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Industries to fly and fall in 2013  1/10/2013
Industries to fly and fall in 2013
As Australian companies prepare for the New Year ahead, business information analysts at IBISWorld reveal the five industries expected to soar and the five expected to sink in 2013. ...
Joining the dots for solar breakthrough  12/11/2012
Joining the dots for solar breakthrough
Scientists at RMIT University are attempting to boost the efficiency of solar energy conversion technology with an improved type of solar cell.
Shift workers' health comes under scrutiny  12/5/2012
Shift workers' health comes under scrutiny
An international team of sleep researchers has developed the world’s first screening tool to help reduce workplace accidents and illnesses, including cardiovascular disease and ...
Boardrooms should drive safety culture  12/5/2012
Boardrooms should drive safety culture
Company boards have a powerful role to play in influencing the safety outcomes of the organisations they govern beyond pure compliance with relevant workplace safety legislation, ...
James Hardie litigation comes at 'staggering cost'  11/21/2012
James Hardie litigation comes at 'staggering cost'
A corporate governance expert says the final ruling in the James Hardie Industries litigation does provide some broad justice and clarification of directors' duties, but the length ...
Battery paves way for 'intermittent' energy storage  11/15/2012
Battery paves way for 'intermittent' energy storage
Queensland technology company, RedFlow, recently launched a highly innovative renewable energy battery storage system — the M90 — at the University of Queensland's St Lucia campus.
Powering one of Australia's remotest locations  11/14/2012
Powering one of Australia's remotest locations
An off-grid, sustainable power supply developed by a Curtin University PhD student is being used to power one of the hottest and most remote locations in Australia.
Journalists, pollies and unions top list of least trustworthy  11/7/2012
Journalists, pollies and unions top list of least trustworthy
The media, trade unions and political parties top the list of institutions the public perceives to be the most corrupt and in which they have the least confidence, while 43 per cent ...
Counting the cost of injury in Western Australia  10/31/2012
Counting the cost of injury in Western Australia
A Senior Research Fellow with the Centre Population Health Research at Curtin University is uncovering the true cost of injury in Western Australia thanks to a $150,000 research ...
Australia in Asia 'for good times and bad'  10/31/2012
Australia in Asia 'for good times and bad'
Flinders academic and editor of Asian Studies Review, Dr Michael Barr, has welcomed the Henry Report on Australia in the Asian Century, but with a message of caution.
Funding cuts will derail Australia's research competitiveness  10/23/2012
Funding cuts will derail Australia's research competitiveness
Cuts to University research funding, announced by the Federal Government will impact on Australia’s research competitiveness and ability to help the community address major social ...
Safety concerns for inexperienced construction supervisors  10/23/2012
Safety concerns for inexperienced construction supervisors
Inexperienced workers are being promoted to supervisory roles within the civil construction sector without the specialist training required, according to a new study by Edith Cowan ...
Mouldy SA buildings know their limits  10/16/2012
Mouldy SA buildings know their limits
The acceptable amount of mould in Adelaide workplaces has been officially set for the first time following a collaborative scientific study by Flinders and Adelaide University.
Comfort laboratory tackles indoor climate change  9/3/2012
Comfort laboratory tackles indoor climate change
University of Sydney researchers will be looking for ways to slash one of the world's biggest single sources of energy consumption — the heating and cooling of buildings — at a ...
Mental stigma? Workers less likely to claim for psychological illness  8/26/2012
Mental stigma? Workers less likely to claim for psychological illness
Research has found workers are significantly less likely to claim GP visits for psychological illnesses on workers' compensation than they are for physical work-related injuries such ...
Nanoparticles could store 'fuel of the future'  8/19/2012
Nanoparticles could store 'fuel of the future'
For the first time, engineers at the University of New South Wales have demonstrated hydrogen can be released and reabsorbed from a promising storage material, overcoming a major ...
Blacker photovoltaic panels boost power generation efficiency  7/26/2012
Blacker photovoltaic panels boost power generation efficiency
Simple production process for lowering the reflectance of solar panels lends itself to commercialisation.
Study explores apprenticeship, homeless link  7/19/2012
Study explores apprenticeship, homeless link
Claims of a growing homelessness risk among apprentices will be the focus of a new study by Flinders University researchers.
Crunch time: demolish or renovate old buildings  7/3/2012
Crunch time: demolish or renovate old buildings
The building boom of the 80s has left Brisbane and much of Australia with a bunch of ageing commercial buildings and a big bill to replace or upgrade them so they can withstand the ...
How the carbon tax works  6/29/2012
How the carbon tax works
Carbon pricing is essentially about ensuring the economy can grow without emissions growing at the same time.
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