Construction Equipment & Heavy Machinery Feature Articles

The federal and NSW governments are investing more than $1 billion over the forward estimates and $3.5 billion over 10 years in major infrastructure upgrades in Western Sydney in ...

The federal government's red tape repeal legislation will "slash the burden" of over regulation and associated compliance costs, according to Master Builders Australia (MBA).

The federal government has published an advance release of the Building and Construction Industry (Fair and Lawful Building Sites) Code 2014, designed to restore the rule of law and ...

Union lawlessness on South Australian building sites has reached "alarming levels", the federal government's construction watchdog says.

Housing finance data released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics point to further strength in residential construction, said the Housing Industry Association, the voice of ...

Last month the federal government introduced legislation and tabled documents to repeal over 10,000 unnecessary and counter-productive pieces of legislation and regulations. For the ...

Australia risks destroying the training capacity it will need to transform manufacturing due to governments nationwide starving and dismantling TAFEs.

The Australian Construction Industry Forum (ACIF) and the Australasian Procurement and Construction Council (APCC) have produced two important and valuable guides to help the ...

Last month the Productivity Commission released a draft report claiming missed opportunities and flawed procurement procedures were holding back public infrastructure. Ahead of the ...

Tony Abbott announced this week (Monday, April 7) Australia had finally struck a historic trade deal with Japan, a move that will allow a number of local industries – most significantly ...

Half of Australian workers worry about their work, a survey by the Centre for Workplace Leadership at the University of Melbourne has found.

The hunt has begun to discover Australia's next resources hotspots, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Industry Bob Baldwin said on Monday this week (March 31).

In May, Australian Construction Industry Forum (ACIF) will release its new Customised Forecasts Dashboard, a new data portal for businesses large and small to generate tailored ...

The latest seasonally adjusted Australian Industry Group Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index (Australian PMI) contracted again in March – down 0.7 points to 47.9 (readings ...

The Australian Made Campaign has created a video to help tell the story of the Australian Made, Australian Grown logo – Australia's only registered country-of-origin trade mark.

The extent of the red tape burden facing Australian business is highlighted in a new Australian Industry Group (Ai Group) CEO survey.

Australia's infrastructure outlook has been mapped and made public as never before with the release of the publication 'Trends', a forecast of the nation's infrastructure position ...

The Commonwealth government is undertaking a targeted review of the Australian Government Building and Construction OHS Accreditation Scheme (the Scheme), administered by the Federal ...

"The Australian Industry Group strongly welcomes the initiatives the government is taking to reduce the regulatory burden on businesses and other organisations," Australian Industry ...

"The Australian Industry Group (Ai Group) welcomes the release today (14 March) of the Terms of Reference for the Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption," says ...