Construction Equipment & Heavy Machinery Feature Articles

Roads and Maritime Services has announced the 2014 winners of its annual Construction Quality Awards, acknowledging above-average efforts in self-regulation, service innovation and ...

A one-year reduction in delays in processing approvals for resources projects will lift Australia's national output by a total of $160 billion and create an extra 69,000 jobs by ...

Queensland's independent Coordinator General has approved the construction of a 300-kilometre rail line linking the proposed Carmichael coal mine west of Moranbah to the port of ...

The national construction sector continued to grow in July, according to latest figures – its second consecutive month above the critical 50-point level separating expansion from ...

The Australian Government says it is getting on with fixing Labor's "broken infrastructure system", hosting the first industry roundtable on the Productivity Commission's inquiry ...

The latest Australian Industry Group Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index (Australian PMI®) edged into positive territory in July, following eight months of contraction, ...

The federal government is seeking feedback on the design and implementation of the new Industry Skills Fund, the $476 million programme which will underpin Australia's sustainable ...

The new $5.6 million Multi-Purpose Building Industry Training Centre in Berrimah aims to strengthen Darwin's construction sector.

The Fair Work Ombudsman has welcomed the findings of a University of Melbourne research project which examined the agency's compliance work.

The Australian Government is putting in place a 'key program' in its overall strategy to create new opportunities for investment and jobs growth in Tasmania.

Building and construction industry confidence held steady in the post-Budget period, according to the National Survey of Building and Construction for the June quarter 2014, released ...

Latest forecasts for the building and construction industry reveal a mixed outlook across three major sectors over the three-year period up to 2016-17.

An alliance of six industry associations released on Sunday (20 July) the first comprehensive analysis of the impact of rapidly escalating gas prices on the Australian economy.

Australian apprentices will be provided with government support to take up a trade and complete their training with the introduction of Trade Support Loans.

Following weeks of ambivalence, negotiation, and a marathon debate lasting more than 50 hours, Tony Abbott's carbon tax repeal bill finally reached its parliamentary frontier when ...

Three of Australia's leading groups representing businesses in critical sectors of the economy have welcomed the repeal of the carbon tax as the first step in moving towards an ...

To an injured worker, the Workers' Compensation process can seem like a maze which has been intentionally made difficult.

Clive Palmer and his PUP senators will have much to explain to voters if it does play its part in scrapping the carbon tax this week, Federal Environment Minister Greg Hunt has said. ...

An architectural design competition should be held for Badgerys Creek Airport to ensure the people of Western Sydney get a facility they can feel proud of, according to a new report ...

Innovative tunnel designs and world class motorway management systems are the key to ensuring WestConnex is safe and delivers value to Sydney motorists, according to a new report by ...