15 February 2012
Few industries place a premium on their older staff members quite like the aged care industry. Experience, higher job satisfaction and an ability to relate with patients makes older workers invaluable to the aged care industry, according to research publi... read full story
15 February 2012
Less than one in five employees in the mining and resources sector are women, which means there is a distinctly blokey character to the sector and a broad perception that mining is a man's game. While Gina Rinehart, as Australia's richest person, worth $1... read full story
15 February 2012
THE proponents of a $1 billion mine near Weipa are full steam ahead with a pre-feasibility study after exploration results revealed the amount of bauxite has doubled initial estimates. The Cape Alumina mine has the potential to employ 500 people during co... read full story
15 February 2012
In a knowledge-based economy, brains matter — and not taking care of our mental health has a negative impact on the bottom line, according to a recent report from the Global and Business Economic Roundtable on Addiction and Mental Health, a group of scien... read full story
15 February 2012
CLOUGH and its joint venture partner have won their second contract for Chevron's Wheatstone liquefied natural gas project in the past week, this time valued at $400 million. Clough, a construction and engineering firm, and its joint venture partner, BAM ... read full story
15 February 2012
Tens of thousands of children in Australia are subject of care and protection orders. Their names are seared into the public's collective consciousness. Dean Shillingsworth, Keisha Abrahams, and little Ebony. The death of any child is shocking and tragic ... read full story
15 February 2012
The resources boom is exacerbating the shortage of aged-care workers in Australia as nursing home staff abandon their jobs for better-paid positions or are unable to find affordable housing in regional areas. Major players in the aged-care sector this wee... read full story
15 February 2012
The Minerals Council of Australia says large resources companies continue to struggle to get skilled workers to relocate to the Northern Territory. Research from the ANZ Bank shows job advertisements rose in the Northern Territory last month, with more in... read full story
15 February 2012
Queensland's mining industries continue to rank among the safest in the world, Employment, Skills and Mining Minister Stirling Hinchliffe said. Mr Hinchliffe said the Queensland Mines and Quarries Safety Performance and Health Report 2010-11 shows a range... read full story
15 February 2012
The Australian arm of U.S. oil major Chevron Corp has launched a drive to recruit hundreds of engineers in Australia to work on two of the resource-rich country's largest energy projects. In a statement released on Friday, Chevron Australia said it would ... read full story