Industry News

Deafness and other noise injuries are becoming an increasing issue for the farming community, according to the Australian Centre for Agricultural Health and Safety (ACAHS).

Food safety inspectors have conducted a sweep of Brisbane restaurants this year, and combined with complaints and other submissions have found an alarming lack of compliance.

A report released by Safe Work Australia has shown workers are getting back on the job sooner after injuries.

A new technology has leapt straight from science fiction to reality, allowing human sweat to be turned into clean drinking water.

Researchers may have developed a technique to stop malaria parasites from using vitamin B1 as a pathway to proliferation.

A recent investigation has uncovered high dioxin levels in household and agricultural pesticides.

The US Geological Society is encouraging people to comb through the left-overs of old mining operations and look for materials they may not have known were valuable in the past.

Western Australia will be the site of a new tidal energy trial, seeking to harness the power of waves for human use.

The pilot site for geo-thermal energy generation in Western Australia is bubbling along, reportedly operating better than expected.

The chief of Origin Energy has said the price of carbon would have to be a great deal higher before the company would think of moving away from coal.

A former chief justice of the Family Court says current laws are ineffective when it comes to fighting harassment and bullying online, and the Federal Government should consider jail time for cyber-bullies.

Chinese telecommunications group Huawei has again defended its business practices in the face of its ban from contracts for the National Broadband Network.

Farmers are often misrepresented as a technologically-backward lot, but now with the help of the internet, satellites, robots and scientists, some Queensland growers are leaping into the future.  

Half a million people have signed on to the personally-controlled electronic health record (PCEHR) system eHealth, according to the Federal Health Department.

The Australian Computer Society is seeking submissions for a draft quality control code for Australia’s cloud computing market.

A group of European cryptographers have found a fatal flaw in some SIM cards, exposing the possibility of hacking the only part of a mobile phone still considered secure.

The Master Builders Association says changes from the Fair Work Commission’s Modern Award Review have not helped clear anything up for workers or small business operators.

Unions Tasmania is claiming the company tasked with rolling out the National Broadband Network owes workers millions of dollars, which the company has called an “invoicing-related matter”.

Advice for improving technical and trade services through high-tech means will be available soon, with The Australian Industry Group receiving $500,000 to develop a digital business kit for manufacturers on the NBN.

Four hundred Holden workers in Adelaide have taken voluntary redundancies, finishing work this Friday in an attempt to save the iconic brand.