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- General News, Industrial Relations
- 05/02/2026
- 14:20
Public Works Committee to scrutinise fit outs and refurbishments for Defence, DFAT and DITRDCSA
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works (the Committee) will be holding a series of public hearings on Friday, 6 February 2026 for three of its current inquiries: Department of Defence—9 Molonglo Drive project, Brindabella Park, Australian Capital Territory Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade—Refurbishment of Australian High Commission Staff Residential Compound, Konedobu, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts—Proposed Fit-out of New Leased Premises at One City Hill, Canberra City The Department of Defence’s works seek to fit out a new office at 9 Molonglo Drive, replacing its current office…
- Business Company News
- 05/02/2026
- 14:17
Neometals Ltd (ASX: NMT) ELi Process – MOU with Rio Tinto Extended
HIGHLIGHTS Neometals Ltd (ASX: NMT) ("Neometals" or "the Company") and leading mining services provider MineralResources Limited (ASX: MIN) ("MIN") advise that their 70:30 co-owned company, Reed AdvancedMaterials Pty Ltd ("RAM"), has agreed with Livent USA Corp. (a subsidiary of the Rio Tinto Group) ("Rio Tinto") to extend the term of their Memorandum of Understanding ("MoU") which establishes a non-bindingframework for RAM and Rio Tinto to collaborate on validating and advancing RAM’s lithium processingtechnology (the ELi ProcessTM), including optimisation testwork, process-design updates and field trials onRio Tinto’s lithium brine assets. The MoU was executed on 24 June 2025 and had an…
- Defence, National News Current Affairs
- 05/02/2026
- 14:05
Sydney’s Victoria Barracks – a historical site with a valuable future
The Australian Institute of Architects welcomes the Federal Government’s announcement it will progress the sale of surplus Defence land, including the historic Victoria Barracks sites in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne. These places hold deep cultural and architectural value. They are also rare inner-city precincts with the scale to deliver enduring public benefit if the next chapter is shaped with care. “Victoria Barracks are more than real estate assets, they are important parts of our civic story,” saidAdam Haddow, National President, Australian Institute of Architects. “Any future redevelopment must protect heritage significance, respect Country, and deliver high-quality outcomes that Australians can…
- Environment, General News
- 05/02/2026
- 13:42
Weather-related disasters can sway votes but won’t deliver climate action, study shows
A newstudy shows that, despite fires, floods and record heat, most Australians do not change their behaviour or beliefs in response to climate change…
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- Childcare, Government NSW
- 05/02/2026
- 12:55
New Commission shuts down services that fail to keep children safe
The NSW Early Learning Commission has this week ordered multiple services across NSW to stop operating due to an unacceptable risk posed to children. The Commission’s role is to ensure approved providers of early childhood education and care services in NSW meet their obligations to provide services that are safe for children and are of high quality. The cancellations issued include the service approval for the early learning service at Lycee Condorcet Sydney – The International French School and the provider approval for Great Western Family Day Care. These cancellations are due to persistent poor quality, repeated non-compliance with the…
- Government Federal
- 05/02/2026
- 12:41
Live Online Child Abuse Still Accessible on Popular Video Calling Platforms
5 February 2026 TheeSafety Commissioner’s latest periodic transparency report[1] reveals big tech companies have made little progress in detecting live online child abuse in video calls, including in encrypted environments, in the first half of 2025. eSafety found that tech companies did not apply tools across these widely used platforms or services to proactively detect live or new online child sexual exploitation and abuse: Meta – Facebook Messenger & WhatsApp Microsoft – Teams, OneDrive or Outlook Google – Meets, Chat, Messages, Gmail Apple, including Facetime Discord Snapchat Unfortunately, Australia’s demand for livestreamed child sexual abuse is chilling. A recent report…
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- Medical Health Aged Care
- 05/02/2026
- 12:03
ASA Response on Private Healthcare Australia (PHA) Consumer Research Report.
Sydney, 5 February 2026 The ASA acknowledge the consumer research report released today by Private Healthcare Australia (PHA). Understanding and appreciating the pressures that…
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- Manufacturing
- 05/02/2026
- 11:26
CEMENT INDUSTRY FEDERATION WELCOMES SECOND ROUND OF POWERING THE REGIONS FUNDING
The Cement Industry Federation welcomes the Albanese Government’s announcement of the$321 million second round of the Powering the Regions Fund (PRF). Australia’s cement manufacturing sector is critical to our economic prosperity and growth and is recognised as emissions intensive, trade-exposed and hard-to-abate. The Government’s target of net zero emissions by 2050 is shared by industry, but it will require targeted and sustained policy and investment support to remain internationally competitive and achieve that goal. The second round of PRF specifically targets trade exposed facilities subject to the safeguard mechanism and at risk of carbon leakage from less carbon regulated imports,…
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- Technology Innovation
- 05/02/2026
- 11:11
VeriSilicon Enhanced ISP8200-FS Series IP Achieves ASIL B Functional Safety Certification
Enabling Next-Generation High-Performance Automotive Camera Systems SHANGHAI–BUSINESS WIRE– VeriSilicon (688521.SH) today announced its latest enhanced versions of Image Signal Processing (ISP) IP ISP8200-FS series,…
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