Archived News for Industry Professionals - September, 2014
A community campaign has been launched to stop the partial privatisation of the New South Wales power network.
Experts question aim of mining change
The mining tax is gone and the superannuation guarantee has been frozen, in a move seen as oddly contradictory by economic experts.
Roads money locked after needless delay
Legislation has passed in the Senate to continue funding for the Roads to Recovery scheme to 2019, but it has received a mixed reaction from local government bodies.
Soft glow lights path to safer crossings
One New South Wales council is striding into a safe and stylish future, installing 400 metre glow-in-the-dark path over its railway.
Five hundred jobs cut from vital local aid
Immigration Department funding cuts mean the Red Cross will cut 500 asylum seeker support jobs.
Queensland sets scene for new drilling means
The Queensland Government is getting into newer, deeper forms of gas and oil drilling, which could bring big risks for water supplies.
Shots fired to fix sad state of STEM
Australia's chief scientist wants a greater focus towards the skills that will drive the future economy.
Big business rails against effective change
A large section of Australia’s business community is in uproar about new competition laws, which they claim will make big businesses responsible for the finances of their competitors.
Dump plan spoiled, will be re-drawn
The plans to dump dredge spoil from the Abbot Point coal port expansion at sea will be changed.
Four deaths pinned on Labor's hasty negligence
A damning review has found the so-called ‘pink batts scheme’ sacrificed safety for speed, for which four young men paid with their lives.
Jobs drift on gas inaction, Combet says
A former climate change minister says coal seam gas is the solution to soaring energy costs and carbon reduction needs.
Roy Hill poised for prolific export period
Gina Rinehart’s $10 billion Roy Hill iron ore mine is entering its seriously profitable phase.
Text message starts Burton sacking spree
A contractor for Peabody Energy has rushed to apologise for sacking around 100 workers via text message.
Work changes slip through scrutiny
Moves are being made on the federal government’s industrial reform agenda, with very little media or public reaction.