Industry News

Australian works of digital literature will soon be collected and preserved by Canberra’s National Library of Australia (NLA), after new legislation was adopted by Federal Parliament.

Local mining companies are rushing to supply the high-tech materials of the future.

A group of blind hikers has crossed a French mountain range in a bold test of a new GPS system.

Japanese engineers have unveiled a mind-boggling method to produce laser projections that hover in mid-air.

Saudi tycoon Prince Alwaleed bin Talal has promised his entire $US32 billion ($41.8 billion) fortune to charitable projects.

The Federal Government has launched the Australian Apprenticeship Support Network (Apprenticeship Network) this week, which it says will help get more students into apprenticeships.

New research has found that that school funding in its current state is “politically, financially and educationally unsustainable”.

Energy giant BP has agreed to a $US18.7 billion ($24.5 billion) settlement over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) web tax filing service is struggling to cope with the EOFY influx.

The Climate Change Authority (CCA) says industry groups should not be concerned about aggressive reductions in greenhouse gas emissions unfairly harming energy-hungry industries.

Figures show Australia's trade deficit narrowed in May, but the record trade deficit from April has been revised to be even wider.

The ACT Education Union has agreed to a revised pay deal for Canberra public school teachers, after more than a year of tough negotiations.

Two former Sigma Pharmaceuticals executives have pleaded guilty to falsifying accounts to inflate profits.

Research shows one in seven New South Wales children are now living in poverty.

Researchers say science education could soar with the help of high-altitude balloons.

Councils nationwide are celebrating the ALP's proposal to direct revenue from the first two years of the fuel excise indexation, about $1.1 billion, towards additional Roads to Recovery funding.

There is push on for Victoria’s Latrobe City Council to mark itself as a strong advocate of same-sex marriage.

Many New South Wales councils have refused to put forward merger proposals by the State Government’s June 30 deadline, and are outraged at a lack of consultation.

Hundreds of jobs will be axed at WA’s Department of Agriculture, with plans to cut the workforce in half in coming years.

Authorities say Tasmanian healthcare will become a laughing stock if the interim chief executive of the new Tasmanian Health Service (THS) keeps her role.