Government News

Hobart's Lord Mayor has said local council amalgamations in Tasmania are "inevitable" after a vote in favour this week.

The South Australian Local Government sector continues to lobby for significant changes to the State's planning system, changes it has wanted for years.

The New South Wales Government has been accused of missing several key points ahead of this weekend’s election, as it tours the state spruiking a plan to sell valuable assets.

Deep funding cuts to the Indigenous Advancement Strategy have led one NT mayor to tell federal politicians they “better start listening real fast”.

The Western Australian Government has set up a new office to guide ICT reform.

A Federal Parliamentary committee has slammed the Federal Government's Asset Recycling program.

The Senate will vote on the Government’s metadata retention bill today, and it appears almost certain to pass with the blessing of the party technically considered the Opposition.

Conservation groups say there are some good points to the new Great Barrier Reef plan, but it ignores the greatest risk of all.

Labor’s NSW leader Luke Foley has pledged to reverse his own party’s policy, to protect water supplies and agriculture.

The Federal Government has put up $5 million for River Murray economic development projects.

A new partnership has been formed to stop suicide in the mining and oil and gas industries.

A new risk has been uncovered in the already dangerous world of fire-fighting.

New laws will remove the responsibility to report food-related deaths and disease outbreaks for some parties.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott appears to agree that Victoria’s East West Link project is dead.

The Federal Government is in fresh talks about the renewable energy target today, with just a week left before a deadline that forces emissions-intensive producers to pay fines.

A serious flaw in New South Wales’ electronic voting service – iVote – could have seen votes changed, experts say.

Legal experts say neither the Federal Government nor the Opposition have given a proper justification for new data retention laws.

A furore is forming over a UBS report into the election promises of the NSW Liberal party.

South Australia’s Opposition says that state’s year 7 students are being “robbed of specialist education” by being kept in primary school.

Australia now has a children's e-safety commissioner.