Sharon Olalia

Data recovery tool provider OfficeRecovery has launched cloud-based online service that significantly cuts the time from encountering a file corruption disaster to complete recovery.

Starting another war over wages and conditions will only continue Australia’s productivity decline, the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU) told the Manufacturing Roundtable in Parliament House today.

The Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA) and Austrade have launched two new publications designed to promote Australian green building capability to overseas governments, private sector developers, architects, engineers, specifiers and distributors of green building products.

The Australian and International Pilots Association (AIPA), which has been focussing its protected industrial action on raising awareness of the Qantas management plan to offshore jobs, is today marking the two month anniversary of qantaspilots.com.au by thanking the 50,000 individual Australians who have visited the site since its launch in July, and the 22,000 who have signed the online petition to keep Qantas pilots in the cockpit.

Critics of the Victorian Government plan to expedite cases through the Victorian Civil and Administrative Appeals Tribunal (VCAT) were attacking housing affordability and employment opportunities of thousands of Victorians, the Urban Development Industry of Australia warned today.

When it comes to property, Australians are starting to choose location over size, according to new Grattan Institute research.

Housing has become the biggest cost of living issue all over Australia and there is a significant crisis, according to a coalition of national housing, welfare and community sector organisations to highlight the problem of housing affordability in Australia.

Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto has capitalized on near record-low yields to slash debt costs as company bond sales in the US this month reached $40 billion while Australia’s market remains frozen.

The appointment of Treasurer Andrew Fraser as Deputy Premier of Queensland was welcomed by the property industry at what is a critical time for the sector.

The National Broadband Network (NBN) today went live in the rural town of Willunga, about 47 kilometres south of Adelaide.

Britain's largest online fashion retailer ASOS is set to lure Australian shoppers with a standalone website down under.

Julia Gillard will open a democratic debate at the Labor Party's National Conference in December.

Chevron’s Australian subsidiaries have inked a sale and purchase agreement with Kyushu for the delivery of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the Wheatstone Project in Western Australia.

Drastic cuts to staff and offices of NSW Industrial Relations will hit workers and small businesses, the Public Service Association said today.

The Transport Workers Union has blamed Qantas management for its members’ decision to take industrial action next week.

Australian house prices went up in the June quarter, recording the largest increases since September 2010.

Nigerian scammers are actively and successfully operating in the real estate industry in Australia, the Real Estate Institute of NSW has warned.

The REIQ June quarter median unit and townhouse report has found the preliminary number of sales rebounded across most of Brisbane, with median prices also holding firm.

Ahead of his Australian visit this November, US President Barack Obama has slammed North Carolina's legislature for introducing a ban on same-sex marriage.

The O’Farrell Government’s decision to slash First Home Buyers benefits by removing stamp duty concessions for existing homes will hit rural centres hard, according to the NSW’s peak industry body.

Australia is expecting generally favourable winter growing conditions to lead to a large 2011-12 national winter crop.

A new study in the most recent Australian Health Review has revealed Australians are paying more out of their own pockets for medicines than citizens in many other countries.

The planned industrial action over a wage claim at Toyota Australia’s Altona manufacturing plant and Toyota Parts Centres in Melbourne and Sydney will undermine the stability and reliability of its Australian vehicle manufacturing operations, the car manufacturer said today.

Small businesses can downgrade energy costs through the installation of simple energy saving devices, new research has revealed.

Thousands of Suncorp employees face a nervous wait as the Queensland based company undertakes a study to determine whether insurance jobs are to be sent offshore, a union claims.

Re-launched as a social gaming platform, Friendster is now gaining momentum with increasing users and premium games.

Almost 261,000 Victorian homes are a potential fire risk, a new survey shows.

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Monday won Caucus support to push ahead with her Malaysian refugee swap.

Australia’s accommodation industry is planning to encourage member businesses in Broome to participate in the expanded Pacific Seasonal Worker Pilot Scheme, which has been announced today.