Archived News for Industry Professionals
Sea Shepherd is sending a vessel to fight plans to drill for oil in the Great Australian Bight.
Call for safer tech cemetaries
The world needs to stop dumping its e-waste on developing nations, experts say.
Coal clean-up could bury QLD
Reports say Queensland taxpayers face a bill of over $3 billion to clean up the state's coal mines.
Tasmanian power plays questioned
Tasmania’s Opposition says businesses are still skittish after the failed sale of...
DAPs backed at AGM
The Western Australian Local Government Association (WALGA) has voted in favour of development assessment panels (DAP).
CCC review mooted
WA Premier Colin Barnett has hinted at a review of the state’s Corruption and Crime Commission (CCC).
Mine conference sees golden days
Mining bosses say a global climate for fear could be good for gold prices.
Santos' CSG water plan defended
Conservationists have failed in their bid to stop a coal seam gas wastewater treatment project near the Pilliga State Forest.
Council responds to SA power claims
The Climate Council has responded to criticism of South Australia’s renewable energy network.
Mining money makes friendly links
A new report uses six key mining projects to show the cosy and secretive relationships between political parties and the mining industry.
Friendlier fracking on the way
Industrial researchers at CRCMining say they have come up with a safer alternative than gas fracking.
Waste dump planner slammed
Environmentalists have questioned the independence of a key figure in SA’s nuclear waste dump plan.
Fake papers produced in WA
WorkSafe WA says it will not be fooled, after discovering a falsified High-Risk Work Licence.
Musk's trucks to mark new age
The future could run on electric autonomous trucks, according to Elon Musk.
Small business switches assessed
Labor’s shadow ministry is keeping small businees as a high priority.
SA solar plan could expand
South Australia might lose its title as the state with the most expensive electricity.
Unions rail on coal workers' cut
Unions say a scary precedent has been set by a FWC ruling involving Collie's Griffin Coal Mine workers.
Little remains from gas implosion
Governments have almost nothing to show from $200 billion worth of gas investment...