Industry News

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has launched a new campaign to help re-unite Australians with their lost money, after the total amount of unclaimed cash had risen to a record $667 million, an increase of more than $40 million from 2011.

The New South Wales Government has unveiled new powers that will enable the Minister for Local Government to suspend ‘misbehaving’ councils.

The Queensland Government has passed what it calls ‘the biggest reform of Local Government in a generation’, saying it will fundamentally change the way Local Government do business.

Consumer sentiment has recorded a 5.2 per cent bounce, with the Westpac Melbourne Institute of Consumer Index tracking it at 99.2 points in October to 104.3 points in November.

The Federal Government’s Austrade-led mining mission to Ghana and Burkina Faso has begun earlier this week, which the Government says will give businesses a unique opportunity to explore opportunities in the region.

The number of passengers moving through Australian airports will double to 279 million  within the coming two decades, according to new findings released by the Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE).

The Federal Government has released new research that reveals over 1800 Australian parents are diagnosed every week with post and antenatal depression at a cost of $433 million to the economy.

The International Energy Agency (IEA) has released its 2012 World Energy Outlook, concluding that the global energy map is changing in a ‘dramatic fashion’ and that changes will recast expectations about the role of different countries, regions and fuels in the global energy system over the coming decades.

Two innovative Australian methods of carbon accounting in the architecture and engineering sectors have been established to be leaders in the global field according to recent research of international conducted by Curtin and Murdoch Universities.

A report released by the Australian Solar Council (ASC) and WWF has found that making Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) funded projects additional to the Renewable Energy Target (RET) would result in a renewables sector boom at little to no cost to consumers.

The Federal Government has announced a series of three new water purchasing tenders in the Queensland Lower Balonne region of the Murray-Darling Basin.

Children born prematurely are significantly more likely to suffer brain developmental problems in their teenage years, according to new research conducted by the University of Adelaide.

Leading financial and economic expert Professor Jennifer Corbett has been appointed as Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research and Research Training) at the Australian National University.

Tasmania will now have a single, statewide water and sewerage entity following the passage of legislation through State Parliament.

The Tasmanian Government has tabled legislation before State Parliament that it says paves the way for major reforms of the State’s electricity industry.

The Tasmanian Government has successfully passed mental health legislation that seeks to ensure human rights of mental health consumers are strictly observed.

The South Australian Government has announced it will grant the extension to the indenture for the BHP Billiton Olympic Dam expansion works.

The South Australian Government has called on South Australians to help identify key areas where Government can make more major cuts to regulatory burden.

New results released by the Council of Australian Governments’ (COAG) Reform Council show a ‘baffling gap’ in the engagement of young Australians in work and study.

Mount Isa’s new Doppler weather radar has officially commenced operations, providing forecasting and coverage to the densely populated town centre and large areas of Queensland’s northwest for the first time.