Rio Tinto has deployed 69 driverless trucks across three iron ore mine sites in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The trucks are controlled from an operations centre in Perth, over 1200 kilometres away. [ + ]

Australian Construction Industry Forum (ACIF) has announced the appointment of it new executive director, James Cameron. [ + ]

nbn has launched a new campaign to attract a new generation of workers to build and maintain the nbn network, as well as address a telecommunications skills shortage. [ + ]

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has issued a product safety notice on the Hino 300 Series vehicles. [ + ]

GreenSync has edged out tough competition to win the Energy Technology Award for the Australian Technologies Competition. [ + ]

The death of a young apprentice in Victoria has prompted the National Electrical and Communications Association (NECA) to remind all electrical apprentices, electricians and contractors about the dangers of working with live electricity. [ + ]

nbn has been trialling new broadband technology, G.Fast, which delivers lightning-fast speeds over existing copper lines. [ + ]

NECA has announced the departure of the Victorian Chapter Council's executive director. [ + ]

According to SafeWork Australia (SWA), approximately 1.2 million Australian workers were exposed to diesel exhaust in the workplace in 2011. Those at risk cover a range of occupations including drive-in booth operators, miners, construction workers, oil and gas workers, forklift drivers, loading dock workers, truck drivers, farm workers, stevedores and vehicle maintenance workers. [ + ]

StayinFront has announced that Kerrie-Anne Turner has been named a 2015 finalist for the Telstra New South Wales Business Women's Awards. One of the longest running awards program in Australia, the Telstra Women's Awards empower women to take pride in all they have accomplished and recognise leaders who continue to achieve even greater success. [ + ]

Sydney's $7m LED city lighting upgrade is now complete after three years, reducing energy use by 40%. [ + ]

The Prysmian Group, which manufactures and supplies optical ribbon to the nbn, has been announced as nbn’s Supplier of the Year for 2015. [ + ]

What's Australia's largest industry? (Hint: It's not mining). And the Green Building Council of Australia says we need visionary government leadership to continue its growth. [ + ]

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is urging electricians and builders to replace dangerous Infinity electrical cables that were installed in up to 40,000 homes and businesses throughout Australia.

A three-year construction plan to grant nbn network access to over nine million premises across the country by 2018 has been released. [ + ]