Industry News

The Federal Government has released its new digital economy strategy, which outlines the next steps towards making Australia one of the leading digital economies by 2020.

The Federal Government has launched a new education initiative aimed at helping students in years 5 to 10 pursue a career in the information and communications (ICT) sector.

The Federal Government has officially launched two new reviews that will be aimed towards supporting ‘Australia’s burgeoning capabilities in cutting edge digital innovation’.

72 New South Wales councils will share in $38.7 million in State Government funding to help them improve resource recovery, tackle waste and improve their local environment.

Consumer confidence has rebounded in June to end in positive territory, according to the latest Westpac-Melbourne Institute Index of Consumer Sentiment.

Melbourne’s La Trobe University will get a slice of the Australian Government’s $504.5 million payout, with the announcement of a Food Industry Innovation Precinct at the university’s Bundoora campus.

Waste management group Transfield Services has announced the appointment of Vincent Nicoletti as the group’s new Chief Financial Officer.

The Local Government Association of Queensland (LGAQ) and the Australian Centre of Excellence for Local Government have released a new tool to helop the state’s councils gauge the happiness of the state’s citizens.

The Queensland State Government is replacing its Hospital and Health Services accounting software with new system it says will put Queensland in line with National Health Reform guidelines.

The nation’s Parliament has overwhelmingly voted in support of the proposed changes to the Constitution to recognise local government.

The NSW and SA mining industries will  join forces to boost exploration, infrastructure and economic development through a new agreement signed by the states.

The Queensland Government is calling on the community of the Gladstone region to submit their views on two new draft water resource plans (WRPs) being prepared for the Boyne River Basin.

The South Australian Government has announced a new partnership between the business community and the Government to deliver a purpose-built technology hub.

Unemployment rates in OECD countries have remained largely unchanged at 8 per cent, according to the latest figures released by the international organisation.

Keeping global temperature rises below 2 degrees Celsius is still a viable possibility, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA).

The Federal Government has announced six new dementia research grants will share in a new round of funding under the National Health and Medical Research Council’s Centre on Cognitive Decline.

Better land use may be the key to preventing further damage to the world’s coral systems, according to a study published by an international research team.

Scientists from the University of Queensland will begin clinical trials that will see them block a specific protein to aid in the treatment of spinal cord injuries following a major research breakthrough. 

The Federal Government has unveiled a new plan that will see an area almost 80 times the size of the Melbourne Cricket Ground vegetated with native seedlings, shrubs and grasses in the Coorong Lower Lakes Murray Mounth wetlands.

The nation’s business conditions have remained largely unchanged, with mediocre confidence continuing to plague the business community according to NAB’s monthly business survey.