Automation & Control Feature Articles

The rejection by the Senate of the Carbon Pollution Seduction Scheme legislation provides an opportunity to iron out remaining flaws in scheme design and timing, but should not be ...

The Minister for Workplace Relations, Julia Gillard, has announced the three specialist members of Fair Work Australia's Minimum Wage Panel.

Manufacturing activity grew for the fourth consecutive month in November with the latest Australian Industry Group - PricewaterhouseCoopers Australian Performance of Manufacturing ...

South Australia has all the skills, resources and institutional framework required to create a new national export industry servicing the land and water clean-up needs of site ...

Dealing with an unproductive staff can be a challenge for even the most experienced leader. There could be many reasons that are feeding the productivity problem, and once the issue ...

The dramatic plunge in Australia's non-residential building sector during 2008/09 is set to be halted by the large injections of government funds flowing into the education and health ...

NSW’s largest business organisation, NSW Business Chamber, said attempts to regiment Australian workers back into a strict 9-5pm working day focused on hours worked rather than on ...

The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI), Australia’s largest and most representative business organisation, has called on the Australian Government and Federal Opposition ...

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

WorkSafe has commenced an inspection campaign to look at safety standards in fish wholesaling workplaces.

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 the economic effects of the global financial crisis (GFC), carbon dioxide emissions from human activities rose 2 per cent in 2008 to an all-time high of 1.3 tonnes of carbon ...

The environment and its close association with energy and water conservation are becoming increasingly important to Australians, but not the Northern Territory.

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

The Australian Government, in collaboration with state and territory governments, is seeking comments on the National Water Initiative (NWI) pricing principles and the consultation ...

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.

A new CSIRO research centre to help transform Australian electricity networks and lower greenhouse gas emissions has been opened at the CSIRO Energy Centre in Newcastle, NSW.

This month's issue of the Export Finance & Insurance Corporation (EFIC) newsletter, World Risk Developments, looks at a series of both positive and negative developments for investors ...

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 ...