Subscriptions
In order to keep site users up to date the Department of Industry and Resources are introducing RSS feeds for some of it's major content. This page lists all of the available feeds and, more importantly, how to use them.
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What are RSS feeds?
RSS (Rich Site Summary or Really Simple Syndication) is a web format for delivering and receiving changing web content. It allows users to stay informed by easily having access to content from a chosen site. Meaning you don’t have to go to each individual site or subscribe to email newsletters.
RSS makes staying up to date easy as you constantly have the latest information at your finger tips. The feed is read by an RSS News Reader and then displayed in a manner that is quick and easy for you to read.
A feed contains a summary of content from a particular site and usually gives you the option of view the entire article if you require.
How do I subscribe to an RSS Feed?
To subscribe to an RSS Feed the first thing you need is a News Reader or Feed Reader. This is a small program that checks RSS feeds and displays the content so you can read and view any information that has been added to them. There are a couple of different versions of readers. Those that run through your web browser or those that can be downloaded and run on your computer. Browser-based news readers let you view an RSS feed subscriptions from any computer, whereas a downloadable application will let you store the feed on your computer.
Once you have chosen a news reader, all you have to do is to decide what information you want to receive in with your reader, by finding and subscribing to the relevant RSS feeds. For example, if you want to subscribe to our Event Feeds, all you have to do is click on the link next to the 
icon.
Once you have clicked the link you can copy and paste the URL (the web address at the top of the browser) into your news reader.
Most websites that offer RSS feeds use the same or similar orange and white icon to indicate an RSS feed is available.
Some browsers, including Firefox and Safari, have the ability to open and run RSS feeds. This can make subscribing to RSS feeds much easier. For more details on these, please check their websites.
Where do I get RSS software?
You can download News Readers (also known as Feed Readers or News Aggregators) from the Internet. A variety of readers are available for different platforms. Some common readers are:
For Windows
Newz Crawler
Awasu
For Mac
Newsfire
Each of these maybe different in their function and we advise you to research before downloading any.
Internet download sites such as download.com is a good place to gain access to a number of readers. Most of these are free and easy to install
As well as software version there are also browser-based feed readers available also. Such as My Yahoo and Google Reader.
Where can I get more information?
The internet has a lot of information on RSS. Most search engines such as Google and Yahoo return many pages with helpful information regarding RSS.
Some pages that might be of further assistance are:
Various computer and technology magazines are a great help as well as online IT forums and Technology site.
Cnet.com provides a large range of information on various technologies and contains useful reviews on RSS readers.
