Industry News

Ratepayers might be asked to pay a little bit extra to cover certain projects, as one city seeks to find out how much locals would give.

The City of Perth is looking at bringing back laws to make begging a crime, as numbers on the street increase.

Volunteer fire-fighters should be compensated when extended bushfire efforts keep them from their families and work, a Local Government Association says.

A recent poll has shown waning support for the federal Coalition government in regional areas.

State, federal and local government authorities have toured cyclone-hit regions of north Queensland in the wake of the weekend deluge, with funding packages announced and rolling-out for thousands of residents.

The Federal Government appears to be preparing to relax the rules for foreign investment from China, but one Nationals MP says changes must come from a “mature discussion”.

A new technique is being developed in Australian labs, which promises to produce metals with greater strength, better corrosion resistance and increased biocompatibility.

Three Australian academics have condemned the $16.2 billion Building the Education Revolution scheme as a stuff-up destined to become “an international case study of government failure”.

Workplace drug tests are going to become more common, according to some experts, with figures showing around one in eight people has already been asked to take a test.

Public sector insiders say a push is on to save billions by squeezing all government functions into “super departments”.

Giant tech companies are normally known for their progressive and innovative approaches to work, but new figures show the 21^st century companies uphold some fairly 19^th century gender divisions. 

Mining giant Rio Tinto is moving to distance itself from having to rehabilitate the site of the Ranger uranium mine, and is facing international allegations over the deaths of dozens of workers.

The hand-picked team tasked with assessing the federal government’s Direct Action climate change plan says it will not work.

Australian researchers have sought to find out just how clean our recycled water is.

Studies have shown decades after the end of large-scale sperm whaling, their numbers are yet to recover.

Sydney water authorities have tried out a new set of sensors to gauge the health of waterways, turning to a natural alarm to check for contamination.

Ten new species of parasite have been discovered in the kidneys of cuttlefish, and it appears the microscopic bugs enforce strict boundaries on their sexuality.

Humans may love building dams, but they have not been so great for fish, until now.

A lab in the US has fired its new 12 gigaelecton-volt laser.

The Federal Government seems certain to approve the construction of a new airport in Sydney.