Industry News

The Federal Government has hailed the passage of legislation through Parliament that locks in equal pay increases for 150,000 social and community services (SACS) workers.

The Queensland Government has announced that new plumbing laws aimed at significantly reducing red tape, delays and costs for industry, local governments and consumers have begun operation.

71 Queensland councils have applied to share in $60 million worth of funding from the State Government’s Royalties for Regions (R4R).

LNG giant BG Group has announced it has signed a Heads of Agreement (HOA with China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) for the sale of its Curtis LNG project for $1.93 billion.

Federal, State and Territory Education Ministers will provide advice to the Council of Ausralian Government meeting in December about the core elements of the National Plan for School Improvement, which aims to lift the Australian schooling system into the top five in the world by 2025.

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has announced it has formed an internal taskforce to examine the failure of Victorian debenture issuer Banksia Securities Limited with a view to review the broader regulation surrounding the Australian unlisted debenture sector.

Australians are increasingly more inclined to dig deep for charity, despite softening of the economy, according to the NAB’s inaugural Charitable Giving Index.

The Federal Opposition has pledged to conduct a review of Australia’s financial services sector should it win government next election, which it says will translate into more competitive and transparent banking for Australians.

The Australian National University’s Professor Ken Freeman has been awarded the 2012 Prime Minister’s Prize for Science for almost 50 years of dedicated work in shaping and changing the human view of galaxies and the universe.

The Victorian Government has officially opened the new $2.2 million Water treatment Plant at Whitfield.

The Western Australian Government has announced a new plan to ensure the maintenance of the high quality of Esperance’s drinking water.

The Northern Territory Government has announced the appointment of Peter Shoyer as the Territory’s new Ombudsman.

The Queensland Government has released the Great Barrier Reef Ports Strategy, outlining the State Government’s approach to future port development and planning in the Great Barrier Reef region.

The Queensland Government has introduced legislation before Parliament that will see the creation of an R+18 rating for video games, similar to that of films and TV.

The design of a novel vaccine that disarms the bad properties of chlamydia has seen Connor O’Meara take out the AusBiotech-GSK Student Excellence Award.

East Gippsland Water has announced the appointment of Bruce Hammond as the company’s new Managing Director, returning to the organisation he worked for over fifteen years ago.

The University of Western Australia (UWA) has officially opened its new rural medicine and natural resource management centre.

The Federal Government has announced additional funding for water projects and industry support in the Riverland area of South Australia.

The Federal Government’s amendments to the Water Act which set the provision for an additional 450 gigalitres of environmental flow for the Murray-Darling, have passed the house of representatives.

Monash University has been voted Australia’s best University from which to hire graduates for a second year running.