Author: Staff Writer
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Revision to AS/NZS 3000 paves the way for improved electrical installations
The revision of AS/NZS 3000, Electrical Installations (the Wiring Rules), is underway, and it will be welcome news for electricians and contractors across Australia and New ... -
What Australia’s changing fire safety standards mean for businesses
With the fire safety standards changing, Wormald national product manager, vehicles fire suppression systems, Steve Oxley looks at what businesses need to do to comply. Workplace ... -
What does the NCC 2022 Section J9D3 mean for your business?
The new National Construction Code will come into effect in May 2023 and it includes requirements for energy equipment, electric vehicle charging and battery systems. NHP ... -
A blueprint for jobs and prosperity in Australia’s solar future
The Australian Silicon Action Plan report, published by CSIRO, has laid out a path for Australia to become a jobs powerhouse in the solar revolution. Electrical ... -
Stock up on your tax and super employer obligations
Checking out tools and equipment for the end of financial year sales? Here’s the best tool for your job – knowledge of your obligations as an ... -
Changes to employment law, what do you need to know?
Important changes to employment law have been adopted in relation to employee payment details, and what information can (or can’t) be declared publicly. Our legal expert ... -
Dealing with solar panels at the end of their useful life
UNSW Sydney solar experts says Australia needs bespoke technology designed to recycle important elements inside solar panels. Dealing with redundant solar panels, or photovoltaic (PV) modules, ... -
Employees now have the right to share (or, in fact, not share) information about their pay
Important changes to employment law have been adopted in relation to employee payment details, and what information can (or can’t) be declared publicly. Our legal expert ... -
Batteries are the environmental Achilles heel of electric vehicles – unless we repair, reuse and recycle them
Written by Mehdi Seyedmahmoudian, Alex Stojcevski and Saad Mekhilef from the Swinburne University of Technology. Electric vehicle advocates say the cars ultimately have a smaller carbon footprint than their ... -
Community batteries are popular – but we have to make sure they actually help share power
To power Australia without fossil fuels will mean using batteries to store power from solar and wind. We often think this means home batteries – or large ...
