Industry News

Opponents to Telstra’s proposed NBN handling policy are lining up, with NBN Co itself now saying Telstra should think again.

Google has launched a new plan to bring internet services to areas not previously accessible, through the novel use of hot air balloons.

The Australian Government has received such a huge amount of data harvested by the US National Security Agency they’ve had to build a large new complex just to store it all, according to reports.

New research has suggested mining giant Xstrata’s operations in Mt Isa have caused lead poisoning in some of the city’s children.

A new legal precedent in the US could have impacts on genetic treatments in Australia, after the Supreme Court ruled naturally occurring DNA can not be patented.

Six new research grants have been awarded around the country to further studies of dementia and Alzeimer’s Disease.

The New South Wales Government has renewed exploration lincences for the Coal Seam Gas industry to renew operations in the Pilliga Forest.

The Federal Government has announced New Zealanders who grow up in Australia will soon become eleigible for the Higher Education Loan Program (HELP) for tertiary education or vocational training.

The latest figures released by the Federal Government shows that 160 Queensland state schools will be worse off under the proposed Gonski reforms, according to the State Government.

Australia's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was estimated at 5.5 per cent in May, as announced by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). 

The Chief Executives of a number of the country’s top manufacturing companies have joined the newly formed Australian Advanced Manufacturing Council, which will focus on driving national priority and policy change to boost the advanced manufacturing sector.

The Australian Securities Exchange has announced it will conduct a fully underwritten 2 for 19 pro rata entitlement offer of new ASX shares in a bid to raise an estimated $553 million at a price of $30 per share.

The Federal Government is urging Western Australia to accept a revised funding model of under the National Plan for School Improvement, which it claims will deliver $2.8 billion over six years.

The Victorian Government has announced red tape cuts which it says will deliver a streamlined approval process to the delivery of major projects throughout the state.

The Federal Government has released its new digital economy strategy, which outlines the next steps towards making Australia one of the leading digital economies by 2020.

The Federal Government has launched a new education initiative aimed at helping students in years 5 to 10 pursue a career in the information and communications (ICT) sector.

The Federal Government has officially launched two new reviews that will be aimed towards supporting ‘Australia’s burgeoning capabilities in cutting edge digital innovation’.

72 New South Wales councils will share in $38.7 million in State Government funding to help them improve resource recovery, tackle waste and improve their local environment.

Consumer confidence has rebounded in June to end in positive territory, according to the latest Westpac-Melbourne Institute Index of Consumer Sentiment.

Melbourne’s La Trobe University will get a slice of the Australian Government’s $504.5 million payout, with the announcement of a Food Industry Innovation Precinct at the university’s Bundoora campus.