The Queensland Government has launched the Women in Manufacturing Apprentice Awards. Nominations are now open for the ‘Leading Apprentice Award’ and runner-up ‘Highly Commended Apprentice Award’ for 2024, with recipients to be announced at the annual International Women’s Day Women in Manufacturing Breakfast next year. The awards seek to celebrate Queensland’s leading female apprentices who demonstrate […]

The Gold Coast Titans women’s team have rallied behind the Queensland Government’s Women in Manufacturing Strategy as part of a new sponsorship aimed at attracting women to the industry.   The strategy was first launched in March 2023 to attract and retain women in the manufacturing industry – with a particular focus on increasing participation in male dominated roles.   Minister […]

Major lithium miner Pilbara Minerals is taking steps to support women in the industry with a monthly Women of the Pilbara event. As reported by the ABC, the Chamber of Minerals and Energy of Western Australia (CME) found women accounted for 18 per cent of resources workers in 2017. This year the CME found the number had […]

By Cara Robb, Elizabeth Wheeler and Siew Shan Foo, edited by Margaret Gayen The Women in Pipelines Forum (WPF) was established as an outcome of the APGA Women’s Leadership Development Program, with the purpose of promoting the collaboration, contribution, celebration, and empowerment of women in the pipeline industry across Australia and New Zealand. Since its […]

Hancock Prospecting, which is chaired by Gina Rinehart, has bought out a major 7.72 per cent stake in Liontown, just two weeks after Liontown’s board recommended its shareholders accept Albemarle’s takeover offer. Hancock Prospecting has interests in iron ore and lithium operations around the country and a long-established presence in WA. In a statement made […]

In this report, Australian Pipelines and Gas Association (APGA) president Donna McDowall focuses on policy support for renewable gases. Okay can we hold up…we are already half-way through the year and there is still a ton of stuff to do. Not that we haven’t achieved already as an industry. Two large pipeline projects have come […]