Our Auto Industry’s Culture of Innovation is Worth Paying For
Friday, 24 May 2013
Nothing worthwhile comes easy. Every father has uttered those words to their kids yet it is amazing how many times these words need to be reiterated to us in adult life...
Engineers Urge Australia to Back Aussie Cars
Thursday, 23 May 2013
Australia’s engineers have urged all car industry players to come together to produce a bipartisan plan to reinvigorate our automotive industry and keep the benefits flowing to the whole economy...
Don’t Risk $4.8 Billion Blowout Until States Restore Engineering Capacity
Wednesday, 15 May 2013
The Commonwealth’s investment in infrastructure will be wasted by states government unless they re-hire their sacked engineers...
Pharmacy Guild Caught Misleading Senate Over Chemo Drugs
Friday, 10 May 2013
A Senate report released today highlights the problems behind the Pharmacy Guild’s exclusive power and the way they use their weight to bully others for its own mistakes...
Budget Infrastructure Boost Welcome, but Why Cut 1000 Years of Engineering Experience?
Tuesday, 7 May 2013
Victoria’s engineers have welcomed a short term boost to infrastructure and a partial commitment to the East-West Link but called on the Government to rehire its engineers to help deliver its projects..
Engage kicks into second gear in Brisbane
Monday, 6 May 2013
Engineers critical to Australia’s infrastructure plans helped to kick off APESMA’s Engage campaign recently...
Battlefield Technology Welcome But More Engineers Needed
Friday, 3 May 2013
Engineers have welcomed the Government’s commitment to a high technology defence force in its White Paper released today, but called on them to employ more engineers to make this goal a reality...
Record Levels of Respect for Engineers
Friday, 3 May 2013
The Australian public respects engineers more than ever before according to a new poll published yesterday...
Engineers Welcome Extra Victorian Roads Funding but Call for Engineering Investment
Wednesday, 1 May 2013
APESMA has welcomed the Victorian Government’s announcement today that $170 million would be spent helping to fix the state’s roads over the next three years...
Professional Pharmacists Hit Out at Abbott’s Penalty Rate Plans
Tuesday, 30 April 2013
Australian pharmacists have issued concerns about apparent plans by Tony Abbott to “back” applications to remove the penalty rates paid to pharmacists for working outside normal business hours...
APESMA Selected for Government’s Services Leadership Group
Monday, 29 April 2013
APESMA today welcomed the Commonwealth Government’s announcement that it had been appointed to the newly-created Services Leadership Group...
Delegates to meet Holden management
Tuesday, 23 April 2013
APESMA members have been rocked by the announcement that Holden will shed 400 jobs in South Australia...
Tasmanian Roads Need an Engineering Boost
Tuesday, 23 April 2013
Tasmania could invest millions of dollars into fixing the state’s roads - without costing the public a cent - simply by hiring more engineers to scope and manage projects better...
Engage is a significant change in approach
Monday, 22 April 2013
The Engage campaign is a culmination of the work we have done in the past but with a new way of getting the message through...
APESMA launches ENGAGE campaign
Monday, 22 April 2013
APESMA will campaign for a dramatic 20 per cent increase in Australia’s infrastructure investment at no additional cost, with the official launch of APESMA’s ENGAGE campaign today...
Why we need to ENGAGE
Thursday, 18 April 2013
The engineering profession is in somewhat of a crisis...
Pharmacists Call on Guild to be Pharmacist Friendly
Monday, 15 April 2013
Professional Pharmacists Australia has urged the Pharmacy Guild to elect a pharmacist friendly President after the resignation of current president Kos Sclavos was announced today...
Pharmacy Audit Starts This Month - Pharmacists Urged to Contact PPA With Concerns
Tuesday, 9 April 2013
The Fair Work Ombudsman has written to Professional Pharmacists Australia notifying us that this week they will contact a sample of pharmacies they have chosen to audit...
Why Australia Should Have a Centre of Excellence in Engineering
Wednesday, 3 April 2013
Earlier this year the Commonwealth Government released its latest Industry Plan...
Queensland’s Labour Day March Still in May
Wednesday, 3 April 2013
The Queensland Government has gazetted the Labour Day public holiday in October, some say a cynical move against unions others say as a means to spread the public holidays across the calendar year...
