Government News

The Northern Territory Government has responded to repeated complaints that its home buyers’ insurance scheme is not working.

A group of US scientists and activists want the next level of gene-editing techniques banned.

Former industry minister Ian Macfarlane has defected from the Liberal Party to join the Nationals.

WA’s Carnarvon Shire is setting up two new battery storage systems that it hopes will boost the area's renewable energy use and help the local economy.

An auditor-general’s report has found a long list of WA public sector agencies that could be employing inappropriate or unqualified staff.

There are more hearings on this week in South Australia’s nuclear fuel cycle royal commission.

Former Education Queensland director-general Julie Grantham has pleaded guilty to a nepotism charge.

The Federal Government has agreed to a deal proposed by the Greens over laws to crack down on multinational tax avoidance.

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) acted unlawfully when by raiding the Canberra headquarters of the Construction, Mining, Forestry, and Energy Union (CFMEU), the ACT Supreme Court has found.

The Australian Public Service Commission has released the 2014-15 State of the Service report – and it is drastically slimmed-down from previous years.

A recent review has criticised WA’s Department of Local Government

The APSC says government workers spend too much time stuck in one job...

The Queensland Government has reached an in-principle agreement with its staff.

The Victorian Government is setting up an independent inquiry into allegations of bullying and dysfunction at the Geelong Council.

Troubling reports are emerging that refugees and local workers on Nauru are being forced to remove asbestos without proper protection from the potentially deadly material.

Reports say there has been a major cyber attack on the computers at the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM), and China is to blame.

Reports this week suggest the Queensland Government has been planning to strip native title off traditional landowners to make way for the Carmichael coal mine.

Two major salmon producers will join local councils, Taswater, NRM South and the Derwent Estuary program to monitor waterways in southern Tasmania.

Senior Agriculture Department official Phillip Glyde has been named as the new Murray-Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) chief executive.

New South Wales water authorities are demanding that the Defence Department remediate the Tomago Sandbeds.