Archived News for Industry Professionals - May, 2021
Thousands of workers were sent home after Australia’s largest meat processor was shut down by a cyber attack this week.
Boral denies cultural claim
Building giant Boral has denied excavating Aboriginal relics from its quarry.
QLD backs lung studies
The Queensland Government has put up a $5 million medical research grant for dust lung disease.
Big link approved
A $2 billion electricity transmission line between South Australia and New South Wales has been approved.
Energy giants feel emissions risk
Climate change risks have been used in environmental wins against ExxonMobil, Chevron and Shell.
Partial win in kids' climate case
A group of Australian teenagers has had a breakthrough in their climate change class action case against the Commonwealth.
Favour focus in airport deal
A new report finds failures by a federal department over Western Sydney Airport land deals.
Sydney raising green bar
The City of Sydney is bringing forward its net-zero emissions goal to 2035.
Court cuts Carmichael water
A Federal Court decision has stripped billions of litres of water from the Carmichael coal mine project.
CSIRO leads hydrogen drive
Australian experts are on a new mission to increase the use of hydrogen fuel.
DPIE questions coal claim
A government assessment has found modelling for a Narrabri coal mine extension to be “counterintuitive”.
CSIRO digs into mining future
Australia’s top scientists say one of the nation’s oldest industries is key to some of its newest endeavours.
Green materials boost processing
Researchers in Finland say eco-friendly chemicals can actually improve mineral processing.
Maralinga risks continue
New research suggests contamination from nuclear tests at Maralinga could be worse than previously thought.
Valve failure in Nyrstar spill
Nyrstar has accepted responsibility for a toxic waste leak into Port Pirie waterways in 2019.
Kurri Kurri gas plan questioned
Snowy Hydro will build a $600 million gas-fired power plant in the Hunter Valley, despite experts rejecting government claims...
EY unpicks Pindan downfall
Administrators are sifting through the rubble of collapsed building company Pindan Group.
RMS rorts outlined
A corruption inquiry has heard claims of a long-running grift by two former NSW government workers.