Industry News

Governments in Asia continue to use asbestos as a building material, putting generations of lives at risk with virtually no regulation.

WorkSafe authorities in Western Australia are launching a crack-down on the use of sleeper cabs on long-distance trips.

An augmented reality system is in the works which allows a driver to make other cars on the road seem invisible.

Anthony Albanese has been named as the new Shadow Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, and has pledged to take the Government to task on how it will achieve the roads and infrastructure solutions it has promised.

Some bold thieves in the United States have turned to a deceptive rouse to steal masses of cargo.

A team in the United Sates has identified the genes responsible for increasing the oil content of plant leaves, in a discovery which could lead to great advances in the fields of agriculture and biofuel production.

A report has had a new look at the rates of sexually transmissible and blood-borne infection in Australia, showing an increase in HIV diagnoses among other findings.

Importing an American tradition involving the consumption of vast amounts of junk food could lead Australian children down the dangerous path to poor health, the Medical Journal of Australia says.

Australia’s Minister for Industry says the Government’s plan for the future of the energy industry will seek to increase productivity and reduce regulation.

A new manufacturing technique has led to an increase in the energy-gathering abilities of solar panels.

There is no doubt of the life-saving response paramedics provide in a emergency, but a new report says ambulance workers may be able to prevent future incidences as well.

A new report has shown a deeper level of mutual benefit between humans and the billions of bugs that live in our gut.

The smoke and fumes from industry, transport and agriculture have been officially recognised as cancerous.

Global technology giant Apple Inc has gained clearance to start work on its new mothership – a shimmering disc-shaped building to house the company’s design, research and development sections.

An internet monitoring company says that Indonesia has overtaken China as the most prolific cyber-attackers, but there may be more to the numbers than the massive leap in hacking shows.

A coding error has led Optus to announce it will pay back millions of dollars to thousands of customers it overcharged.

The Communications Minister has signalled he may relax the ban which has kept Chinese telecom Huawei from bringing its low-cost business style to the NBN.

As fires rage across New South Wales, a Red Cross report reiterates the importance of the technological response to disasters.

The corporate watchdog is taking the group that provides several in-store credit cards to court, claiming GE Money engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct over limit increases.

A joint effort by virtually all the Australian finance regulators and police groups has led to the arrest of two men, accused of laundering $30 million through Australia.