or not, continues to be used as a measure of a woman's worth?’

A finance expert has shed light on the private world of executive recruitment and remuneration, and says managerial salaries are strongly impacted by job hopping.

South Australian household water prices will be cut by an average of $51 a year from next financial year.

Reports this week suggest there are some intriguing links between WA’s Water Corporation and the company that bought some of its assets.

Fluoridation of water has been optional in Queensland since 2012, and coverage has dropped by 10 per cent.

The WA Department of Agriculture and Food hopes a new water extraction technology will help local growers and ease the pressure on aquifers in Western Australia's Gascoyne region.

Evidence of a previously unknown ancient sea monster has been uncovered in the USA.

There have been more displays of disaffection by irrigators this week, with a big gathering to air grievances about Victoria’s Goulburn-Murray Water (G-MW).

The inquiry into the Hazelwood mine fire in Victoria has heard allegations that a Melbourne University researcher was pushed to change her wording to protect the Health Department from blame.

Engineers in the US are reviving an old method of generating electricity using the change in ocean temperatures.

A large scale study has identified what could be a big problem in psychological research – a lack of reproducibility.

Melbourne train operator Metro Trains is calling on the industrial umpire to step in and stop another major public transport strike.

The Transport Workers’ Union has slammed the almost $12 million pay packet of Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce, which some see as a reward for cutting nearly 5,000 full-time jobs.

Queensland farmers will be able to spend more time in the paddock after a determination by the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR).

Chief Defence Scientist Dr Alex Zelinsky has received the prestigious 2015 MA Sargent Medal from Engineers Australia.

Fortescue Metals Group will use unmanned drones to survey its Cloudbreak mine in the Pilbara, as part of an effort to reduce the health and safety risks for survey staff.

Queensland has introduced new penalties for drivers caught using their mobile phone while driving.

A leading dietician has told a mining conference that obesity is both a health issue for miners and a safety issue for the industry.

Dyson Heydon has ruled himself fit to continue running the royal commission into trade unions, sending the unions off to find new ways of avoiding the legal lens.

Engineers have unveiled an exciting advance in the field of 3D-printing, with a device that can print in 10 different materials.