Industry News

The European Union's top trade official is heading to Beijing on Friday to talk about China dumping solar panels on the continent, and avoiding a trade war.

The United Nations is challenging Australia to do something to protect the Great Barrier Reef from environmental degradation caused in part by costal development.

Australian researchers played a big part in a discovery that could lead to more effective treatment against “triple negative breast cancer”, a disease that usually requires much more aggressive treatment than other forms of breast cancer.

To better protect the Great Barrier Reef, Australia must also pay attention to how to better use and maintain the mainland to prevent further damage to these great ocean treasures.

New research from Monash University is showing that testosterone could combat dementia in women.  It opens new avenues of research into memory and aging, and elder care as well.

The University of Melbourne is announcing the launch of the new Melbourne School of Government (MSoG), which it hopes will provide the Asia Pacific’s next crop of political leaders.

Pesticides are shattering a vital link in the food chain by significantly reducing the populations of Dragonflies.  The effect was found in streams in Germany, France, and Australia.

China is launching its first carbon-trading scheme today in the city of Shenzhen.  The plan is to increase it to seven cities by 2014 and take it nationwide after 2015.

Act now to bolster properties and infrastructure:  Because the value of low-lying homes in South-East Queensland could take a nasty hit because of rising sea levels and more powerful storms caused by global climate change.

Bad news in Hobart, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) is losing as many as 17 jobs as part of the national cost-cutting measure.  

Scientists made a discovery that could lead them to a way to stop cancer cells before they metastasise and move through the body.  It’s a cell movement process they’re calling “chase and run”.

A new technique involving nanoparticles and simple physics could lead to big improvements in recovering oil from old wells.

An Indian company is seeking to take over two Australian coal companies in a deal reportedly worth over $4 billion.

A new report which states Australian coal should be left in the ground has understandably angered the mining industry.

Moves to open up a new iron ore province in Western Australia could take up to five years according to one former industry boss, after the collapse of a $6 billion infrastructure plan.

3D printing of industrial parts has been called a “utility belt” for mining engineers, with the new technology set to change the way repairs are undertaken.

The Australian Trucking Association has launched its campaign in the lead-up to the federal election, focussed on the carbon tax, the road funding system and industry road charges.

The Fair Work Building and Construction agency will embark on a national audit of 100 companies next month; the sweep for non-compliant builders was announced overnight.

Maximising operational safety and minimising cost will be the topic of the Process Control & Industrial Automation Forum 2013, which starts in Melbourne on June 19.

Public comment is now open and submissions welcomed on proposed changes to the Work Health and Safety Code of Practice for Managing Risks in Stevedoring.