Government News

The Australian Public Service is “totally hopeless” and actually makes the nation's politicians worse, one MP says.

Rural Liberals want to officially question the validity of climate science, putting concerns on the agenda for its upcoming federal council.

There are strong signs that the Federal Government will soon commit to the controversial 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership, despite concerns it could be signing away its freedom.

A study of over 50,000 Twitter posts has shown where Australian politicians ‘really’ sit on the left-right divide.

Figures show people living in low socioeconomic areas in Australian capital cities are almost twice as likely to die prematurely and almost five times more likely to be receiving unemployment benefits than people living in the most advantaged area.

A bill to cut the renewable energy target (RET) has passed Federal Parliament, including measures to use native wood burning as a renewable fuel source.

Tasmania’s Primary Industries Minister Jeremy Rockliff has unveiled new measures aimed at simplifying and streamlining approval processes for farm dams.

Claims of toxic contamination in Tasmania’s drinking water have kicked off an academic war of words.

Big game hunters could soon be bagging monster crocodiles as a way to help Aboriginal communities.

A New South Wales council has been allocated half a million dollars to deal with rivers awash with debris.

The Queensland Resources Council says the state government should embark on some “visionary” investment, and build more rail.

A network of electrical charging stations across Western Australia's South-West mark Australia’s first electric highway.

Tasmanian businesses have been invited to share their views about the Tasmanian Freight Equalisation Scheme (TFES) as part of the Federal Government’s plans to expand the scheme.

Labor MP Ed Husic has become one of the first major party members to point out the flaws of the Abbott government's controversial anti-piracy website-blocking bill.

The Federal Government will not extend a funding agreement with states and territories that funds care for women with perinatal depression.

Paramedics across Australia say violent, paranoid and unpredictable ice users are creating a new level of danger at work.

The South Australian Opposition says the Government’s hospital reforms will see hundreds of frontline jobs cut.

The ACT Government says stage one of Canberra's light rail network will be powered by 100 per cent renewable energy.

A report from the authorities at Engineers Australia says “the building system in New South Wales has broken down”.

A ministerial adviser says Forestry Tasmania should be dismantled and all its assets sold off.