Industry News

The World Engineers Convention will be on in Melbourne this year after Australia won hosting rights for the world-first event.

Engineering students from schools around the country will be putting their custom-built robotic companions into battle for the 2013 National Instruments Autonomous Robotics Competition.

As has been repeated many times since the federal election, the new Coalition government intends to be known for its infrastructure – the incoming regime is trying to put money where its mouth has been and present a business case for massive road projects.

An Australian company has received the go-ahead for an enormous project to build railways to carry resources across Western Australia.

The massive Brazilian mining firm Vale has announced a deal to sell a 35.9 percent stake in its cargo logistics firm and invest billions in better infrastructure.

There is a push on in Queensland to patch up compensation laws which some say are unnecessarily skewed.

WorkSafe Victoria has introduced a streamlined Workplace Injury Rehabilitation Bill to Parliament.

A bill which would have set a compensation standard for fire-fighters with specific cancers has been extinguished in the Victorian Senate.

A memorial has honoured the victims of mine sites in New South Wales, and encouraged current workers to be mindful of the many dangers in the industry.

Farm machinery dealers say the safety message about quad-bikes may finally be getting through.

Prison overcrowding could be creating an increasingly dangerous work environment for staff, according to the Law Institute of Victoria.

A major investigation has been launched to try to decipher how two Qantas jets with hundreds of passengers between them came within a mere 215 metres of each over the southern coast of Australia.

South Australian ambulance officers will experience an Australian-first in safety management.

The National Heavy Vehicle Regulator was meant to come into operation this month, but has been delayed again with reports saying it is uncertain when the new body will get underway.

The International Transport Federation wants to see a mandatory weight limit for shipping containers criss-crossing the world’s oceans, warning of vast dangers posed by unweighed or mis-declared loads.

Current materials are being pushed to their physical limits in the quest for higher-density switches for computer storage and memory, leading to expanded research into “resistive switching” as the next standard form.

New homes could have their power and hot water provided by a single device, now approved for use.

Australian engineers are bringing back the steam engine, revamped as a cheap storage medium for solar power.

A recent study has found South Australia is reaching an ideal mix of cleaner, greener and cheaper energy sources, with residents paying $88 per year less for electricity now than in 2009.

A new report says millions of litres of water are at risk from proposed coal mines in Queensland’s Galilee Basin.