Industry News

High definition 3D models and real scientific data will be used to create astounding virtual recreations of significant sites for students.

New developments have been made in the quest for a fully-internal cochlear implant.

Sony’s failure in the PC market has led to big losses for the electronics giant, which must now cut thousands of jobs to stay alive.

The entire $120 billion energy industry wants its own set of options in the government’s Direct Action policy, asking to be exempt from the bulk of new laws.

A chief health academic has resigned over perceived conflicts in a $15 million complementary health research deal.

Money-saving measures have hit hard in Western Australian Indigenous education, with more than 100 full-time Aboriginal and Islander Education Officers (AIEO) asking what the state government intends to do without them.

Western Australia has eleven thousand new state school students this year, but they will be taught by the same amount of teachers as before.

The heads of some union-backed superannuation funds have made a surprising announcement, saying they would like more independent outsiders on their executive teams.

A Danish man has become the first in the world to be fitted with a prosthetic hand that can feel.

A marine sponge may provide a new treatment for some forms of leukaemia and other cancers.

North Korea has updated the one operating system available in the country, moving from an interface pinched from Microsoft Windows toward one resembling Apple’s OSX.

The federal government is considering removing the requirement for larger companies to lodge an annual report with the Workplace Gender Equality Agency.

The Tax Institute of Australia says there are a range of benefits that would come from making child care tax deductible.

Leaders of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission are feeling strapped for cash, admitting that ‘natural attrition’ has not thinned its numbers, and it needs more money for redundancies.

A Rural and Regional Committee has called for forced public service teleworking quotas, to push government jobs into regional areas.

One state’s Education Department is recouping its losses from failed schools, selling the buildings and the land on which they sat.

One mayor says a plan to have a fly-in, fly-out (FIFO) police force is a “kick in the guts” to rural employment.

Some young graduates with eyes on career in spying or policing will be looking for a new life’s ambition, after budget cuts meant their cadetships were cut short.

Just over half a million dollars will go out to local councils and multicultural groups in Queensland, to promote opportunities across cultures, focussing on newly-arrived immigrants and humanitarian entrants.

Regional Development Australia (RDA) says it will help break the ice between businesses, to build productivity through communication and collaboration.