Government News

TasWater has pledged to reduce the number of towns where residents need to boil drinking water.

More authorities are joining the push for a fresh look into long-running claims of herbicide poisoning of government workers.

The South Australian Government will spend $2.2 million on new software after almost $1.5 million was mistakenly paid to energy retailers.

Facebook has unveiled its first full-scale, solar-powered, internet-broadcasting drone.

Private lobby Business SA says establishing an outback nuclear waste dump would be the best economic move for South Australia, if the Government wants to engage in the nuclear industry.

The architects of the NBN say they are on a hiring drive, looking to pick up 4,500 new workers in a $40 million recruitment program.

Authorities say claims that forced Council amalgamations drive down rates are not borne out by evidence from other states.

Councils Australia-wide submitted more than 100 examples of ailing community infrastructure in need of help in the first week after a call-out from the Australian Local Government Association (ALGA).

The Federal Government’s Green Army – a central part of its attempt at environmental policy – needs more people.

The Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) has warned children could be at risk due to understaffing and a lack of resources at the WA Department for Child Protection and Family Support’s Working With Children Unit.

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has not ruled out a cabinet reshuffle or even the addition of extra ministers in a performance review later this year.

Sick days for Tasmanian public servants now cost over $70 million a year, leading the state’s Auditor-General to believe there is a growing culture of entitlement.

New data from federal workplace insurer Comcare shows taxpayers are close to paying $80 million for bullying, harassment and "occupational violence" claims in the public service this year.

Industrial action by public servants is expected to disrupt international airports this week.

The president of Whistleblowers Australia says Australian Public Service Commissioner John Lloyd is not the best person to take sensitive disclosures to, despite it being part of his job.

Over hundred delegates from Queensland councils west of Dividing Range are in their second day of a big summit.

The CFMEU has emerged as a surprise backer of the Labor Party’s 50 per cent renewable energy target, but their support is contingent on unprecedented assistance for workers.

A global survey has found that the world’s wealthiest people understand climate change, but only half see it as a threat.

The Queensland Transport Department is scrambling to deal with an oil spill along a 10 kilometre stretch of water in the ocean south of Townsville.

Victoria’s Small Business Minister Adem Somyurek has been forced to resign from the ministry after bullying allegations made by his former chief of staff.