Industry News

A big name in the local aluminium game has taken on a role as the head of the Australian Aluminium Council.

A push to ramp-up Australia’s uranium industry continues, with exploration permits handed out for new grounds in the Northern Territory.

Australian manufacturing, climate change and nuclear energy will be some of the key topics when engineers descend on Melbourne for Convention 2014.

Hundreds of international scientists and engineers have visited a big dish in the desert of WA.

Reports say safety is about the only reason Australian employers feel the need to ban the burqa.

A parliamentary review overseen by an LNP member has found that a budget measure forcing young jobseekers to wait months for benefits could put them at serious risk.

One MP is pushing his state government to buy dozens of homes insulated with loose-fill asbestos fibres, as the toxic legacy of Mr Fluffy keeps coming back.

A New South Wales winery has been fined after a violent explosion left one man dead, and an engineering firm could be made to pay too.

Transport and safety regulations are holding back what could be a central Australian industry, one peak body says.

Workers at ports in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane could walk off the job this week, at the same time as reports say their union is willing to sell them out.

BHP has thrown its support behind floating LNG processing plants, ending years of speculation and indicating that onshore jobs will be fewer in the future.

Environmental activists have launched an assault on NSW railways.

The Federal Government is rumoured to be preparing an assault on the public service's “compo culture”.

Activists claim to have shut down production at a number of mines in New South Wales, after community groups made a concerted effort to impede Whitehaven Coal.

New investigations have shown just how much money Australia’s biggest companies are avoiding paying in tax.

A big campaign has been launched this week to push for an Australian domestic gas reservation policy.

Big concerns for the future of many Australian jobs, with tough times forecast in major industries.

A New South Wales man has been charged for illegally dumping eight truckloads of toxic building materials.

Scientists have learned a little bit more about the physical process of remembering.

European scientists say chemotherapy and radiotherapy are safe for unborn babies.