Government News
Environmental activists are celebrating a Western Australian Government rejection of hydraulic fracking on a large section of agricultural land.
Pokie exploitation could face court
Law firm Maurice Blackburn says it may launch legal action against poker machines, arguing that they breach consumer law.
Vic. rate cap tentatively welcomed
The Victorian Government has taken on recommendations from the state’s Essential Services Commission to cap council rates.
Backward views gather under new banner
Australia has a new political party – the Australian Liberty Alliance (ALA).
Truss targeted in equality campaign
A protest is on in Queensland this weekend to get one man to change his mind.
Authorities warn of criminal gaps in public sector
The Crime Commission has warned that young, drug-taking, social-media-savvy public servants are big targets for organised crime.
Government gives minuscule ground in pay talks
The Federal Government has given a small amount of ground in a move it hopes will break the impasse in public sector wage talks.
Denmark re-jig brings pledge for more talk
The Denmark Shire has a new president, after councillors in the southern Western Australian region voted this week.
City of Perth expansion plan seems abandonded
A bill to expand a Perth council to include some major neighbouring assets appears unlikely to go through.
Lomborg left to self-funded scepticism
The Federal Government has ditched a plan to pay $4 million for a climate change research centre headed by Bjorn Lomborg.
Heads roll as WA fights health bill
Hundreds of jobs will be lost at Perth's major hospitals in an attempt to contain rising costs in the government health system.
State cops want better tech links
A $100 million push for new anti-terrorism facilities has been launched at a summit of police unions in Adelaide.
Local issues get new federal forum
The Federal Government is trialling a new “Constituency Question Time”, which will open up the floor to more questions from both Government and Opposition MPs.
Council carve-up looms in NSW
The New South Wales Government says forced council amalgamations are well and truly on the table, after its recent report found most are not ‘fit for the future’.
New Family Benefits bill seeks to hurt less
The Federal Government is introducing a reduced set of Family Tax Benefit cuts to those proposed in the 2014 budget.
Private sector seeks SA water sale
An industry lobby says selling-off SA Water would raise up to $13 billion for the struggling South Australian economy.
Slim support for Canberra trams
A new study shows a majority of Canberrans support the territory’s proposed Light Rail project, but only just.
Vic. hospital's dark practices uncovered
A Victorian Health Department inquiry into 11 stillbirths or deaths in 2013 and 2014 at the Bacchus Marsh and Melton Hospital says a backward system and sub-par practices contributed to infant mortality.
Waste-to-watts at new WA plant
A $400 million deal has been signed for Western Australia’s first garbage-burning power station.
Binge fears from hangover solution
A new company will soon launch outlets offering a ‘hangover cure’ administered through an intravenous (IV) drip.
Huge mine gets up on new green grounds
The $16 billion Adani Carmichael coal mine has been approved under a new set of environmental conditions.