[ad_1] Patrick is a subsidiary of ASX-listed Asciano. Photo: Patrick Oliver Probert – Sydney December 2, 2015 The Maritime Union of Australia has lodged an application to the Fair Work Commission to ballot Patrick stevedore workers over potential strike action in an effort to get improved roster arrangements. An MUA application to the Fair Work
Read More[ad_1] Katter’s Australian Party member Shane Knuth is pushing for re-regulation of the Queensland sugar sector. Photo: Shutterstock A private members bill proposed in Queensland Parliament by Katter’s Australian Party would re-regulate the state’s sugar market. Katter’s Australian Party member Shane Knuth says the bill, Sugar Industry (Real Choice in Marketing) Amendment Bill 2015, will
Read More[ad_1] One of Australia’s most experienced conveyor engineers has applied for patents for an innovative belt conveyor and formed a new company called Down Under Belt Conveyors. According to Mr James, the new belt conveyor uses standard belting and has the return belt above the carry belt. The carry idlers are directly fixed to the
Read More[ad_1] First Roy Hill iron ore ship the MV Anangel Explorer being loaded at Port Hedland. Photo: Roy Hill In the same week iron ore slipped below US$43 a tonne, the first shipment of iron ore has been loaded from Gina Rinehart’s Roy Hill mine in Western Australia’s Pilbara Region. Rinehart, who according to Forbes
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