Industry News

Experts say fathers are not the bumbling piles of domestic uselessness that TV ads portray, claiming that the modern dad is a different beast and that employers need to change the way they think.

Tuesday September 3 was ‘Equal Pay Day’; a reminder of the 64 extra days per year a woman must work for her pay to equal that of a man.

The boss of one of the world’s fastest-growing computer companies has come up with a good way to keep his staff happy and motivated – by giving them money.

Three Queensland MPs have thrown their support behind continuing sand-mining operations on North Stradbroke Island despite widespread environmental and cultural opposition.

A Greens party member in New South Wales has unleashed on a plan to build a desalination plant in the Hunter Valley, saying increased water prices would place a big burden on taxpayers.

Government authorities in Western Australia have begun surveying outside the Ord irrigation area in the Kimberly region – looking to see if the environment could sustain thousands of hectares of new farming operations.

Over $500 million will be spent in ongoing efforts to fix the continuous stream of irradiated water flowing around the ruined Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear reactor, the announcement of the funding has preceded the largest recorded spike in radiation levels since the disaster.

Harvest time is here for one of Australia’s newest cash crops, with Tasmanian seaweed farmers reaping what the ocean has sown.

Microsoft has announced it is buying mobile phone manufacturer Nokia, complete with all its devices and services.

Environmental engineers have created a substance which can make safe, drinkable water by swiftly and easily killing off bacteria in seconds.

Gold production in Australia has undergone a significant boost in the past financial quarter, with companies registering production rate rises of 6 per cent.

The Woodside energy firm has announced that its partners in the massive Browse project have signed off on the use of floating liquid natural gas technology at gasfields off the coast of WA.

There are claims this week that a company in WA is selling tickets and bookings for a convention that does not exist; ripping-off miners and engineers with the swindling scheme.

A study has kicked-off at an American football game on the weekend which has seen injured players assessed for concussions by a sideline robot.

Some of the major engineering groups in Australia say they have a long list of debts owed from resource and construction companies, but they are concerned that slowing profits in the sectosr could mean they never get what is owed.

Plans appear to be afoot for a merger between two engineering firms, with reports New York’s Jacobs Engineering Group is looking to acquire Australian engineering consulting firm Sinclair Knight Merz (SKM).

It is Freight Week in Victoria this week; the annual event seeks to celebrate and draw attention to the state’s vital transport industry, and the thousands of workers it comprises.

The New South Wales Government is undertaking a crack-down on service stations which fail to advertise the full price of fuel.

The WA town of Busselton will have to wait for its first plane-load of FIFO workers, as the Fortesque Metals Group announces it will not be carrying out planned charter flights to the town.

An audit carried-out by Western Australia’s Working At Heights Association has revealed hundreds are in danger on sites across the state.