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A major industry and this forum aims to develop an ...
Media Centre - The Hon Brendan O'Connor - Building Indigenous futures in the construction industry
The Australian Government is supporting a forum looking at strategies to further increase Indigenous employment in the Australian building and construction industry in New South Wales. The construction industry is ...
Federal Government - 2 weeks ago
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Faring worse than anywhere else in Queensland following the highest ...
Gold Coast builders hardest hit
THE Gold Coast's construction industry is faring worse than anywhere else in Queensland following the highest drop in housing approvals in the state and the effects of the global economic ...
Gold Coast Bulletin business news - 1 month, 1 week ago
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The current boom industry in South Australia with mining likely ...
EXPO HIGHLIGHTS THE CIVIL CONSTRUCTION ‘BOOM’ IN SA
The civil construction industry in South Australia is set to double in the next five to seven years, according to the Civil Contractors Federation (CCF). CCF (SA) Branch President, Christopher ...
Hughes PR - Public Relations Adelaide - 1 month, 4 weeks ago
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Be the focus of the ACT Master Builders Association's new ...
Training facility to benefit local building industry - Jon Stanhope, MLA
Attracting more people to work in the local building and construction industry will be the focus of the ACT Master Builders Association's new headquarters and training facility in Fyshwick, Chief ...
Jon Stanhope MLA - 1 month, 3 weeks ago
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Be released at The Safety Conference in Sydney
New Research Into the Use of Safety Gear to be Presented in Sydney
New research into the safety of everything from road bridges to female truck drivers, the use of safety gear in the construction industry will be released at The Safety Conference ...
ManufactureLink - 1 month, 3 weeks ago
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Fallen for the seventh month in a row
Construction Index slumps again
Work in the construction industry has fallen for the seventh month in a row.
Yahoo!7 Finance News - 1 month, 3 weeks ago
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Slowed for the sixth month in a row
Construction activity slows for sixth month
The construction industry has slowed for the sixth month in a row.
ABC News building and construction - 2 months, 4 weeks ago
1 day, 3 hours ago
Workers march against "extreme abuse": CFMEU
Construction workers will march tomorrow, as unions across the country hang their hard hats in protest.
Architecture & Design - 10 a.m. Monday 1st December 2008
Architecture & Design - 10 a.m. Monday 1st December 2008
4 days ago
CDPP says why it withdrew charge against Washington
The Commonwealth DPP has advised the ABCC that it withdrew its charge against the CFMEU's Noel Washington because the construction watchdog's original interview that the union official allegedly refused to ...
Workplace Express - 12:22 p.m. Friday 28th November 2008
Workplace Express - 12:22 p.m. Friday 28th November 2008
5 days, 23 hours ago
'Star chamber' charges against unionist dropped
The CFMEU construction union says charges against a union official for failing to appear before the industry's watchdog have been dropped.
ABC News industrial relations - 1:17 p.m. Wednesday 26th November 2008
ABC News industrial relations - 1:17 p.m. Wednesday 26th November 2008
Charge against Noel Washington dropped
Six days before the start of his trial for refusing to attend an ABCC interview, the Commonwealth DPP has dropped its charge against the CFMEU's (construction division) Victorian senior vice ...
Workplace Express - 12:58 p.m. Wednesday 26th November 2008
Workplace Express - 12:58 p.m. Wednesday 26th November 2008
1 week ago
CFMEU denies new IR laws will reignite strikes
The Western Australian Secretary of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU), Kevin Reynolds, has dismissed suggestions the Commonwealth's new industrial relations legislation will spark a surge in union ...
ABC News building and construction - 9:45 a.m. Tuesday 25th November 2008
ABC News building and construction - 9:45 a.m. Tuesday 25th November 2008
1 week, 4 days ago
Building unions plan protest rallies as trial date draws nearer
As the trial of the CFMEU's Noel Washington draws nearer, construction unions are planning protest rallies around the country, with the VTHC predicting 30,000-40,000 will march in Melbourne alone.
Workplace Express - 12:23 p.m. Friday 21st November 2008
Workplace Express - 12:23 p.m. Friday 21st November 2008
1 week, 5 days ago
Building and Construction industry must have a 'tough cop on the beat'
The Australian Industrial Relations Commission has made orders against the CFMEU and various officials in Western Australia after it was alleged they had abused rights of entry.
Liberal Party - 5:29 a.m. Thursday 20th November 2008
Liberal Party - 5:29 a.m. Thursday 20th November 2008
1 week, 5 days ago
CFMEU organiser's "safety walk" abused entry rights: full bench
A CFMEU organiser breached entry laws when he conducted a safety walk and spoke to employees during two visits to a NSW construction site, the AIRC full bench has found.
Workplace Express - 5:01 p.m. Wednesday 19th November 2008
Workplace Express - 5:01 p.m. Wednesday 19th November 2008
1 month ago
Rio Tinto's staff strikes again
Rio Tinto's train drivers will walk off the job again today, a union spokesperson has told Australian Mining.Members of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union ( CFMEU ) will ...
Australian Mining - 9:34 a.m. Friday 31st October 2008
Australian Mining - 9:34 a.m. Friday 31st October 2008
1 month ago
CFMEU fined $49,550 and delegate $12,000 for freedom of association breaches
The Federal Magistrates Court has ordered the CFMEU (construction division) to pay penalties totalling $49,550 and a delegate $12,000 for breaching freedom of association laws over a bid to convince ...
Workplace Express - 4:01 p.m. Tuesday 28th October 2008
Workplace Express - 4:01 p.m. Tuesday 28th October 2008
1 month ago
Hundreds disenfranchised, but it wasn't my decision: Reynolds
CFMEU construction and general division WA branch secretary Kevin Reynolds has denied any involvement in events that led to hundreds of members being declared unfinancial in the lead-up to the ...
Workplace Express - 10:57 p.m. Monday 27th October 2008
Workplace Express - 10:57 p.m. Monday 27th October 2008
1 month, 1 week ago
CFMEU wins say on crucial award redundancy case
The CFMEU has won the right to intervene in a Federal Court case that could have significant ramifications for the redundancy entitlements of construction workers across the country.
Workplace Express - 12:06 p.m. Friday 24th October 2008
Workplace Express - 12:06 p.m. Friday 24th October 2008
1 month, 2 weeks ago
FWA should have ABCC's powers for five years, says AMMA; It's political opportunism, says CFMEU
The AMMA maintains that pressure from unions and from within the ALP to scrap the ABCC is damaging investment confidence during a period of global turmoil, and has called on ...
Workplace Express - 5:32 p.m. Wednesday 15th October 2008
Workplace Express - 5:32 p.m. Wednesday 15th October 2008
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Noel Washington charges dropped - now make the ABCC history!
“The Commonwealth Department of Public Prosecution’s dropping of charges against Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union official Noel Washington is a victory for all workers and our rights at work. ...
Socialist Alliance - 3:54 p.m. Saturday 11th October 2008
Socialist Alliance - 3:54 p.m. Saturday 11th October 2008
Only Rio one driver didn't strike: CFMEU
The construction union says today's strike by train drivers on Rio Tinto's main line in Western Australia's Pilbara region saw 90 per cent of members not showing up for their ...
Yahoo!7 Finance News - 2:36 p.m. Saturday 11th October 2008
Yahoo!7 Finance News - 2:36 p.m. Saturday 11th October 2008
