Industry News

The excellent efforts of a team of first-year engineers have been rewarded, celebrating the creative solutions to real-world problems that young minds can produce.

An environmental engineer has developed and enacted plans for a single site which could process human waste and harvest oil and gas without harmful emissions.

A new design could soon see the advent of home-use 3D printers that can make objects out of metal.

The ACT has established a court specifically to hear workplace health and safety matter, this week appointing Chief Magistrate Lorraine Walker as its first industrial magistrate.

Victorian Premier Denis Napthine says the state’s WorkCover Authority head office will move to Geelong if the Coalition government is re-elected.

Victoria’s Auditor-General has found hospital workers routinely face high risks to their safety, and there is much room for improvement in the way hazards are handled.

Two states may adjust their speed limits in the name of road safety, with Victoria planning to extend 40km/h school zones and South Australia looking at bringing down some of its 110km/h highways.

Cycling safety advocates say licences and registration would not help all that much, and would come at a cost to society.

The New South Wales Information and Privacy Commission says Transport for NSW has been too secretive about the massive $8.3 billion north-west rail link.

The Queensland government is trying to lure casino money to help fund its $5 billion tunnel.

A deal has been signed which will enhance the logistics and reach of two companies, after they announced a three year partnership.

The biggest names in the industry gathered at the 2013 Australian Supply Chain and Logistics Awards at the Sydney Opera House.

Industry operators can get a look at the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator’s (NHVR) new access management system (AMS).

A report on the American light news program 60 Minutes claims that online shopping giant Amazon is planning to launch a fleet of drones to delivers its packages – an idea lifted from an Australian start-up company which is also already being used in China.

An astounding breakthrough has seen scientists use DNA to build near-perfect crystals from scratch, which mimic the structures that make natural crystals so valuable.

Suggestions have been tabled which could see governments hacking away at their health budgets and waistlines – with some better planning practices.

Optus has held nothing back in its latest ad campaign, unleashing all the fury of a long-time underdog in a damning portrayal of arch-rival Telstra.

A Sydney suburb has been awarded for its movements toward online business and lifestyles, and celebrated for stepping beyond the traditional boundaries of bricks and mortar.

An audit has reportedly found Victoria’s government cyber-security measures are somewhat lacking, saying it has failed to adequately protect itself from potential attacks.

A single company now owns exploration rights to 2.04 million acres of New Zealand’s East Coast Basin.