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National Australia Bank (NAB) and the Export Finance and Insurance Corporation (EFIC) have signed a Master Working capital Agreement that will assist Australian exports gain ready access to additional working capital to finance export contracts.

Published on: FinanceCareer

The Federal Government has announced significant changes to the country’s visa pricing system as it shifts to a ‘user-pays’ system.

 

Published on: GovernmentCareer - Federal

The country’s Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) continue to remain risk averse, according to the latest survey conducted by professional services firm Deloitte.

Published on: ExecutiveCareer

Demand for skilled labour in the oil and gas industries is continuing to show growth, according to Hays’ Oil and Gas Global Job Index.

Published on: ResourcesCareer

Mining giant Rio Tinto has released its third quarter 2012 operations review, showing it has posted a record quarterly Pilbara iron ore production.

Published on: ResourcesCareer

The Federal Government has announced Darwin-based construction company, Norbuilt, as the winning bidder for upgrading to the Central Arnhem Road and other major local infrastructure upgrades.

Published on: EngineeringCareer

Queensland Mining Corporation has announced it has commenced mining at the company’s Young Australian copper project in Queensland’s northwest.

 

Published on: ResourcesCareer

International shipping giant Maersk has announced more cuts to its Asia-Europe trade, citing falling demand for the trading route.

Published on: LogisticsCareer

The Tasmanian Parliament has passed legislation that will see the state join the country’s first National Rail Safety Regulator.

 

Tasmania and South Australia are now the first two states to join the NRSR, which from January next year will see all of the country’s railways come under a single regulator.

 

The NRSR forms part of a broad reform push that will see 23 state-based maritime, rail and heavy vehicle regulatory bodies reduced to just three.

 

The national rail safety regulator, headed up by Rob Andrews, will be based in Adelaide and have oversight of the country’s urban passenger rail networks and interstate freight operations.

 

 

Published on: LogisticsCareer

The Victorian Government has announced Melbourne has been selected as the host for the Penny Archade Expo Australia in 2013 and 2014.

Published on: ICTCareer

The newly minted Northern Territory Government has outlined its key priorities for the coming months, with Chief Minister Terry Mills saying a number of key reforms are on the agenda.

Published on: GovernmentCareer - State

The Queensland Government has announced the appointment of a financial controller in a bid to reverse the fortunes of the struggling Torres Strait Island Regional Council.

 

Published on: GovernmentCareer - Local

CommSec has released its highly anticipated quarterly State of the States report, with Western Australia declared the shining star of the Australian economy, coming either 1st or 2nd out of seven of the eight key indicators.

Published on: FinanceCareer

The Federal Government has announced that giant manta ray is now protected under national environmental law.

 

Published on: GreenCareer

Oil and petroleum giant BP has announced it has started work on the construction of the $20 million expansion of its Largs North Terminal.

Published on: EngineeringCareer

The South Australian Government has welcomed the breaking of the political deadlock that will allow for the progression of the nationally harmonised Work Health and Safety legislation.

Published on: GovernmentCareer - State

The Federal Government has announced a suite of measures designed to improve quad bike safety at a recent forum of farmers, unions and industry representatives on the safety of All Terrain Vehicles (ATVs).

Published on: OHSCareer

The Victorian Minister for Local Government Jeanette Powell has said this year’s local government elections stand to revitalise the sector.

Published on: GovernmentCareer - Local

The Queensland Government has announced it will convene a three-member implementation committee to oversee the recommencement of uranium mining in the state.

Published on: ResourcesCareer

Workplace health and safety specialist SafetyCulture has released the next version of their OHS workplace auditor app.

 

Published on: OHSCareer

Parsons Brinckerhoff has won the tender to construct a 20MW GE TM2500 turbine for Horizon Power at Karratha in Western Australia’s Pilbara region.

Published on: EngineeringCareer

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For the last few weeks we have been bogged down in the very Earthly matters of royalty, budgets, politics, humanity and celebrity - all good prompts to look away, up into the infinite. 

Health authorities, politicians and scientists have been slowly introducing the world to the concept of ‘One Health’ - an all-inclusive approach to health that extends from the human body right through the global environment. 

This year’s Nobel Prizes honour discoveries that unwind our notion of truth, our understanding of ourselves and the human story, the complexities of cells and the very basics of the universe. 

XENOTRANSPLANTATION - sounds like something that would happen to an ill-fated crew member in Star Trek, but it is also a technical term for using non-human parts to treat or enhance our own bodies. 

I am Tim Hall; a red-blooded, beer-drinking, car-driving Australian male who has no interest in watching sports – at least, not the sports played by humans.

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