Industry News

Charles Darwin University has been named on the shortlist for a national award, following success in the education category at the Chief Minister’s Northern Territory Export and Industry Awards in Darwin.

The Transport Workers Union has petitioned Small Business Minister Bruce Billson do step in and do something about the major Australian supermarkets’ increasing stranglehold on smaller operators.

Three big players have come together for a joint venture which should see them deliver a seven-year road asset management project for Syney's South Zone.

Chinese horseshoe bats have been identified as the origin of SARS, which killed 774 people the 2002 pandemic.

Many will have heard Tony Abbott’s repeated promise that WorkChoices is “dead, buried and cremated”, but the watchdog created to enforce the old laws is coming back – and sporting a shiny new collar.

BHP Billiton has bailed on its plan for a rail and port project in Queensland, after being told that the current facilities are good enough.

While there has been contraction in some Queensland resource-linked trades, it seems demand for LNG and CSG workers is about to explode.

A report by industry consultants and university researchers says nearly 40,000 jobs would be lost if car makers pulled out of Australia this decade.

Experts say age discrimination is keeping thousand of fully capable Australians out of work, and costing workers through increased welfare needs.

The Chinese telecommunications giant accused of secretive tactics by Australian authorities has finally spoken out, albeit through a leaked internal email.

Speculation about two mysterious barges docked in US ports has lit up the tech-world in the last two weeks, but guessing is still all anyone can do as the inexplicable ships give up none of their secrets.

The Communications Minister has called for negotiations to continue between NBN Co and the companies in charge of the optical roll-out in Tasmania, saying that it takes two to tango over contracts.

The world’s greatest supercomputers still look like crude counting tools compared to the human brain, but a new chip has pinched a human technique for improving the efficiency of computation.

Fairly credible reports have surfaced this week saying US phone giant AT&T may consider buying Vodaphone, though there has been no suggestion whether it would mean improved coverage from the notoriously-patchy provider.

Funding seems to have been renewed for a program that provides doctors with mental health advice from a psychiatrist.

There are concerns that thousands of lives may be at risk from the ailing efficacy of a key malaria drug.

Research has uncovered an important relationship between pregnancy and a drug for bipolar disorder, which could be increasing risks to mothers and unborn children.

A new system which could allow greater control over anaesthesia and induced comas has seen positive results from early tests.

A round-up of figures from the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) has tracked educational progress across the states, showing room for improvement in several classes.

The Western Australian Premier still intends to shut several schools, but has put off revealing which will go until next year at least.