A MULTI-BILLION dollar liquefied natural gas plant is set to be developed in WA’s Kimberley region after a landmark deal between Aborigines, government and business.
Woodside, Australia’s second-biggest oil and gas producer, has agreed terms with the State of Western Australia and the Kimberley Land Council, to develop a LNG Precinct at James Price Point, north [...]

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NAB’s monthly buisness survay for November has shown the lowest buisness confidence level ever, in the survay’s life of 20 years, reaching minus-30 points. NAB’s survay of October shows a 21 index point drop. There is no reason for confidence to be lower now than the 1990 recession, but results have proven that it is.
Buisness conditions have dropped [...]

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The Northern Territory Mining Minister says the Government will not offer any financial aid to GBS Gold, despite the potential loss of hundreds of Territory jobs.
GBS Gold say it’s had to go into administration because production costs have soared at its mines at Tom’s Gully and Brock’s Creek.
GBS Gold employs about 200 people and it’s [...]

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AAAI’s new website
The AAAI Group has launched its new website at www.aaai.com.au. They have made their website easier to navigate, more user friendly and have added a range of new features. The new site features a streamlined navigation system which now only contains four main sections, helping candidates get to what you want faster. They [...]

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Professional services firm, Deloitte, believes resource companies should work together to create a dedicated mining university to help address a major skills shortage facing the industy.
Deloitte global mining leader Tony Zoghby told reporters on Wednesday that if mining companies got together and established their own education institution such as a mining university and not necessarily [...]

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Fair Trading Minister Linda Burney has reported an overwhelming number of firms have shown interest in purchasing the collapsed NSW builder Beechwood Homes.
Beechwood left about 300 families with unfinished homes and many subcontractors out of work when they moved into voluntary administration last month.
Linda Burney says the receiver, Deloitte, had given an assurance it was [...]

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“The latest employment figures are the best that South Australia has ever seen” says Mike Rann, South Australian Premier.
In March the state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose by 0.1 per cent, to 4.6 per cent.
Opposition leader Martin Hamilton-Smith says South Australia’s rate is the highest of all mainland states.
“It’s a familiar story, yes there’s been [...]

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