Industry News

The Federal Government has welcomed the release of a report on carers of people with a mental illness, providing insight into what it calls ‘some of the most dedicated yet vulnerable members of our community’.

A joint international criminal investigation has culminated in the arrest of seven people in Romania for the largest credit card data theft in the county’s history.

Global giant General Electric has opened its new technology and learning centre in Perth, which is designed to support the growing oil and gas industry in the region.

The Federal Government has announced a new coordinated, whole-of-government approach to research funding, which it says will ensure that Australians will continue to reap the rewards of unprecedented investment in science and research.

The Federal Government has passed the Fair Work Amendment Bill 2012 through Parliament, enacting a number of key recommendations from the independent Fair Work Act Review.

The Federal Government has welcomed a new report that shows that more students from regional areas and disadvantaged backgrounds are at university than ever before, and more students are securing their first choice of study.

The Federal Government has introduced draft regulations of legislation that will seek to expand access to financial advice and better investor production.

The Federal Government has introduced the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Bill into Parliament, which will seek to establish the nation’s first disability insurance scheme.

Mining giant Rio Tinto has announced it will take ‘tough action’ to roll back unsustainable costs as the company faces an increasingly volatile international commodity market.

The Australian Centre of Excellence for Local Government’s (ACELG) inaugural census on the Australian locaol government workforce is set to begin on Friday 30Novemeber.

The Queensland Government has passed legislative reforms through State Parliament that it says will provide greater certainty for the mining and exploration sectors.

The Victorian Government is calling for Expressions of Interest from organisations to develop large-scale waste infrastructure projects capable of processing 100,000 tonnes of commercial and industrial waste per year.

The Tasmanian Government has unveiled plans for a $2 billion wind farm on King Island, a project that would see the State host the biggest of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere.

The University of Adelaide has announced a sophisticated new wind turbine experiment to better understand how and why turbines produce noise.

Melting of large swathes of permafrost in the Northern Hemisphere could cause a massive increase in the rate of climate change, according to a new report released by the United Nations Environment Programme.

New South Wales councils will be allowed to increase their general income by up to 3.4 per cent following a ruling by the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART).

Engineering contracting firm Theiss has announced it has been awarded two new contracts, valued at approxminately $220 million, with the BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA).

Household water prices have risen by an average of 17 per cent, while domestic consumption has fallen by 8 per cent, according to the latest data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).

Australia is sinking record quantities of cash into resources and energy projects, with the latest data showing that a record $268.4 billion has been spent on the sector this year alone, according to the Bureau of Resources and Energy Economics (BREE).

The Federal Government’s National Plan for School Improvement is set to become a reality after the introduction of the Australian Education Bill 2012, enshrining the Federal Government’s ambitious target of being n the top five school nations in the world for reading, science and maths by 2025.