Four senior miners with more than 70 combined years of experience have joined Queensland’s Board of Examiners. Mines Minister Dr Anthony Lynham today announced the appointments to the board – the body which determines the qualifications and experience required for critical safety roles at mines, assesses applicants and issues certificates. The appointees are: Angela Dow. Dauni...
The Queensland government wants to make members of business community more self-reliant. The government’s webpage at https://qldcovid19.icn.org.au/ is providing businesses and manufacturers with opportunities to work together to provide new products and services and to reduce reliance on imports. The emphasis is on shortening supply chains and reducing the risk of relying on imp...
The aquaculture industry in northern Australian is about to hit its straps. A recently released report forecasts a five-fold increase in production to more than $1.34 billion within the next decade. That’s in proportion to the current volume of fish, prawns and other seafood products. The report has been written by the Cooperative Research Centre for Developing Northern Australia ...
The Gold Industry Group has launched an online hub of employment opportunities and career pathways in Australia’s gold industry. The Gold Jobs website provides job seekers with a central point to browse and apply for vacancies or set up email alerts for the job types in which they are most interested. The website also features career tips and industry insights including profiles of gold w...
Hastings Deering will open applications for its 2021 apprenticeship intake on Monday, offering 40 new positions. Trade training is on offer across nine Hastings Deering workshops including Brisbane, Toowoomba, Mackay, Rockhampton, Townsville, Cairns, Mount Isa, Darwin and Alice Springs. Hastings Deering general manager- people and external affairs Vincent Cosgrove said the company was keen ...
Expansion plans at a North Queensland barramundi farm are among 14 Queensland projects to attract Rural Economic Development (RED) grants of up to $250,000 for business growth. Mainstream Aquaculture at Mourilyan Harbour is expanding to produce 3000 tonne of 4kg barramundi fish a year and develop a hub for production and processing. Agricultural Industry Development and Fisheries Minister ...
Townsville City Council has secured federal Black Spot funding to improve the intersection of Sturt and Fletcher St in the city and the intersection of Bayswater Rd and Mooney St in Currajong. Deputy Mayor and Infrastructure Services Committee chair Mark Molachino said both projects will be completed next month. “We’ve had a number of issues at the intersection of Sturt St and Fletcher ...
Applications have opened for the 2021 BHP Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) apprenticeship program. BMA has not revealed how many new apprentices it will be taking on next year, but the numbers are expected to be around the same as this year’s bumper intake of 56. The 2020 cohort included people from Central and North Queensland including Moranbah, the greater Mackay area, Blackwater, and Dys...
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