Industry News

Adelaide has been named the country’s most liveable city for the third year running, dominating other state’s capital cities in a poll conducted by the Property Council of Australia.

The Federal Government has announced it will commit funding to towards the Westconnex road project, subject to a number of conditions outlined by the Prime Minister.

Over 80 per cent of households in the Brunswick area, the first are of Melbourne to enjoy the rollout of National Broadband Network (NBN) services, agree that that the initiative is a positive step.

ABS Building Approvals show that the number of dwellings approved fell 2.4 per cent in January 2013, in seasonally adjusted terms, and has fallen for two months.

Qantas has announced the resignation of Corinne Namblard as a director of the company following reports she was involved in Italian court proceedings.

The Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) has announced it has commenced succession planning to replace outgoing Chief Executive Officer Mitch Hooke, following his announcement that he will not renew his contract at the end of the year, ending an 11 year tenure at the top job.

WorkSafe Victoria has launched a new campaign aimed at helping injured workers get back to work following the release of statistics that show that the longer injured workers are off work, the more psychiatric and physiological help they need.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has granted interim authorisation to a number of inner Sydney councils to enable them to request and evaluate new tenders for the processing of dry recycling material within the metropolitan area.

Teachers are being unfairly blamed for the failings of the education system, when in fact they are its greatest asset, Melbourne University’s Professor Stephen Dinham told a gathering of the country’s top pedagogues.

The Commonwealth has provided $2 million to the South Australian Government to undertake an Integrated Transport and Movement study in Adelaide to help the city develop an aligned transport plan.

The proposed $350 million redevelopment of Nyrstar’s smelting operations into a cleaner poly-metallic processing and recovery facility at Port Pirie has been declared a Major Development by the South Australian Government.

Billions of dollars worth of investment stands to be unlocked in South Australia’s Spencer Gulf following the announcement of a Federal, State and Local government collaboration.

The National Transport Commission (NTC) has released the heavy vehicle charges review discussion paper, which it says is aimed at building a fairer and improved system of managing the charging system.

Federal, State and Local Governments and the trucking industry have announced a new $82 million spending initiative aimed at upgrading the safety of the country’s road network.

The National Broadband Network Co (NBN Co) has announced it has secured a contract with Arianspace to launch its satellites into orbit in 2015.

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has introduced a new single regulatory compliance mark (RCM), aimed at illustrating a device’s compliance with telecommunications, radiocommunications and electromagnetic compatibility standards.

Construction materials specialist Boral has announced the company will merge its construction materials and cement divisions into a single integrated division, with the appointment of Joseph Goss as the new Division Managing Director to preside over the new body.

The South Australian Government has revealed its comprehensive new plan for treatment of people with eating disorders for public consultation.

A new report released by the Federal Government’s Climate Commission has concluded that climate change was partially to blame for the ‘angry summer’ seen over the last few months.

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has launched its new Critical Information Summaries, which provides consuemrs with two pages of essential information about a telecommunications product or service.