Industry News

A top resource analyst says Xstrata should offload its stalled Queensland works, meanwhile politicians say they should get back to digging.

New guidelines from the World Health Organisation could save millions of lives with a simple change in treatment.

The Adelaide Women’s and Children’s Hospital has cited improved efficiency as its reasoning behind a round of job cuts.

Three cancer drugs have been made dramatically cheaper after their inclusion in the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.

One of the final acts of the Gillard Government has come into effect today with the official beginning of the national disability insurance scheme, now called DisabilityCare.

A Brazilian mining giant has announced it will sell a Queensland coal mine, following asset write-downs.

Western Australia has placed its domestic energy policy ahead of industry information, with the State’s Premier meeting top energy executives at a forum over the weekend.

One of the country’s strongest Union proponents has left the political arena.

Floating LNG facilities could be the key to Australia’s energy employment future, says one major industry player.

One of New South Wales’ major gas drilling companies has decided to halt further exploration, in favour of drilling 18 wells in a State Forest.

With Senator Stephen Conroy joining the raft of Ministers following Julia Gillard out of federal politics, Australia now has a new Communications Minister. Several others have been welcomed back into the fold after the March spill as well.

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission have unveiled a list of websites it has blocked for supposedly supplying fraudulent financial information, under a controversial section of the Telecommunications Act.

NBN Co. has started a mailbox campaign warning of the risks of not getting on board with the new optical network.

The public face of one of the country’s most secretive groups says “rogue insiders” could pose a risk to Australian internet security.

The German Press have accused the United States of alarming levels of cyber-spying on European offices and computer networks, as more information about the scale of the US internet spying network comes to light.

A recent comment from Tony Abbott was never going to fly past Australia’s army of internet-enthusiasts. Mr Abbott has credited Liberal frontbencher Malcolm Turnbull with inventing the internet, which of course, he did not.

Practically all the big names in Australian construction are hedging bids for the $1.6 billion re-development of the Port of Melbourne.

Nominations are on for an award to recognise ecologically sustainable practices in the building and design industries.

The key construction industry body, Master Builders of Australia, have welcomed the removal of Julia Gillard and reintroduction of Kevin Rudd from the Prime Ministerial seat, but say that whoever holds the top job has a lot to answer for from the building industry.

Amendments to the Fair Work Act and Migration Act have passed Parliament and will now come into place.