Construction Equipment & Heavy Machinery Feature Articles

Only 38 per cent of Generation X, tertiary qualified women participating in a long-running University of Melbourne study or work full-time, compared to 90 per cent of Generation X, ...

Feature of the week: Although the government has delayed its Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme until at least 2013, it is still in the interest of businesses in all sectors to start ...

The first international conference held in Australia to discuss the science and options for adapting to climate change begins on the Gold Coast on Tuesday 29 June.

The June quarter 2010 ACCI-Westpac Survey of Industrial Trends showed a marked softening of manufacturers’ General Business Sentiment for the second half of 2010, amidst softening ...

Feature of the week: Logistics and haulage firms are up in arms over a new wave of registration and fuel charges to be introduced across the country from 1 July, 2010.

Over 27,000 ships visited Australian ports in 2007-08. As the point of entry and exit of over $300 billion in goods, or 70% of all imports and 80% of exports by value, Australia's ...

Feature of the week: Every year Australian businesses purchase millions of computers, printers and televisions, and throw out their old ones.

The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry has renewed calls for Australia's banks to make a greater effort to understand and meet the needs of the small business sector following ...

The Construction sector in Australia is worth $172 billion, and a significant share of this revenue comes from engineering and infrastructure construction particularly for mining, ...

Feature of the week: Skelton Sherborne has released their April 2010 Shipping Index, which reports a 27% fall in machinery imports from March, when a positive surge of 103% had been ...

Where there is emotional intelligence in the workplace, there are likely to be happy, and productive employees who work as a team.

Feature of the week: With the highest average solar radiation per square meter of any continent in the world, Australia should be one of the hubs for the development of solar power. ...

A fencing project to keep livestock away from exposed lakebeds in South Australia's Lower Lakes region is helping to protect important vegetation and bioremediation works, Federal ...

Feature of the week: It's going to be a dry year in terms of Federal funding for the agricultural sector in 2010/2011, with farmers and agricultural groups around Australia bluntly ...

A new web-based smart metering system has been developed by CSIRO to enable householders, small businesses and electricity retailers to remotely control energy use over a broadband ...

Feature article of the week: For the construction industry, the recently released 2010-2011 Federal Budget is focusing on building foundations for skill training. This marks a strong ...

A Waikato University scientist is proposing an alternative to conventional mining of New Zealand's national parks.

A major national study aimed at identifying the secrets of business success for small and medium enterprises gets underway this week.

Curtin University of Technology researchers have developed computer software that can detect unusual behaviour in crowds and other high-motion environments, providing a new tool in ...

Reserve Bank interest rate increases are always difficult for business and all borrowers across the economy.