Industry News

A new report released by the Total Environment Centre (TEC) has found that consumers are increasingly demanding to know how clean their power is.

The Federal Government is calling for contribution from the broader community to assist in designing the ‘ultimate model for job services in Australia’, with the first series of a nationwide stakeholder sessions held in Hobart last week.

Fibre serves from the National Broadband Network (NBN) have been switched on in the Tasmanian Capital, with the service now extended to 1,800 homes and businesses in South Hobart.

Private health insurance premiums are set to increase by an average of 5.6 per cent from April, according to the latest figures released by the Federal Government.

Tasmania’s Tarkine region will become the 98^th area protected under the National Heritage List following the Federal Government’s final ruling.

Tasmania has rolled out a publicity campaign aimed at courting large-scale oil and gas industry players by selling the state as a prime base for offshore oil and gas operations.

Seven of the country’s eight capital cities recorded a bump in housing prices for the December quarter, according to the latest figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

The Australian Industry Group (AI Group) and Housing Industry Association’s latest Australian Performance of Construction Index (PCI) has shown recorded a further 2.6 per cent slump, ending at 36.2 points in January - where readings below 50 indicate a contraction and the distance from 50 the strength of the contraction.

The Global Network of Director Institutes (GNDI) has released a study into the positive outcomes of having a diverse board in place, and argues that using a mandatory quota is the best way of achieving the related positive outcomes.

Queensland residents in the Livingstone, Douglas and Mareeba will be able to vote on de-amalgamation in March, with a simple answer of 'yes' or 'no' on voting forms.

A new round of scholarships offered by the South Australian Government will see 25 South Australian women undertake an intensive training course run by the Australian Institute of Company Directors to give them a foot up the corporate ladder.

Legislation that locks in the additional 450 gigalitres of environmental flow for the Murray-Darling Basin has passed the Lower House, meaning that the $1.77 billion in additional funding is set to flow through to the river.

The Essential Services Commission of South Australia (ESCOSA) has released its draft determination paper on water revenues in South Australia for the 2013-14 year, which the Commission claims would see a significant drop in household water prices.

The South Australian Government has announced the appointment of two senior public servants to assist in establishing the Health Reform Advisory Committee (HRAC) which will drive the Government's reform agenda of the Department of Health and Ageing.

The Federal and Victorian Governments have announced it has selected Visionstream to install electronic freeway management technology along the West Gate Freeway, with work expected to commence mid this year.

Mirvac Group has announced a significant reshuffle of its executive team, in what it calls a move to ‘better leverage its integrated model and maximise expertise of the senior executives within the Group’.

The Federal Government has released data that shows that there are now more indigenous children than ever before with access to preschool or kindergarten programs, making it likely that efforts to see all indigenous four-year-olds living in remote communities will have access to early childhood education by 2013 will be met this year.

Childcare company G8 Education has announced it has accepted the resignation of Karenlee Lacey as the group’s Chief Executive Officer after serving three months in the role.

Global advertising agency M&C Saatchi has announced the appointment of Jaimes Leggett as the group’s new CEO.

Unemployment has remained steady at 5.4 per cent in January, according to statistics released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).