Standards Australia announced new rules relating to the installation of thermal insulation and halogen downlights which should help reduce the incidence of house fires.

WorkSafe has issued a reminder to workplaces that residual current devices (RCDs) need to be fitted to electrical circuits wherever hand-held electrical tools are to be used.

After manufacturing instrumentation cables for over 40 years under the name Dekoron, Olex has changed the name of its instrumentation cables to Instrolex. It is exactly the same instrumentation cable, the only difference being the change in name.

ICT analyst Ovum recently published the results of a 14-country assessment of broadband deployments and drivers in Asia-Pacific conducted by Ovum and FTTH Council, with a specific focus on FTTx, based on interviews with major carriers in Australia, New Zealand and several Asian countries.

HVAC and building management services provider, AE Smith has developed a 'National Training Achievement award' to recognise and reward the efforts of the company's apprentices.

The new Australasian headquarters for electrical industry supplier HPM Legrand was officially opened at a recent staff ceremony in Sydney's western suburb of Auburn.

A UK consortium of organisations including Filtronic, QinetiQ, Forge Europa, Thomas Swan and Cambridge University has won a £3 million three-year contract within the British DTI technology program, to develop a route to low-cost LEDs for solid-state lighting.

Group Training Australia (GTA) recently released its 'a better skilled workforce' policy statement. GTA represents the group training network which employs over 40,000 apprentices and trainees, making it Australia's largest single employer of apprentices and trainees. Nationally, one in five traditional apprentices is employed through group training arrangements.