Material Handling & Lifting Equipment Feature Articles

With the Copenhagen climate change negotiations looming large, the Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA) has been working closely with the World Green Building Council (WorldGBC) ...

This year – the year of the global financial crisis (GFC) – was meant to be the year of trade Armageddon.

The trucking industry of Australia (led by the Australian Trucking Association and its member organisations), seeks to engage the support of all participants in the supply chain to ...

A recent report from the Coca Cola Retail Research Council summarises extensive research on fresh food and fresh food safety in Asia.

Despite tough economic conditions, companies are working hard to retain and build their workforce, says AIG’s National CEO Survey.

The amendment is to update some of the legal references such as the harmonised set of Notices and a Statement of Policy covering both dairy and non-dairy products.

Innovative practices and new technologies are making Australian concrete framed construction among the most cost effective and efficient multi-rise solutions in the world today.

Chair of Safe Work Australia, Mr Tom Phillips AM, has announced the release of three guidance publications for the stevedoring industry – Working Safely on the Waterfront, Working ...

A water delegation of prominent officials from the United States and Mexico has been assembled by the Australian Trade Commission (Austrade), to showcase Australian expertise in ...

An international survey of Australian manufacturing companies confirms that good managers are the key to successful businesses and highlights where Australian managers need to improve. ...

The Climate Ready Program offers matching grants from $50,000 to $5 million to support research and development, proof-of-concept and early-stage commercialisation activities to ...

Darwin-based innovators now have access to a secure intellectual property (IP) lodgement service thanks to a new initiative by Federal Government agency IP Australia and Australia ...

The Government will enhance the investigative powers of the ACCC by amending the Trade Practices Act to allow the ACCC to conduct random audits under the Franchising Code and other ...

Chair of the Safe Work Australia Council, Mr Tom Phillips AM, has announced the release of two research reports on engineered nanomaterials.

Following recent, extensive stakeholder consultation, a revised approach to Standards Australia’s way of operating has been developed in conjunction with, and supported by, the ...

Tourism Australia has kicked-off Dreamtime 2009, its Australian incentive travel showcase designed to keep Australia’s sellers on the radar of influential buyers from around the ...

WorkCover NSW has issued a reminder to operators who work with gas supply lines and gas installations to use adequate safety precautions.

“You can make money by greening your bottom-line,” an internationally respected de-carbonisation and sustainability expert told Australian businesses last week.

The Australian Industry Group/Deloitte CEO survey, Skilling Business in Tough Times, has highlighted the strong pressures on employment and training during the downturn and the ...

NSW Business Chamber has welcomed the release of the Report on State Finances saying it represented a better than expected outcome for NSW following the global financial crisis.