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Insiders are waiting to see whether changes will be made to a ban imposed by the former Environment Minister on trawling activities around Tasmania.

Asbestos furore not forgotten in NSW

The New South Wales Minister for Finance and Services has taken stock of the year’s progress in asbestos management, reaffirming the government’s pledge to deal with the ongoing fallout from decades of exposure.

Aviators say solar farm could glare-up

Airport officials in the ACT have raised legitimate concerns over the location of a new solar farm, which has the potential to blind pilots as they try to fly near the Canberra Airport.

Call for input makes mine Union wary

The Queensland Government is asking for feedback from the mining industry on proposed changes to safety regulations for workers and mine-site contractors.

Charcoal burns a path to greener industry

Environmental engineers have used a recent mining conference to highlight the benefits of bio-char; a material created by industrial manufacture but which can be used to mitigate its environmental effects

Councils push to RAT out routes

Several local governments in Victoria have banded together to push for the inclusion of the Performance Based Standards Route Assessment Tool (PBS RAT) in the national heavy vehicle regulatory system.

Crane contacts spark safety inquiry

Electrical safety authorities in Western Australia are looking into what may have caused a string of incidents in which cranes clashed with overhead powerlines.

Export point decking down

Things are coming together on the site of the new coal terminal near Gladstone.

New coal face could belie dirty past

There have been renewed calls for the New South Wales government to revoke a coal mining licence in the fallout of corruption findings.

Not all aboard on label liberation

Queensland is moving itself in line with other states and introducing a sticker-free registration system, but trucks will still be required to attach the seemingly unnecessary labels.

Police probe defective deliverers

South Australian police have completed their latest crackdown on heavy vehicle operators.

Road board dreams of forever open highways

Word this week from the Australian Road Research Board (ARRB) says the country’s transport infrastructure could be employed as a much more valuable resource than is currently realised.

Territory gets twenty years of gas

The Power and Water Corporation in the Northern Territory has signed a deal that will see it buy gas from a field near Alice Springs for the next two decades.

Time concession made on road to unity

More proposed adjustments for one state ahead of new national heavy vehicle regulations, this time seeing New South Wales grant an extra half hour of work time amidst a new fatigue management regime.

Truck induction after long life on the road

A giant of the Australian trucking world has been honoured as a National Road Transport Hall of Fame Icon of the Industry.

Upkeep required for train safety rhetoric

New statistics show how quickly complacency can seep in when it comes to safety around railways.

Yancoal firing, blaming prices

Community outrage could be weighing heavily on the operators of several mines in New South Wales, with the Chinese-owned Yancoal moving to cut jobs in the Gloucester region.

Energy buy-up lends AGL sway

A short announcement this morning says AGL Energy Ltd will buy-up additional shares in the Australian Power and Gas Company Ltd.

Fight brews with anti-nuclear radio-activists

The Queensland Government is striding ahead with plans to open up the state’s significant uranium resources to any interested parties.

Fungus furnishes the future

Houses of the future will certainly see some exciting new material components, but few would have expected mushrooms could be the building blocks of tomorrow.