Smart Cities Council Australia New Zealand (SCCANZ) has announced that leading professional services company Jacobs has joined the council. [ + ]

From 1 August 2021, the exemptions for CPR, PTR and LVR training will no longer apply. [ + ]

The announcement of a two-way, quarantine-free corridor between Australia and New Zealand from 19 April has been a welcome one. [ + ]

APS Industrial is now the sole distributor of KATO switching solutions in Australia thanks to a new agreement. [ + ]

CEDIA has announced it will use a global executive search firm to help recruit its next CEO. [ + ]

CEDIA has released what it describes as a 'first-of-its-kind study' of the Australian smart home industry. [ + ]

Lighting Council Australia (LCA) has published a new Creative Lighting Guide designed in the main for electrical contractors and consumers. [ + ]

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has announced five locations across regional Queensland to host a large-scale, network-connected battery trial. [ + ]

Victoria Bitter has launched Solar Exchange — a new program that enables beer lovers to trade their excess solar energy for slabs of Victoria Bitter. [ + ]

Australia's CSIRO will help develop next-generation concentrated solar thermal (CST) technology in the United States. [ + ]

The ARC has funded a groundbreaking research initiative to improve the quality and productivity of the construction industry using robotic technology. [ + ]

Safe Work Australia is asking industrty members to complete a five-minute survey about the current Australian WHS Strategy 2012–2022. [ + ]

As a member of the global LAPP family of companies, LAPP Australia is at the forefront of cable, connector and automation innovation. [ + ]

Data centre solutions provider NEXTDC has announced the launch of NEXTneutral, its new data centre carbon neutrality program. [ + ]

A new film, Jason Daniels' story – surviving an electric shock from overhead powerlines, highlights the importance of a safe work system. [ + ]