Industry News

Federal infrastructure minister Warren Truss has backed a look at ‘platooning’ truck technology as a way to boost productivity.

The New South Wales Roads and Freight Minister says a specialist team will ensure that a koala community is kept safe when a Pacific Highway addition is cut through their home.

The NTC has shaken hands with a US counterpart on a deal to share what they’ve learned about safety and productivity.

BHP Billiton has shipped its one billionth tonne of iron ore to Japan.

New funds mean a NSW farming facility can keep its doors open and continue keeping people safe.

Locals are concerned that the closure of some key WA train lines will force streams of trucks onto their roads.

Several contracts for infrastructure at Rio Tinto's Cape Lambert project have been decided.

A new company focused on mine safety and emergency response is getting off the ground.

Australian researchers have put together a toolkit for diagnosing menopause.

Researchers have mapped 500 previously unknown microorganisms and 800 new bacterial viruses in the human intestine.

Western Australian health workers will walk off the job from next week, launching industrial action after the State Government failed to make a new pay offer.

Reports today suggest TPG has hit some hitches in its plan to connect lucrative apartment blocks to its own fibre-optic network.

Media outlets claim they have confirmed reports that Australian law-enforcement agencies are stripping metadata from mobile phone companies, gaining huge amounts of information on the general public and non-suspicious people.

A new feasibility study is considering the benefits of replacing a major South Australian coal power station with a field of mirrors focused on a single tower.

A US company is working on a $1.25 billion bio-energy project, which could see rubbish and human waste turned into electricity for Iran.

Economists say that the repeal of the carbon and mining taxes could cost households much more than they save.

The leader of the Victorian Labor Party has avoided comment on more media reports ahead of this week’s union corruption inquiries.

As the Royal Commission into union corruption gets underway this week a number of figures say they are already facing inquiry, as details and evidence are leaked to the media

The ACT’s ambitious push for 90 per cent renewable energy by 2020 could be at risk, with a local energy and climate economist saying it could become too difficult in coming years.

An outlook report by a leading international finance group says Australia will sink billions more into solar energy over the next fifteen years.