Job prospects for professional geoscientists remain on a downward slide according to Australian Institute of Geoscientists (AIG) research. The group has voiced particular concern about
Key Bowen Basin operations including Moranbah North and Grosvenor have been earmarked for sale as mining giant Anglo American backs away from coal. The company
Valentine’s Day last Sunday highlighted an aspect of being a subcontractor that can create a great deal of stress … working for weeks on end
The chairman of the national Subcontractors Alliance, Les Williams, was planning his retirement when the Walton Construction company collapsed owing millions in late 2013. Rather
Small businesses and subcontractors have a new avenue to air their grievances against the ‘big end of town’ with the creation of Australia’s first small
A fortnightly electronic bulletin is now being circulated across the state and farther afield in New South Wales, the ACT, Victoria and South Australia to
Sixty one registered professional engineers (RPEQ) are standing for election to the Board of Professional Engineers of Queensland (BPEQ). BPEQ registrar Kylie Mercer said there
Subcontractors across Queensland have an opportunity to provide input into a State Government Security of Payment discussion paper. A road show rolled into Nambour and
An organisation has emerged to represent a 450,000-strong section of the Australian business community with the expected incorporation this month of the new national Subcontractors
Central Queensland water industry workers will gather in Yeppoon this month for a training forum on water quality and distribution systems. Organised by Queensland Water,
Local company JM Kelly has won more than $3 million in work on Rockhampton Regional Council’s $30 million Riverfront Revitalisation project. The firm was announced
The Gold Coast will be flushed with fortune if a 700-room residential extension for Jupiters comes through. The Star Entertainment Group is looking at a
Uranium miner ERA has escaped prosecution following an incident on December 7, 2013 when about 1,400 cubic metres of acidic slurry spilled after a leech tank
Local business CivilPlus Constructions has won the construction contract for the primary wharf works component of the $55 million Berth 4 upgrade at the Townsville
NRW Holdings subsidiary Action Drill & Blast has scored a $40 million deal for the provision of services at Stanmore Coal’s Isaac Plains mine near
Two pumps immediately airlifted for dewatering at an overseas mine site were among the items shifted today at a Gladstone auction of gear from the
Rio Tinto will spend $1.5 billion in Queensland developing the Amrun bauxite project on Cape York. Rio is delivering briefings around the far north and
Cockatoo Coal’s Baralaba mine in Central Queensland is being placed on care and maintenance to preserve cash and the asset value while administrators from PPB
