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News | 28/03/2019

Queensland Women's Week: a recap

The first week of March 2019 was arguably Engineers Australia’s largest from a diversity and gender equality in engineering perspective. In Queensland, the celebrations spanned the entire week and covered female engineers and future engineers from high school, right through to the very top – all the way from the...
News | 28/03/2019

From Brissy to the Bush: The importance of Queensland's Regions

Engagement is the word following a promising start to the calendar year from Queensland’s Regional Groups and their early consolidation and preparation in 2019. Kick-starting the year was a meeting of the Regional Chairs to plan their year of professional development and engagement with local members; A congregation in the...
News | 27/03/2019

Engineers Meets Parliament in WA

As part of our Centenary celebration and our commitment to being the “Voice of the Profession”, Engineers Australia’s National President Hon. Trish White and Hon. Bill Johnston MLA Minister for Mines and Petroleum; Energy; Industrial Relations co-hosted an Engineers Meets Parliament function on Tuesday 19 March. Held in the aptly...
News | 26/03/2019

What do the NSW election results mean for engineers?

With the Liberal Party-National Party Coalition Government returned with a slim majority following last weekend’s NSW state election, the Government, under Premier, Hon Gladys Berejiklian MP will implement the policies it took to the election and continue its existing program of work. Although the Government has emerged with a slim...
News | 26/03/2019

Analysis – 2019 NSW State Election

The result The Liberal Party-National Party Coalition Government, under the leadership of Premier, Hon Gladys Berejiklian MP has seen off a challenge from Labor (and Leader of the Opposition, Hon Michael Daley MP) and has been returned to government following last weekend’s 2019 New South Wales state election. This means...
News | 26/03/2019

International Women's Day

Time to realise our full potential Engineers Australia, the Australian Institute of Project Management and the Institute of Managers and Leaders joined forces to celebrate International Women’s Day at a breakfast event in Canberra on 6 March 2019. Emceed by Greg Ewing, General Manager for Engineer Australia’s Sydney and Canberra...
News | 11/03/2019

Inspiring future engineers at the Avalon International Airshow

The Avalon International Airshow, recently held from 26 February to 3 March, proved to be a valuable opportunity to promote the engineering profession to students. As the biggest aviation, aerospace and defence exposition in the southern hemisphere, this year the Airshow looked to further highlight the benefits of building STEM...
News | 11/03/2019

New report finds opportunity for incoming engineers

Many of these students were lucky enough to experience Engineers Australia’s presence on campus during O-Week — some for the first time. Engineers Australia’s student ambassadors in their Frontier shirts manned stalls and gave introductory talks to new engineering cohorts during the first few days of uni. Students had the...
News | 11/03/2019

Events like Opal Tower are shaping the future of engineering and that isn’t a good thing

The final report released in February found the cracks that appeared in the tower were largely due to an “as-constructed hob beam/panel assembly” being under‐designed according to national codes. The first of the three recommendations in the report include introducing a register for engineers to ensure professionals have a high...

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