Industry News

A recent Parliamentary Question Time provived a platform for Julia Gillard to spruik new Gonski sign-ons, but experts are still unclear on just how much schools are set to receive.

A report today says some parents are paying out to push their kids to the front of the class, now employing speech patahologists to give their kids an edge in the nation-wide testing scheme.

Students and teachers are frantically archiving the work they put on the “Ultranet” before it possibly disappears for good at the end of the month.

Who is to blame for the stress students feels over the annual NAPLAN tests?  The agency in charge is blaming principals and teachers, and they’re pointing fingers right back.

Origin Energy is ending door-to-door sales by the end of September, bowing not just to modern technology but also to strict regulations surrounding door-to-door sales.

Embattled former coal baron and ex-billionaire Nathan Tinkler has sold his 19.4 percent stake in Whitehaven Coal for $2.96 per share.

Queensland is reopening the Somerset Spillway Common which had been closed since sustaining damage in the 2011 floods, and is unveiling a plan to transform the Somerset region's network of dams into a natural tourism attraction. 

A “Glass Ceiling” is described as “the unseen, yet unbreakable barrier that keeps women from rising to the upper rungs of the corporate ladder, regardless of their qualifications or achievements.”  But now the walls will be transparent, too, so Australians can witness how workplaces are integrating women into upper management.

Before he unveiled the NSW budget, Treasurer Mike Baird and Health Minister Jillian Skinner inspected early works on the state’s largest hospital building project, part of the budget’s $1.2 billion slated for health capital works.

Road projects, Health, and Education are big winners in New South Wales’ 2013-14 budget announced this week, with nearly $800 Million going to upgrade the Pacific Highway.

Lehman Brothers Holdings in America is blocking Lehman’s Australian unit from paying its creditors including Local governments, churches and charities as much as $225 Million.

The Commonwealth is putting down another $10 Million to convince voters to say “Yes” to the Local Government Referendum on 14 September.

Asia and New Zealand will benefit as IBM slashes 1,500 jobs from Australia as part of a global restructuring plan announced earlier this year.

The Australian Local Government Association (ALGA) is out with its 2013-14 State of the Regions Report.  And it is calling on the Commonwealth to help local governments mitigate against costly natural disasters.

The Commonwealth is sending $150 Million in new funding to local governments to improve community infrastructure, because as Minister Anthony Albanese puts it, “local councils are better positioned than the Commonwealth to establish local priorities for community developments.”

Australia knows global warming better than most other countries, especially after the hottest January ever.  Sydney aims to lead the country in solving the problems that cause global warming.

The government launched a new website to make it easier for people to utilize important health services being provided by Medicare Locals in their local communities.

The Australian Government has named the board of its new Manufacturing Industry Innovation Precinct ahead of the July start date of the venture, which is intended to advance the nation’s reputation for innovation, collaboration and competitiveness.

The new Remote Jobs and Communities Program (RJCP) begins on 1 July, and the Government is announcing extra support to help job seekers and Community Development Employment Projects providers make the transition.

Holden says it cannot continue to produce cars in Australia unless workers at the Adelaide assembly plant take a pay cu