Woodside Petroleum CEO Peter Coleman
Woodside Petroleum CEO Peter Coleman Source link
Island 'in the middle of nowhere' gets go-ahead for $1.2b development
Updated November 06, 2018 00:15:17 Photo: An artist’s impression of the proposed development on Hummock Hill Island. (Supplied: Pacificus) Related Story: $1b resort-style island development gets Qld Minister’s nod despite council rejection Related Story: Multi-million-dollar island development knocked back near Gladstone A billion-dollar development on a remote and largely untouched Queensland island has been given
Scale of RCR Tomlinson collapse laid bare as debts of up to $630m revealed
Updated December 03, 2018 15:33:13 Photo: RCR Tomlinson creditors are owed hundreds of millions of dollars. (ABC News: Glyn Jones) The administrators of failed engineering firm RCR Tomlinson have revealed the company has debts totalling hundreds of millions of dollars, including up to $250 million owed to about 4,000 subcontractors and suppliers. Key points: The
France protests
Posted December 02, 2018 20:44:19 Demonstrators in Marseille, southern France, Saturday, December 1, 2018, demonstrating against what they claim were dilapidated residential buildings that collapsed Monday November 5, killing eight people. French authorities on Saturday deployed some thousands of police on Paris’ Champs-Elysees avenue to try to contain protests by people angry over rising taxes
Search for 'suitably qualified' staff blamed for delay to ACT construction industry overhaul
Updated November 07, 2018 16:02:23 An overhaul of the ACT construction industry intended to be finished by the end of last financial year will not be completed until 2020, the Territory’s planning directorate has admitted. Planning Minister Mick Gentleman announced in 2016 a suite of building reforms, including measures targeting “phoenixing” — where dodgy builders
France considers imposing state of emergency to curb violent protests
Updated December 03, 2018 01:49:03 Photo: French President Emmanuel Macron (centre) visited the sites of the riots soon after returning from Argentina. (AP: Thibault Camus) French President Emmanuel Macron has returned to Paris’s riot-ridden streets and damaged Arc de Triomphe after his visit to Buenos Aires for the G20 summit. Key points: Police have arrested
Australia's economy is likely to have slowed, the question is by how much?
Updated December 02, 2018 16:30:51 Photo: Government spending on big infrastructure projects is continuing to support the economy. (AAP: Julian Smith) The old gag; “ask five economists and you’ll get five different answers — six if one went to Harvard” appears as relevant as ever when scanning the forecasts of leading market economists ahead of
Update to hazardous chemical classification guide
We have updated the national guide to classifying hazardous chemicals, providing clear, simple and practical information to help businesses classify the chemicals they use. Director Chemicals Policy Dr Paul Taylor said the guide reflects the requirements under the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) third revised edition, that is now mandatory for
Australia's biggest oil and gas producer wants a carbon price now
Updated November 14, 2018 10:40:08 Australia’s biggest oil and gas producer Woodside is now calling for a carbon price. Key points: Woodside boss Peter Coleman says the time for Australia to act on climate change is now Woodside has joined other resource giants BHP and Rio Tinto in calling for change Mr Coleman says individual
Construction worker in the Melbourne Metro tunnel project
Construction worker in the Melbourne Metro tunnel project Source link