Industry News

With partial approval recently given to Queensland’s Abbot Point coal port terminal expansions, GVK Hancock and Aurizon have announced a plan to start building the rail infrastructure that will move millions of tonnes from the Galilee Basin to coastal ports.

The national secretary of the Transport Workers’ Union says the Federal Government plans to close the Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal, showing contempt for the hundreds of families affected by transport industry road deaths, and callous disregard for the many pressures that drivers face.

A new research paper discusses ways to assess the most and least useful features of a given product, hoping to help programmers trim the fat and respond to demand in new releases.

Microsoft has launched its latest video-gaming console, the X-Box One, and managed to sell over one million units in the first 24 hours.

A new device will take online food fetishism to new heights, enabling users to taste the internet.

A new study has laid eyes on a particular influenza virus, looking for new ways to head off mutations at the pass. 

Artificial skin has been grown from stem cells in a world-first medical breakthrough.

Researchers have come up with an astounding new technique; using X-ray lasers to determine the molecular structure of proteins – without any prior knowledge of what they look like.

Laws in Tasmania to protect women’s privacy have upset the Australian Christian Lobby.

Legislation has been put before the House of Representatives which is intended to make it easier for business to work within the paid parental leave scheme.

An event over the weekend showed the high level of training and skilled students coming out of Australian institutions.

The Australian Government is continuing its pledge to dissolve approval processes it deems unnecessary or duplicative, this week announcing a new ‘one-stop-shop’ environmental process for offshore petroleum and greenhouse gas storage activities.

The Education Minister has announced a boost aimed to increase the number of postgraduate nurses, part of a $62 million investment pushing more people into degrees.

According to recent polls, the Federal Government’s plan to replace the carbon tax with a direct action policy has been as well-received as having no policy at all.

The chief executive of a major mine pumping equipment supplier says Australia needs to ignore the concerns of environmentalists and other residents, and surge full-steam into coal seam gas extraction.

Industry insiders reporting from the UN-sponsored climate change talks in Warsaw say the solutions to the energy market’s effect on the environment are already here.

A former industry executive has made the remarkable call for energy giant BHP to move toward environmentally sustainable technology and processes, while also trying to get a job on BHP’s executive board.

The Gold Coast council has unveiled its plan for the city’s new arts precinct, and if nothing else it most certainly captures the spirit of the place.

The Reserve Bank’s verbal assault on the Australian dollar continues, with RBA governor Glenn Stevens last night indicating the bank might be forced to intercede to drive the dollar down.

Australian waistlines are on the increase, and we’re fattening-up faster than nearly everyone else.