Industry News

Construction of Queensland’s Wyaralong Water Treatment Plant has ground to a halt as the State Government released its new south east Queensland bulk water pricing path.

The Queensland Government has pledged to publish quarterly performance data for Queensland’s Hospital and Health Services across the state’s local newspapers.

The Federal Government has outlined its response to the recent Review of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988, with Minister for Workplace Relations saying the Government has prioritised 21 recommendations of the report.

The Federal Government has outlined new plans that it says will make the national workplace health and safety regulator best practice.

The Queensland Government has announced the formation of a new Independent Advisory Council tasked with providing advice on flood mitigation manuals used by engineers during flood events at the Wivenhoe, Somerset and North Pine dams.

A cooling off of the resources boom, growing uncertainty and a weaker consumer spending rate have all failed to make a dent in Queensland’s Business Confidence, according to the new Westpac/CCIQ Survey of Business Conditions.

The Victorian Government has officially begun calling for industry submissions on the Federation Square East site.

Providers of MySuper products will soon be required to disclose investment risk, dollar value of fees and their investment performance in an easy to read and understand way after the Federal Government took the lid off new draft regulations.

The country’s first Enhanced Geothermal Systems generated power has begun entering the grid after Geodynamics Limited 1MWe Habanero Pilot Plant came online earlier this week.

Dwelling approvals have taken a drop in the first three moenths of 2013, reversing a strong period of growth throughout 2012, according to the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Building Approvals report.

Doctors will soon be able to tell in advance whether or not a patient will suffer an epileptic seizure, following the development of a breakthrough device.

The Queensland Government has announced it will shell out $4 million over the next two years towards the Gladstone Healthy Harbour Partnership, provided industry matches the contribution.

The Queensland Government has once again devolved into shrieking, bellicose rhetoric in continuing its self-proclaimed ‘war on green tape’ after State Environment Minister, Andrew Powell, announced changes to the management of flying fox roosts in urban areas.

Housing prices have recorded a 0.5 per cent drop in April following a solid 2.8 per cent gain over the first three months of 2013.

South Australia has launched its new Numeracy and Literacy Strategy over the last week, with the State Government claiming that it will see a significant improvement to NAPLAN results and will set annual academic targets and deliver increased information sharing with parents.

The Queensland Government has announced ‘sweeping reforms’ aimed at strengthening discipline in Queensland’s state schools by giving greater power to principals and cutting red tape.

The Queensland Government has announced that the state’s councils have applied for nearly $1 billion worth of funding from the $80 million Betterment Fund initiative.

The New South Wales Government has invited members of the ICT sector and broader general public to have their say on the formation of a new ICT use and procurement policy.

The Queensland Government has published its official response to the impressive 155 recommendations contained within the much awaited Independent Commission of Audit’s Final Report.

Darwin International Airport (DIA) has confirmed that work will begin on the $60 million expansion of the facility by the end of May this year.