Infrastructure

Worker on construction site. | Newsreel

Spike in disputes prompts construction watchdog call

Master Builders Australia has called for a return of a building and construction industry watchdog, following the release of statistics on recent industrial
Read more 12 December 2024
Queensland will need thousands of extra workers for the large major projects pipeline - Newsreel

Construction pipeline requires 20,000 extra workers

Another lift in the construction pipeline for Queensland will create demand for more than 20,000 extra jobs over the next two years. The Queensland Major Projects
Read more 10 December 2024
Surveyor on road. | Newsreel

Government purse props up national GDP

Australia’s gross domestic product (GDP) ticked up by 0.3 percent in the September quarter, as public investment leapt by more than six percent. The latest Australian
Read more 4 December 2024
Goat farmer. | Newsreel

Update to Australian Core Skills Occupation List

Calling all goat farmers, print journalists and tour guides. Australia needs you. The trio of professions are among the more than 450 occupations listed on the Federal
Read more 4 December 2024
Power station, Gladstone, Queensland. | Newsreel

New guarantee for Queensland’s electricity network

Executives at Queensland Government-owned power assets risk losing bonuses if criteria set out under a new Electricity Maintenance Guarantee are not met. State Treasurer
Read more 28 November 2024
Race start. | Newsreel

Start of 100-day Brisbane 2032 review a little closer

Legislation to kick-start a 100-day planning review of the Brisbane 2032 Olympics and Paralympics has been tabled in Queensland Parliament. Premier David Crisafulli said
Read more 28 November 2024
Brisbane, Queensland. | Newsreel

Business urges unity to leverage Brisbane 2032 opportunity

Economic growth, innovation, skills development and social impact are the cornerstones of a legacy roadmap developed by Queensland’s peak business body for the
Read more 26 November 2024
Griffith University Associate Professor Tim Nelson.

Nelson to lead National Energy Market review

Griffith University Associate Professor Tim Nelson will lead a review of the National Energy Market (NEM). Federal Energy Minister Chris Bowen said the Brisbane-based
Read more 26 November 2024
Kangaroo Point Bridge, Brisbane, Queensland. | Newsreel

Drones and infra-red sensors make new bridge ‘excellent’

Brisbane’s Kangaroo Point Bridge will be the first in Australia to use drones for water sampling and cameras with infra-red sensors to monitor river levels and flood
Read more 26 November 2024
Dr Rod Harrison. | Newsreel

Harrison to guide construction industry blueprint

A former Deputy President of the Australian Industrial Relations Commission has been selected to deliver a plan to reform the building and construction industry. Federal
Read more 22 November 2024