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Master Builders' latest Survey of Industry Conditions for the June 2014 quarter reveals improved residential and commercial sector conditions despite a third successive downward ...

Australia's continued shift from heavy industrial manufacturing to higher value-added, technologically advanced manufacturing may be inevitable in the next ten years, but the skills ...

SA Premier the Hon. Jay Weatherill announced the state's top ten economic priorities to shape the future of the State at a CEDA forum in Adelaide.

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 ...

Australia risks being left behind as the only country in the OECD that does not have a national science and technology, or innovation policy, an expert told a packed forum recently. ...

Renewable energy investment is likely to be cheaper and a lower risk for Australia, since rising and uncertain gas prices make baseload gas-fired electricity high risk and high cost, ...

A novel method of ultra-high intensity blasting could improve mine productivity – potentially saving mining companies million of dollars annually, research done by Australian scientists ...

Australian automotive suppliers will be able to access assistance to diversify into other sectors with the $20 million Automotive Diversification Programme, which opened to applications ...

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 former Labor government's plan to connect over 90 per cent of Australian businesses to the NBN was an "impossible assignment" for a start-up company, according to an independent ...

Uterne solar power plant in Alice Springs will quadruple in size with funding from Epuron and SunPower Corp. The investment will bring clean energy to around 1,000 Alice Springs ...

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 ...

Sky-rocketing costs of doing business in Australia are driving mining multinationals to pursue overseas projects, according to Hancock Prospecting Chairwoman Gina Rinehart.

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 constant innovation push in the world of 3D printing has led to the launch of the world's first braille mobile phone in Australia for people who are blind.

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.

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.