High vis and photo wall

Email Posted June 04, 2019 10:01:31 Ms Crothers said high vis gear makes female workers feel confident within the Darwin culture and construction community. ABC News: Gabrielle Lyons Topics: human-interest, building-and-construction, industry, women, community-and-society, immigration, darwin-0800 Source link

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Louise crothers with dog

Email Posted June 04, 2019 10:01:31 Irish traveller Louise Crothers said construction and traffic control has offered her employment opportunities nation-wide. ABC News: Gabrielle Lyons Topics: human-interest, women, building-and-construction, industry, business-economics-and-finance, immigration, darwin-0800 Source link

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Chris Boyer Trafficwerx

Email Posted June 04, 2019 10:01:31 18 out of 25 employees on the Trafficwerx books are young females, most of whom Are travellers applying for their second-year visa. ABC News: Gabrielle Lyons Topics: women, human-interest, immigration, building-and-construction, industry, darwin-0800 Source link

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'We want something more lasting out of this boom': A mining city's vision for its future

Posted June 04, 2019 08:15:21 Photo: $65 billion worth of industrial developments are slated for Karratha over the next five years. (Supplied: E.K. Rayson) In Western Australia’s remote Pilbara region, a mining town often referred to as the “engine room of the nation” has transformed into a cosmopolitan city. Key points: Karratha is heading into

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Morrison pledges $250m for Solomon Islands infrastructure in Pacific push

Updated June 03, 2019 00:41:25 Photo: Scott Morrison with Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare. (AAP: Darren England) Scott Morrison is pressing ahead with the Government’s ambitious Pacific step up, reshaping Australia’s aid program in Solomon Islands by pledging $250 million for infrastructure during a lightning quick visit to Honiara. Key points: Australia will provide

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The notorious Bayswater bridge, enemy of truck drivers everywhere, claims another victim

Updated May 29, 2019 15:55:14 That slow, rhythmic, thunking noise you can hear is David Hynes. The spokesman for WA’s Public Transport Authority has just learned that yet another truck has crashed and become stuck under the Bayswater bridge. Key points: The Bayswater bridge is a rail bridge in Perth’s north-eastern suburbs It’s just 3.8-metres

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