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Deputy Prime Minister Warren Truss has appointed five new faces to the National Transport Commission (NTC) working on national transport reform.

Week builds new crop of engineers to balance the past

This week has seen one university host a week-long event aimed at one of the world’s greatest engineering challenges – attracting young women to the profession.

Work report says miners still reacting to contraction

Mining companies in Western Australia will look to hire on short contracts for a while, with employment experts claiming a lull in resources recruitment continues.

Arrow aims to fly low but stay above ground

Arrow Energy is expected to make some unwanted announcements this week, with reports it is preparing to wind back its commitment to the $10 billion Gladstone LNG project and sack several hundred workers.

Growth may slow, but energy firms know where to go

Executives at BP may be mildly annoyed by the company’s own research, which has found growth in global energy demand could be on the way down.

Insiders spy Australia as next gas boom site

Australia will be the next big figure to rise from the brewing shale oil and gas boom, according to researchers in the US.

Maiming and mortality launches WA mining safety probe

A string of incidents and concerns for the future have prompted a probe into safety at mines in Western Australia.

Fire levy payback after smoke trail leads to dodgy practice

The underwriter for a major Australian insurer will pay back almost $11 million to customers, after it was found collecting a levy that had been ended.

HELP heap tops $30 billion

Australian tertiary students and graduates collectively owe $30 billion in unpaid loans.

iiNet ducks NBN's poor history

A major Australian internet provider has opted out of the National Broadband Network's new wholesale agreement, slamming its service delivery record.

New party to launch serious fight for internet rights

Internet entrepreneur and wanted man Kim Dotcom has launched a political party to contest this year’s New Zealand parliamentary elections.

Uni shows tertiary path to kids from off the track

High school students have come together from some of Australia’s most remote regions this week for the Wingara Mura - Bunga Barrabugu Summer Program.

Augmented offices visible on virtual horizon

Some enterprising technologists are beginning to bring augmented reality to the everyday workplace, with research showing the office of the future could be right before our eyes.

Buy and cell; bacteria barter in microbial marketplace

Buying low, selling high, hustling, hoarding and grifting - all attributes normally applied to human economic markets, but new research shows microbes and bacteria are known to hit the trading floor for a good deal too.

Extra sense is all in our heads, or not

News for anyone who has had a mysterious feeling that they can sense something is happening, but couldn’t quite put a finger on it – science has shown it’s probably just you.

Genome machine brings medical future to Australia

A major Australian research firm has acquired a machine that can sequence an entire human genome for relatively little cost.

Locals given voice on giant Georgetown multi-farm plan

A huge Integrated Food and Energy Development (IFED) has been declared a “state co-ordinated project” in Queensland, with residents soon able to have their say on the plan that will consume over half a million megalitres from a nearby river.

South Sudanese teens studying for peace

UNICEF has helped hundreds of students in South Sudan to sit their primary school graduation exam as bullets flew and civil unrest reigned.

Lobby says thousands of new workers needed, many disagree

The Australian Industry Group wants to increase the immigration intake cap by 30,000 people in the next financial year, saying the country needs more skilled workers.

Science warns prime predators need protection too

Australian scientists have contributed to an international report urging world governments to better protect large carnivores, saying a decline at the apex will flow through the food chain.