Industry News

Melbourne researchers may have found a new treatment for breast cancer after positive results emerged from a leukaemia drug trial.

Scientists are proceeding cautiously, but it appears two patients may have been cleared of HIV after bone marrow transplants for lymphoma.

One of the most important decisions in recent eco-political history has been delayed, with the Federal Environment Minister pushing back his call on dredging near the Great Barrier Reef by more than a month.

Cane toad sausages may be one of the most un-appetising foods imaginable, but researchers say they could be a breakthrough for restoring numbers of endangered quolls.

Western Australia may be feeling the effects of a shrivelling resources market with job ads in the state declining for the fourth consecutive month.

Telstra is shipping 170 domestic jobs to India in an attempt to cut costs here and grow its business overseas.

A major Australian advertising firm has questioned the overly-studious approach of many young people.

The gap in gender equality occasionally works both ways, with men who choose the family life reporting they are treated differently at work.

A home appliance and technology store has been charged for flouting an Industrial Relations refusal and opening its doors on Boxing Day 2012.

An automotive manufacture workers’ union says a raft of job losses in the car industry could trigger a domino effect around the country.

South Australia, Victoria and Queensland are all looking to get some plumbing work done, with tenders released for the construction and maintenance of wastewater systems in various states.

The Murray-Darling Basin is up for a prestigious award, it has been nominated for the 2013 International Riverprize.

A supercomputer and a cloud of files will form the backbone of a national integrated geoscience data network to be launched soon.

Researchers at CSIRO’s Parkes radio telescope have detected a series of mysterious radio energy pulses emanating from deep space.

A Victorian transport group can tick ‘giraffe’ off their list of weird things to haul interstate, after the successful relocation of a rare Rothschild giraffe.

The 2013 National Trucking Industry Awards have honoured Australia's top driver and other leading industry figures, courtesy of the Australian Trucking Association. 

NASA’s new polar rover has been taken for a test spin on the icy tundra of Greenland. The robot performed admirably in one of the Earth’s toughest climates.

Engineers Australia has joined a growing group of professional bodies in opposition to the government’s proposal to cap tax deductions on work-related education expenses to $2,000.

Some major engineering companies have put on an event in Tasmania to get high-schoolers excited about a future in engineering.

The Victorian Government is being pushed to extend the buffer-zone between home and coal mines in the Latrobe Valley.