Archived News for Industry Professionals - December, 2019
The City of Karratha is using up to $35 million of ratepayer funds to boost local housing stock.
Wollongong going green
One of Australia historic industrial centres has pledged to be carbon neutral by 2050.
GHD wraps up Adani work
Engineering firm GHD says it has concluded its work on Adani’s Carmichael coal project.
MAX work scrapped
Boeing will halt commercial production of its 737 MAX in January after two fatal crashes ...
Carbon plan slammed at UN
Australia has been slammed for its policy of using old carbon credits to count towards future emissions targets.
Heads roll over NT blackout
The NT Government has fired the bosses of both Power and Water Corporation and Territory Generation over their “unacceptable” response to an eight-hour blackout in Alice Springs.
Report lays green path
Authorities say over 30 gigawatts of new clean power generation will be needed ...
ASIC watching green risks
ASIC has launched a new climate change risk surveillance program for Australia’s biggest companies.
Councils want cladding list
Councils are calling on the NSW Government to release details on over 400 high-risk buildings with dangerously flammable cladding.
Adani pipe plan advanced
The Federal Government has referred Adani’s pipe plan for environmental approval without applying the federal water trigger.
Tonnes dumped after WA fire
Recycled material has been dumped in landfill in the weeks since a fire destroyed one of the Western Australia’s biggest recycling facilities.
Russia plugs nuclear ship
Russia has suggested Australia follow its lead by building an offshore, floating nuclear reactor.
TasPorts sued over access claims
The competition watchdog is taking Tasmania's state-owned ports operator to court over alleged anti-competitive conduct.
AEMC predicts price fall
Official forecasts predict power prices will fall in most Australian states and territories over the next three years.
Albanese makes country run
Labor leader Anthony Albanese has backed coal exports as he prepares to tour regional Queensland.
Dust spike shows monitoring gap
There are calls for chemical analysis of airborne pollution in the Queensland mining town of Moranbah.
Emissions rise slowing
Greenhouse gas emissions should set a new record this year, but the rate of growth has shrunk.
Forrest funding green power
Mining billionaire Andrew Forrest is funding a solar farm in Western Australia's Wheatbelt.
Study plots growth blocks
Experts say the growth of Australia’s cities is being held back by institutional silos, perennial underfunding and lack of a national vision.
Success in dam action
The victims of the 2011 Queensland flood disaster have won a major class action against the State Government.