With the current skills shortage, flexible working solutions such as job-sharing will be key to attracting and retaining employees, according to research released today from recruitment and consulting firm Hudson.
Perth iron ore junior Territory Iron has announced approval for the development of its Frances Creek iron ore mine in the Northern Territory following a preliminary feasibility study, which highlighted the strong economic viability of the project.
Energy Minister Francis Logan has welcomed the proposed upgrade of the Dampier-to-Bunbury Natural Gas Pipeline, saying it would be a tremendous boost to employment and the capacity of major industries throughout Western Australia.
Professor Jorg Imberger - founder and Director of the Centre for Water Research at UWA - is the only Australian among nine international engineers elected as Foreign Associates of the US National Academy of Engineering.
The recently established Skills Formation taskforce will hold public forums at Port Hedland and Karratha today to hear from employers and workers on the skills shortage issues and future training needs.
Clough has entered into an agreement with Apache Corporation to supply the specialist subsea construction vessel "Normand Clipper" for an initial term of two years in the Gulf of Mexico.
Perth online home entertainment company Quickflix today announced the successful integration of the subscriber bases of Homescreen and Quickflix onto a single technology platform.
Nedlands tech company, ISS Group, has inked contracts totaling one million dollars with the Worsley Alumina refinery and BHP Billiton Ravensthorpe Nickel project.
The Federal Government, through the Australian Industry Group, has launched a $7 million occupational health and safety programme to help small business achieve good OHS performance.
Diversified, PNG focused metals company, Marengo Mining announced today it had reached agreement with its joint venture partner, Belvedere Limited, to take a 100 per cent interest in the Yandera Copper-Molybdenum Project in Papua New Guinea.
Western Australian tech company QRSciences has been penalised $33,000 by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission after an alleged failure to disclose information to the Australian Stock Exchange.
Nedlands-based international ophthalmic technology company Advanced Ocular Systems has expanded its technology portfolio to include anti-inflammatory treatments for eye disease.
WA-based gold explorer Focus Minerals has produced further encouraging exploration results at its 235,000-ounce Redemption joint venture Dreadnought project with Canadian company Committee Bay Resources.
Jubilee Mines today announced interim financial results for the December 2005 half year, reporting a net profit of $23.3 million - significantly down on the $45.1 million profit for the same period the previous year.
Perth-based biotechs Neuren Pharmaceuticals and Metabolic Pharmaceuticals announced promising results in animal testing regarding the ability of neural technology to prevent or reverse nerve damage.
Emerging Australian gold producer Crescent Gold listed on the Toronto stock exchange last night as the company moves to production at Laverton in Western Australia.
Scientists working on revolutionary treatments to prevent asthma and 2005 Nobel Prize winner Professor Barry Marshall are among more than 100 Western Australian researchers to receive State Government medical research grants totalling $5 million.
The National Transport Commission today released its Twice the Task report in response to forecasts that Australia's land freight transport task will double from 2000 to 2020.
Welshpool-based pharmaceutical group PharmAust, through its wholly owned subsidiary Mimotopes, today signed an exclusive new three-year biotech contract to supply research-grade peptides.
A draft management plan for the Cape Range National Park anticipates an expansion of the reserve which is a central feature of tourism activities in the Ningaloo/Exmouth which contribute $127 million per year to the WA economy.
Olympia Resources has announced the appointment of Mal Randall as chairman of directors, replacing James Hudleston who has resigned to pursue other oil and gas assets.
