Prime Minister Julia Gillard today released the Federal Government's guidelines for the $6 billion Regional Infrastructure Fund, which will unlock investment in communities dealing with the impacts of the mining boom.

Minister for Small Business Brendan O'Connor today visited a small business which is making the most of Queensland's resources boom.

The WA State Government has called on businesses to submit their Expression of Interest (EOI) for the General Industrial Areas (GIA) to be developed near Onslow.

Queenslanders will be supported to access jobs across the mining and resource sector with an $800,000 funding commitment from the State and Federal Governments for two new Queensland job coordinators.

Today's launch of the $1.1 million Australia-China Clean Coal Technology Partnership Fund aims to accelerate the deployment of low emissions coal technologies to reduce emissions from coal- fired power stations.

A multi-million dollar drilling program to establish if the West Canning Basin in the Pilbara can support a major industrial use water supply will begin next week and is expected to be completed by December this year.

More than 2.7 million small businesses have begun to share in the benefits of the mining boom thanks to major new tax relief measures starting for businesses across the country this week.

At a graduation ceremony at Parliament House today 13 Indigenous women received qualifications that will lead to jobs in the mining industry.

Australia's growing army of workers on the move are being offered intimate relationship advice to ease the pressures of working away from their loved ones.

Women are missing out on the benefits of the resources boom, Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency (EOWA) Director, Helen Conway said today.