Updated April 09, 2017 11:51:52 Photo: Oil prices went up after the US missile strikes in Syria. (Reuters, file photo) Name your poison: missile strikes, weak jobs data, the Fed mulling over winding back its support of the economy or a stalling political agenda inn the US — global markets were dealt pretty unappetising fare
Updated March 31, 2017 13:38:48 Photo: Wentworth Point resident John demonstrates how his dam contains the rainwater from a leak. (ABC RN: Tim Roxburgh) Related Story: Schools bursting at seams as apartment boom puts pressure on catchments As apartments are built at a breakneck pace along Australia’s east coast, experts fear a coming glut of
Safe Work Australia has announced it will evaluate the workplace exposure standards for more than 600 chemicals to ensure worker health and safety in Australia is comparable with latest evidence and international best practice. Exposure standards are specified in the model Work Health and Safety Regulations as mandatory legal limits to assist in protecting the
Posted March 17, 2017 19:39:47 Video: Inpex layoffs a ‘complete shock’ to CFMEU (ABC News) Related Story: More than 800 workers stood down from Inpex project in Darwin Related Story: What’s behind the job losses on the Inpex Ichthys LNG project? The Japanese company at the centre of a major contract dispute at Darwin’s Inpex
Posted March 10, 2017 16:18:27 Debts run up by collapsed Victorian construction firm Watersun Homes are likely to hit $20 million, double the original estimates, the administrators say. “Across the board — employee entitlements, sub-contractor claims, tax office claims and other statutory claims — it’s in the order of $20 million,” Rodgers Reidy director Mathew
Safe Work Australia welcomes the decision by Work Health and Safety ministers to progress reforms outlined in the Explosives Regulation in Australia: Decision Regulation Impact Statement. This work is the result of a decision by the Council of Australian Governments to progress national consistency in explosives regulation, where there are clear benefits to be derived.
Posted February 23, 2017 16:46:53 President Donald Trump has sworn in a who’s who of oil leaders, which analysts have warned give his administration a pro-petroleum bias that may hurt Australia. Australia is just a small player in the oil market, but is the world’s third biggest LNG exporter. “We have seen some US-based companies
Updated February 11, 2017 12:21:07 Photo: Black-tiled roofs make it more difficult to keep a house cool, Dr Wendy Miller says. (Supplied: Wendy Miller) As southern Queensland battles its third heatwave in a month, scientists have mapped Brisbane’s coolest and safest suburbs when it comes to heat-related illnesses. Greater Brisbane’s 5 coolest suburbs Burbank Karana
Congratulations to the Bedford Group for winning the Workplace Participation Reward for outstanding spirit, participation, creativity and sustainability during 2016 National Safe Work Month. Safe Work Australia Acting Chief Executive Officer, Amanda Grey, congratulated the organisation that supports people with disability for their BSafe campaign. “Bedford’s BSafe campaign raised awareness about work health and safety
Updated January 29, 2017 12:30:29 Photo: AMP Capital says resource company profits are expected to more than double. (ABC: Glyn Jones) After a couple of years of falling earnings, corporate Australia looks set to finally deliver some growth in the February results season. As usual, it is a slow start with just a few top-200
