Industry News

Energy giant Chevron has announced it has enjoyed further drilling success in the Exmouth Plateau area, near the Carnarvon Basin in Western Australia.

The 12-year boom in engineering works stretching back to 2001 has come to an abrupt halt, according to business research specialist BIS Shrapnel.

The Federal Government has announced the tender to deliver the Pimlico to Teven Pacific Highway upgrade is now open, with interested companies now having until 29 May to submit their bids.

Energy giant Santos has announced it has committed to a $100 million drilling and appraisal program over the coming 12 months in the onshore Mereenie field in the Northern Territory.

WorkCover NSW has urged the state’s employers to and their staff to remember those who have died in the workplace on 28 April, the International Day of Mourning.

Safe Work Australia has renewed its push for quad bike manufacturers to immediately reconsider their decision not to install crush protection devices to quad bikes.

WorkSafe Victoria has announced it is continuing with investigations into the collapse of a wall in Melbourne that led to the tragic deaths of three pedestrians at the construction site in the city’s north.

Excellence in the field of workplace health and safety has been acknowledged on the national scale once again, with the winners of this years 8^th annual Safe Work Australia Awards named at a gala ceremony at the Old Parliament House earlier this week.

Chinese petrochemical and plastics giant Qenos has officially opened its new $195 million manufacturing centre in Melbourne’s west.

The Victorian Government has announced it has given the green light for a $36 million public transport project for the delivery of increased tram services to Melbourne’s Docklands precinct.

Australians now have a memorial to pay tribute to those killed by workplace accidents or diseases, after the Federal Government officially unveiled the National Workers Memorial in Canberra earlier this week.

The nation’s airports will need a drastic increase in infrastructure investment in order to cater for the projected booms in passenger number, a new report from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has found.

Master Builders Australia has come out swinging at the Federal Government’s renewed campaign against apparent abuses of 457 working visas.

Master Builders Australia (MBA) has expressed grave misgivings over the proposed changes to compliance testing by the National Skills Standards Council (NSSC).

Data storage specialists NEXTDC has announced it has secured a deal with Optus that will see the telco deliver its new range of enterprise cloud, data centre and IP network services to NEXTDC customers.

Internet Service Provider TPG has launched its new 1Gbps link between Sydney and Singapore for its business customers who need superfast and reliable access between the two points.

New South Wales gas and electricity customers will see a electricity price increase of 3 per cent and an average gas price increase of 8.6 per cent under the proposed pricing structure released by the NSW Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART).

The growing demand for apartment dwellings in Australia is set to stabilise, with demand for housing expected to grow as the 20-34 year old cohort enters the next stage of their domestic life, according to a new report from business research specialist BIS Shrapnel.

Australians are increasingly feeling the hip pocket pain of the health care system, with the average Aussie paying over $1,000 per year to cover the gap left between Medicare and private health insurance according to the latest report published by the Consumers Health Forum (CHF).

Construction of a new three-storey wing of Melbourne’s Northern Hospital is set to go ahead after the State Government has pledged $29 million for its construction.