The Australian Constructors Association and Engineers Australia are overhauling the training and development guidelines for construction engineers—setting tighter benchmarks for skills and competencies across the sector. They say the Construction Engineering Learning and Deve...
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Queensland Government builder QBuild is opening applications for 100 trades jobs, including 20 apprenticeships, in key locations across the state. Minister for Public Works Mick de Brenni said advertising was opening to fill 100 jobs in centres including Atherton, Bundaberg, Cairns, Kingaroy, Maryborough, Rockhampton, Thursday Island and Toowoomba. The 80 qualified trades jobs include plumb...
The Federal Government has taken the next step to establish a reinsurance pool for cyclones and related flood damage, releasing draft legislation for the measure. Federal Member for Leichhardt Warren Entsch said legislation would be introduced into parliament in the first sitting weeks of 2022 following the public consultation period. “The pool will improve the accessibility and affordabili...
Rock lobster enterprise Ornatas has been granted freehold ownership of its North Queensland site, underpinning its expansion plans at the former Toomulla Beach prawn farm. Resources Minister Scott Stewart said the company was working in partnership with the University of Tasmania and planned to develop a world-first $500 million industry, creating up to 1000 local jobs over the next decade. ...
Mining union heavyweight Stephen Smyth is facing Federal Court proceedings over allegations he used about $6700 in district branch funds for personal spending. The transactions include expenses relating to home plumbing, personal dental costs, drivers’ licence renewal, car hire while on annual leave in the USA, and travel and meals for himself and his family members. Registered Organisati...
Townsville will join Central Queensland, Toowoomba and Brisbane to host the fourth hydrogen technology cluster in Queensland. The Federal Government has formally named the North Queensland Hydrogen Consortium, led by Townsville Enterprise, as a new hydrogen cluster along with two sites in Western Australia. The clusters operate under the Hydrogen Technology Cluster Australia project, ...
The Bowen Basin Mining Club’s bi-annual awards program, the Queensland Mining Awards, returns next year – with entries set to open next month. The awards were officially launched last week in front of industry and state leaders at the Queensland Resources Council’s State of the Sector Luncheon. QRC chief executive Ian Macfarlane said the awards played an important part in acknowledgin...
Queensland’s Vitrinite has taken out a national award with Barada Barna Aboriginal Corporation for their work to ensure the company’s mining operations bring enduring benefits to the local community. Vitrinite, which started mining at the Vulcan coking coal project in the Bowen Basin this year, was recognised with the AMEC Community Contribution award. In announcing the win, th...
Australia’s coal export earnings are going gangbusters, hitting $18.4 billion in the three months to October. Resources Minister Keith Pitt said the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ International Trade in Goods and Services data for October 2021 showed coal exports were thriving as strong demand and prices continued. “Thermal and metallurgical coal exports hit $18.4 billion in the three mon...
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