Government News

A successful trial of new farming techniques on Christmas Island could see it become Australia’s cannabis capital.

Hundreds of people took part in a union march in Adelaide late last week to demand that the Federal Government build submarines in South Australia.

Refugee and asylum seeker children have skirted the rules of their detention and set up a Facebook page to speak out about their treatment.

A workers’ compensation expert says bonuses that the insurance industry is paid by some state governments could actually result in injured workers' claims being rejected.

A major maritime union wants to Federal Government to stop aluminium producer Alcoa from using a foreign-crewed ship to move cargo from refineries in Western Australia to its smelter in Victoria.

The Federal Government has released its shortlist of six sites that could one day store "low-to-intermediate" nuclear waste.

Queensland Education Minister Kate Jones has confirmed that over 600 Department of Education records have been accessed illegally.

Unemployment in Australia has taken a somewhat surprising dive in new figures released this week.

After three years without, WA has a Commissioner for Children and Young People once again.

The WA Government says a lack of resources means that most of its upcoming intake of Syrian refugees will be resettled in Perth.

The NSW Local Government Minister could dust off a one-size-fits-all plan for statutory “rural councils”.

A NSW MP has come up with a plan to avoid the state’s controversial Fit for the Future reforms, and it has already been labelled “illogical”, “crazy”, and ridiculous.

More voices have been added to calls for the Tasmanian Government to deal with a growing pile of discarded car tyres.

Insiders say the Murray Darling Basin Authority will offer employees a 6 per cent pay increase over three years.

The decision to extend a big WA mining camp has caused a stoush between the state’s Liberals and Nationals.

The Climate Institute has slammed the adequacy of Australia’s carbon emission reduction measures, saying they would not meet the smallest target set at the upcoming Paris climate talks.

Australia’s attempt to join the United Nations Human Rights Council has prompted over 100 responses from member nations, some of which unleashed on its rough treatment of refugees.

A ballot for industrial action by members of the CFMEU at NSW utility Essential Water has been approved.

Labor says Australia should lead world efforts to resettle climate change migrants forced from their homes in the Pacific.

Victorian Labor MP Cesar Melhem says he will stay in State Parliament and fight allegations of corruption from his days as a union boss.