Construction Equipment & Heavy Machinery Feature Articles

A Sydney construction company has been fined $87,500 after a labourer fell 12 metres from a scaffold at a Lane Cove construction site.

SafeWork NSW has issued a reminder to NSW businesses to work safely with ladders after one worker was killed and four were seriously injured in falls over the past two months.

Imported building materials containing asbestos highlights inadequacy of Australia's approach to ensuring the safety and quality of goods sold in Australia.

Mental and stress related disorders such as depression, anxiety and burnout account for a large percentage of all work-related health problems.

Queensland is calling on the Commonwealth to step up its efforts to prevent the importation of asbestos containing materials into the country.

What exactly is this British breakfast cereal that's got everyone in a tizz?

The national construction industry returned to growth in June, with the Australian Industry Group/Housing Industry Association Australian Performance of Construction Index (Australian ...

The Australian Industry Group Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index (Australian PMI®) edged up a further 0.8 points to 51.8 in June to remain above the 50-point level separating ...

Master Builders welcomes the LNP’s plan to provide $5000 for Queensland businesses which take on an apprentice who completes their apprenticeship.

Technology; it’s stopped being surprising for its sheer ability to be what we never imagined it could be.

Women and industry workplace settings aren’t a common picture that comes to mind.

A new National Minimum Wage comes into effect from the first pay period on or after tomorrow, July 1.

Australia's manufacturers remain upbeat thanks to an uptick in home building activity and the lower Australian dollar, although the surge in confidence of late last year is abating, ...

The Australian Constructors Association (ACA) has welcomed the NSW Budget as providing a major job and investment boost for the construction industry in the state.

Company culture, an elusive and often overlooked and undervalued concept.

Labor is right to seek ways to reverse the slide in apprenticeship numbers but its proposal for quotas on government-funded infrastructure projects needs to be considered with caution, ...

Innovation is critical to Australia's economic transition and forms an important part of our national economic plan.

It's the digital age, an age where there are countless ways to use our digits anywhere and everywhere to access anything and everything through a mobile phone.

The Fair Work Commission’s decision to increase minimum and award wages by 2.4 per cent means a heavier burden for employers operating in an economy in transition, the Australian ...

The latest workers compensation data released by the State's workers compensation authority shows a significant fall in death and injury rates in NSW workplaces.