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The coalition party room has agreed to ditch the Clean Energy Target (CET) proposed by Chief Scientist Alan Finkel in favor of something called the National Energy Guarantee (NEG).
Logistics, Resources - Steel Making A Comeback In Cars And Trucks
Automakers are having to rethink their supply chains, now that new varieties of lighter, stronger steel are changing the ways that cars and trucks are made.
World AM News Briefs For Tuesday, 17 October 2017
Good Morning Australia!! - The world (America) stabs the Kurds in the back (again) - Australia lifts its human rights profile - Is China's Xi Jinping the most-powerful person in the world? - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:
Research - Crashing Stars Prove Einstein's Theory, Make Space Jewelry
The collision of two neutron stars in deep space created ripples in the fabric of space-time, just as Physicist Albert Einstein predicted in 1916 with his theory of general relativity.
Health - Cutting Soft Drink Sugar Will Save Lives
Australia's obesity crisis could effectively be reversed and 155,000 lives would be saved annually by slashing the amount of sugar in soft drinks, according to a new study.
World AM News Briefs For Monday, 16 October 2017
Good Morning Australia!! - The death toll in the Mogadishu bombing skyrockets - Tillerson will work with North Korea "until the first bomb drops" - Israel's PM lashes out at police in a growing corruption investigation - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:
World News Briefs For Sunday, 15 October 2017
Hello Australia!! - Harvey Weinstein is expelled from Hollywood's elite inner circle - Pyongyang threatens Oz - A hostage emerges from Afghanistan with a horror story - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:
World News Briefs For Saturday, 14 October 2017
Hello Australia!! - Trump throws a spanner in the Iran Nuclear Deal - Prosecutors refuse to back down from long-awaited genocide trial - Japan Inc.'s latest scandal might have you asking if the materials inside your car are up to safety standards - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:
Executive, OHS, State Government - QLD Passes Industrial Manslaughter Law
The Queensland Parliament passed legislation that could result in senior corporate executives facing manslaughter charges over deaths in the workplace.
Green, Energy - Chevron Drops Plans To Drill Great Australian Bight
Multi-national energy giant Chevron cited low oil prices for cancelling its plans to drill for oil in the Great Australian Bight.
World AM News Briefs For Friday, 13 October 2017
Good Morning Australia!! - Another day of Donald Trump and crew doing rotten things for rotten reasons - US Lawmakers want the truth about Puerto Rico's hurricane damage - How Twitter missed the mark in the wake of Weinstein - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:
Government - Hamas And Fatah Reach Gaza Deal
The Palestinian group Hamas which controls Gaza has reached a deal to end its decade-long rift with the Fatah faction which runs the Palestinian Authority from the West Bank.
Government - UK Downgrades Trump Visit
Donald Trump will visit the UK next year, but it won't be a state visit not will he get the royal reception he's been courting.
World AM News Briefs For Thursday, 12 October 2017
Good Morning Australia!! - Spain's Rajoy is calling Catalonia's bluff - The troubling reason why Tillerson called Trump a "Moron" - I'm not sure how rap battles work, but I think Eminem is now the President of the United States of America - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:
HR, Trades, Health - Olympic Tradie Dies Of Overwork
A Labor Standards Inspection Office in Tokyo has ruled that a 23-year old Tradie's suicide earlier this year was caused by the long work hours he was putting in at the main venue of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics.
Green, Government, Energy - Residents Win Fukushima Payout
A Japanese court has ruled against the government and the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) in the largest case yet over the 2011 triple melt-through at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.
World AM News Briefs For Wednesday, 11 October 2017
Good Morning Australia!! - The flood gates have opened in Hollywood's biggest sex harassment scandal - Is the US Media looking at the Hollywood scandal with politicized eyes? - Officials fear a higher death toll in the Wine Country wildfires - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:
Logistics - Growing Australia's Logistics Sector
Australia's growing logistics and warehousing industries have shown impressive growith in 2016 and are predicted to expand in worth to AU$187 Billion by the year 2021.
Green, Government, Health - Trump, Pruitt Lift Obama-era Coal Restrictions
Declaring that an imagined "war on coal is over", US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) chief Scott Pruitt declared war on clean air and the climate by announcing plans to repeal an Obama Administration policy to cut greenhouse gas emissions produced by power plants.
World AM News Briefs For Tuesday, 10 October 2017
Good Morning Australia!! - The High Court will deliberate if a handful of lawmakers are indeed fair dinkum Aussies (heh, I always wanted to do that) - Wildfires race through some of California's most beautiful country - Spanish secessionists get no love from the EU - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:
Health - UN Fights Plague Outbreak
The United Nations World Health Organization has rushed millions of doses of antibiotics of Madagascar to fight an outbreak of plague.