Archived News for Industry Professionals
The Victorian Government has announced the membership of the new Industry Skills Consultative Committee (ISCC), which will be tasked with advising the Government on shaping the State’s future vocational training system.
Act on COAG reforms now or suffer the consequences warns ALC
The Managing Director of the Australian Logistics Council (ALC) has warned a meeting of the nation’s top logistics minds that the industry risks stagnation in productivity gains if the transport reforms proposed by the Council of Australian Government’s (COAG) are not fully implemented.
Energy future a mixed bag finds UQ
Coal will continue to serve as an important contributor to the Australia’s future energy production, according to a new report released by the University of Queensland.
Gladstone Ports Corporation on the hunt for new chief
The Gladstone Ports Coproriation has announced that it will soon commence the search for a new Chief Executive Officer after Leo Zussino steps down in September.
Government announces Industry Innovation Precincts
The Federal Government has announced it will contribute $504 million to establish 10 new Industry Innovation Precincts in an attempt to drive productivity, improve connections between business and the research sector and modernise the country’s industry to compete more successfully in global markets.
SKM celebrates Peninsula Link opening
Construction project delivery specialist firm Sinclair Knight Merz (SKM) has celebrated the opening of the new Penenisula Link freeway in Victoria, marking the first major road project to be delivered by the Availability Public Private Partnership (PPP) in Australia.
WA mines notch up safest year yet
Western Australia has confirmed that there were no fatalities in the state’s mines in 2012, marking the first time in over a century that the state’s mining sector has escaped without a single death.
Government outlines $1 billion jobs plan
The Federal Government has outlined a $1 billion plan it claims will secure economic growth for the future by boosting innovation, productivity and competitiveness.
HIA scholarships announced
The Housing Industry Association has announced the recent scholarship winners of the prestigious Build Your Future program.
Home lending hits lacklustre end to 2012
New home lending rates recorded a lacklustre end to 2012, according to the latest aBS Housing Finance statistics.
Industry calls for code's scrapping
The Australian Industry Group (AI Group) has lent its voice to the increasingly clamour calling for the scrapping of the Building Cod 2013, citing ‘numerous interpretation and application problem which have come to light’.
NCVER to rollout employer skills survey
The National Centre for Vocational Education Research has announced that employers across the country will be contacted in the coming weeks as part of its Survey of Australian Employers in a bid to identify the ways they meet their skill needs and how effective their strategies are.
NHVR Bill passes Queensland Parliament
12 separate pieces of Federal and State legislation spanning 8,000 pages will now be consolidated into a single law after the Queensland Government passed the Heavy Vehicle National Law Amendment Bill through State Parliament.
North-west Tasmania set to boom
Mineral exports coming through the Burnie port are set to boom after the Riley mine in the North West Coast of the State comes online.
Rio Tinto announces executive reshuffle
Fresh from posting its first loss in nearly two decades, mining giant Rio Tinto has announced a reshuffle of its executive leadership.
Rio Tinto posts first loss in decades
Incoming Rio Tinto Chief Executive, Sam Walsh, has made some candid admissions in the posting of the results of the year ended in December, saying the company will have to reprioritise with delivering greater value for its shareholders, setting out his vision for the company after the departure of his predecessor Tom Albanese.
Air Pacific on the hunt for new Chief
Air Pacific has announced its Managing Director and CEO, David Pflieger, will be stepping down from his position following the completion of his three-year contract in May to return home to the United States.
FIFO practice a 'cancer' finds Committee
The Rural Australian Committee has handed down its report into fly-in-fly-out work practices, slamming it as a “cancer on the bush.”
New CEO for Hastings development authority
Former Australian Defence Force Command, Lieutenant Colonel (Ret.) Mike Lean has been named as the inaugural Chief Executive Officer of the Port of Hastings Development Authority.
NT to supply gas to Gove
The Northern Territory Government has announced it will release enough gas to keep the Gove alumina refinery open for the next 10 years.
Queensland approves oil shale industry
The Queensland Government has announced that it will allow the development of a commercial oil shale industry under ‘strict environmental conditions’.