Industry News

The Institute of Charted Accountants Australia (ICAA) has announced the makeup of its Board for 2013, with Tim Gullifer taking the position of President.

Innovation is increasingly considered a key to growing profits, according to a new global survey of Millennials.

The Federal Government has announced employers have started receiving the Commonwealth’s share of social and community sector workers’ pay rises from the $2.8 billion Pay Equity Special Account.

Australia’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose 0.1 per cent to finish at 5.4 per cent in the December quarter of 2012.

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose by just 0.2 per cent in the December quarter 2012, according to the latest round of data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).

The Federal Government has announced the formation of a review into the Franchising Code of Conduct, with Minister for Small Business, Brendan O’Connor, calling for submissions from the franchising sector.

The CSIRO has launched the nation’s largest publica0funded research initiative focused on the digital economy.

Queensland Water Minister Mark McArdle has started a regional tour of south east Queensland councils to cover electricity and water supply issues facing the state’s regional councils.

The Western Australian Government has announced it will introduce a minimum literacy and numeracy assessment in year 10 from 2014 onwards.

The New South Wales Government has announced it has received 44 recommendations from an inquiry into insolvencies in the state’s construction industry.

Engineering firm Down EDI has announced it has been awarded a new rail infrastructure tender in New South Wales, valued at over $90 million.

A new report released by global recruitment specialists, Hays, has found that supply chain coordinators, transport managers and supply chain managers are all enjoying a boom in employment demand.

The Queensland Resources Council (QRC) has reiterated its staunch opposition to cash bidding for exploration tenures.

South Australia is on the verge of a shale oil boom after two separate prospective resource reports confirmed a massive reserve of oil, which initial estimates value at in excess of $20 trillion.

Whitehaven Coal has welcomed the announcement by the New South Wales Planning Assessment Commission (PAC) that it has approved the proposed expansion to the Tarrawonga Coal Mine Expansion Project in north west New South Wales.

The Federal and Victorian Governments have announced planning funding will be made available for the proposed western Interstate Freight Terminal (WIFT), a facility that has the potential to take over 700,000 trucks off the city’s rouads.

BlueScope Steel has announced it will be reducing its workforce at Western Port in Hastings, Victoria. The company has made it clear that the redundancies are due to a fall in demand for construction materials and the broader pressures on the manufacturing sector.

Shipping Australia has announced the appointment of Commodore Rod Nairn as interim CEO in the lead up to Llew Russel’s retirement this year.

Comcare has announced it has lodged an appeal with the High Court of Australia to overturn a previous Federal Court ruling that backed a compensation claim made by a Commonwealth employee who sustained an injury during sex, on a business trip.

The Northern Territory Government has announced it expects amendments to existing assault legislation to better protect people at work will pass Parliament in the next sitting in February.