Government News

Senior church leaders have called on the Federal Government to make stronger climate change resolutions, saying the risks outweigh religious difference.

The ACTU wants domestic violence victims to be allowed an extra 10 days of annual leave to help them break free of their abusers.

A Government incentive scheme to get more doctors out bush has seen money go to large regional centres, depriving smaller towns, according to Assistant Health Minister Fiona Nash.

Former Queensland Premier Anna Bligh has admitted the Queensland Government bought the wrong system to run its $1.2 billion health payroll, leading to a long-running and expensive debacle.

The Tasmanian Government will announce a six-month extension of the First Home Builders Boost in this week’s state budget.

The WA Opposition has accused the government of putting a campaign logo on normal capital works, in order to look like it has achieved something.

A new report says the cost of programs to encourage rooftop solar systems have outweighed the benefits by $9 billion.

The ACTU wants to make a temporary LNP-fighting fund into a permanent fee for members.

By the end of June, Sydney's 41 councils must decide whether to merge with some of their neighbours, or risk being rated “not fit for the future”.

The Federal Government has allocated the latest funds from the Financial Assistance Grants program, but the amounts could be higher.

About 800 applicants will be up for just 20 graduate jobs at the Department of Finance, while the agency tries to shake off its cold and uncaring image.

The Federal Government has been criticised and questioned after it paid for the same anti-ice advertisement to be made twice, 8 years apart.

The Fair Work Commission will be forced to make a ruling on its own conduct, a new twist in the industrial action from the federal public service.

Now that the Federal Government has successfully slashed the Renewable Energy Target, progressive State Governments could fill the void.

The Government of South Australia has made a bold move toward more open and transparent services, with a new website detailing what it offers and how it performs.

A WA MP says some government departments should move to regional areas.

For a second time, attorneys-general from across the country have petitioned the Federal Government over funding cuts to legal aid and community legal services.

Rural women say a special scheme should be set up to stop people around the country suffering in silence at the hands of abusive partners.

A Senate inquiry has been told around 1,000 wind turbines will need to be built to meet the new Renewable Energy Target figure of 33,000 gigawatt hours.

The Federal Government has acknowledged that Co-operative Research Centres earn more than they cost, but will cut funding to them anyway.