Archived News for Industry Professionals - March, 2020
The major mining lobby has labelled new economic stimulus “good news” for mining juniors.
New law for asbestos regulators
Work safety regulators are being given new powers to deal with prohibited asbestos when it is found in a workplace.
Rail upgrades trailing
Allegations have been raised about the misuse of public funds in a $440 million rail project.
Sub study plugs nuclear option
Australia's $80 billion Future Submarine Program is “dangerously off track”, according to a new report.
Supply and demand issues for oil
Oil prices have seen their biggest week of losses since 2008, rocked by pandemic issues in a market flooded by Saudi Arabia and its allies.
Gas regulation found lacking
An official report has questioned compliance in Queensland’s CSG regulation.
Locals vocal over tunnel dump
Over a thousand Victorians have turned out to protest plans to store contaminated soil in a former coal mine.
More charges for dodgy stockpiling
An industrial chemicals firm has been accused of new stockpiling offences.
NT job scheme run from QLD
The NT Government has handed a contract for its $89 million Local Jobs Fund to a Queensland firm.
Pledge to boost bushfire help
The Federal Drought Minister says the states will get more support in delivering financial help to bushfire-affected businesses.
Australia buys offshore oil
The Federal Government has struck a deal to tap into the US government’s tightly guarded emergency fuel reserves.
Gas rights on outback rivers
The Queensland Government has given energy company Santos extended rights to explore environmentally significant areas for potential commercial gas extraction.
Sims slams gas approval
The head of the ACCC says the gas industry has mislead governments into approving projects that kill Australian jobs.
Trillions at play in tech report
A new report says the technology to reach negative emissions by the 2040s is already available.
Court set for Linc leaders
Five former executives will stand trial over a failed coal gasification plant.
Developer's deeds detailed
A Victorian court has heard more details of ‘astroturfing’ by developers trying to buy approval.
Aquifers could stave off evaporation
Experts say Australia should ‘bank water’ by using aquifers as giant underground storage tanks.
Pollution costs top war
Air pollution appears to shorten people's lives more that wars, malaria, HIV/AIDS and smoking.