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Safety alert – USB style chargers
Fair Trading Commissioner Rod Stowe is warning consumers about the potentially fatal risk of using non-compliant USB style chargers following the recent death of a consumer ... -
Burder Industries gets solar upgrade
Yingli Green Energy Australia, known as “Yingli Solar”, has supplied Burder Industries with a 355kWp solar PV system through its distribution partner, EnviroGroup, a specialist provider ... -
Security of Payment changes around the nation
It's been a year of reviews and reports for the Security of Payment Act in many states. Contractors Debt Recovery takes a look at what has ... -
SPARC International Lighting Event 2015
Australia’s lighting industry has announced that planning is now well underway for SPARC International Lighting Event 2015. -
APA calls on tradies to stop trading their health away
The Australian Physiotherapy Association (APA) is calling on tradies to take care of their health and to better manage their work, life and safety habits as ... -
TradeUP Australia Director encourages women to take up a trade
TradeUP Australia is a new not-for-profit organisation working with industry and the wider community to introduce skilled trades as a viable career option to women. -
NECA applauds construction code fee elimination
The decision of Commonwealth, State and Territory Ministers to eliminate the purchase price for electrical contractors to obtain the National Construction Code has been applauded by ... -
Lumex LED lighting eligible for government incentives
The VEET & IPART initiatives run by the Victorian and New South Wales governments respectively are designed to make energy efficiency improvements more affordable to energy ... -
Construction industry workers exposed to dangerous noise levels
Builders and those involved in construction are being urged to get a hearing test given the noise they are exposed to at work and the potential ... -
NECA says apprenticeship productivity is an important issue
The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) has endorsed an “apprentice productivity” initiative submitted by NECA and Business Group Australia (BGA) under ACCI’s Productivity Leadership ...