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- Manufacturing, Transport Automotive
- 16/10/2025
- 08:00
Australian innovation leads the way in EV Fire Safety with Verified Test Results
Key Facts: EV Fire ProtectionTargeted electric vehicle fire suppression Australian innovation leads the way in EV Fire Safety with Verified Test Results October 14,…
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- Engineering, Government NSW
- 16/10/2025
- 07:30
Professionals Australia calls for a halt to the axing of 950 jobs at TfNSW and urges action to protect technical capability and public safety in agency restructure
Professionals Australia is calling for an immediate halt to the proposed axing of 950 jobs at Transport for NSW (TfNSW) and a Parliamentary Inquiry into the agency's restructuring, which will put the maintenance and delivery of the State’s infrastructure at risk, undermining public safety. Ahead of Friday's NSW Industrial Relations Commission conciliation hearing, Professionals Australia is raising concerns that without proper consultation, the reforms could erode technical expertise and compromise the state’s safe, reliable public transport infrastructure. Professionals Australia, which represents engineers and technical professionals across TfNSW, says the government’s Operational Model reform has led to a significant loss of…
- General News
- 16/10/2025
- 07:30
POST HOLIDAY GUILT HITS AUSSIES HARD
Sydney, Australia, 16 October 2025 – Australians returning from holidays are feeling the guilt of indulging while travelling, claims new data from a global nutrition and food tracking app, MyFitnessPal. 1 in 2 (50%) Australians surveyed claim to abandon their typical diet on a holiday, however, a larger figure (56%) surveyed experience some level of guilt or frustration over their diet or health when they return from travelling. From Aperol spritzes in Italy, to tapas in Spain, to ramen in Tokyo, Aussies are rightfully making the most of international summers across the globe. However, while the memories pile up, so…
- Medical Health Aged Care, Science
- 16/10/2025
- 07:00
Discovery of hundreds of new human gut viruses provides a new approach to studying the gut microbiome
Hundreds of new viruses living inside bacteria within our gut have been discovered in an international study led by Professor Jeremy J. Barr from Monash University’s School of Biological Sciences and Associate Professor Sam Forster from Hudson Institute of Medical Research. These viruses, known as bacteriophages, could eventually be used to reshape the gut microbiome, potentially influencing gut health and the progression of various disease states. Published inNature, the study is the first of its kind and uses a large-scale, culture-based approach to isolate and study temperate bacteriophages in the human gut. The research team worked with 252 bacterial isolates…
- Industrial Relations
- 16/10/2025
- 06:50
Two weeks on strike: Rix’s Creek miners strike for fair deal on accident pay.
Key Facts: Coal miners at Rix's Creek in the Hunter Valley have been striking for two weeks over accident pay entitlements and pay in their new EBA Currently, union members contribute from their own wages to top up accident pay for injured colleagues The Bloomfield Group has proposed a worse deal than previously rejected and is advertising for strikebreakers The parties have been in negotiations for ten months Coal miners at Rix’s Creek in the Hunter Valley have now been on strike for two weeks as they fight for a fair Enterprise Agreement that delivers accident pay reflecting real wages.…
- Medical Health Aged Care
- 16/10/2025
- 06:45
ABEL Microsampler® Recognised in Australia’s International Good Design Awards
Key Facts: Diag-Nose.io’s ABEL Microsampler® wins Australian Good Design Award in Product Design category Praised by judges as “setting new benchmark for good design…
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- Government Federal, Property Real Estate
- 16/10/2025
- 06:10
***MEDIA ALERT*** Essential workers locked out of rental market
Anglicare Australia releases new research that shows essential workers are being priced out of the rental market across the country.TheRental Affordability Snapshot: Essential Workers Report surveyed more than 51,000 rental listings and tested them against the wages of sixteen essential occupations.Among the findings, just 0.8% of rentals were affordable for early childhood educators and hospitality workers, 1.1% were affordable for cleaners and community service workers, 1.5% for nurses, and 1.7% for aged care workers.Despite recent wage increases for some essential workers, the report highlights that the rental market has marched to its own rhythm and cannot be solved by wages…
- Government Federal, Property Real Estate
- 16/10/2025
- 05:55
Essential workers locked out of rental market
Anglicare Australia has released new research showing that essential workers are being priced out of the rental market across the country.TheRental Affordability Snapshot: Essential Workers Report surveyed more than 51,000 rental listings and tested them against the wages of sixteen essential occupations. Released as part of Anti-Poverty Week, it found that: 1,117 rentals (2.3%) were affordable for an ambulance officer 850 rentals (1.7%) were affordable for an aged care worker 754 rentals (1.5%) were affordable for a nurse 575 rentals (1.1%) were affordable for a construction worker 417 rentals (0.8%) were affordable for an early childhood educator 417 rentals (0.8%)…
- Building Construction, Government NSW
- 16/10/2025
- 05:00
They care for us, but can’t live here: Essential workers locked out of rentals across NSW
Anglicare Sydney’s latest research has revealed the impact of NSW’s rental affordability crisis, with just 1% of rentals affordable for essential workers in Greater Sydney. The - Rental Affordability Snapshot – Essential Workers, reviewed17,028 rental listings across NSW over a single weekend. finding: Only 1% of rental listings were affordable for essential workers in Greater Sydney Across all of NSW, just 3% of properties were affordable for essential workers. Across NSW there were only 3% (553) affordable for aschool teacher; 2% (306)for anaged care worker; 1% (162)for ahospitality worker; 1% (228)for asocial and community services worker. No affordable rentals were…
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