Government News

Queensland public servants are testing what could be a normal arrangement in the office of the future.

A previously confidential study has revealed that Labor’s all-fibre national broadband network could have been delivered faster and for less money than forecast, and it now appears that the LNP Government has ignored its own review.

Australia’s Federal Court has ruled that private companies can patent human gene mutations.

A new report has again shown mixed results in one of Australia’s most important healthcare efforts.

Dozens of clinical incidents in a short period have prompted an investigation at the Rockhampton Base Hospital.

There are more calls for a federal anti-corruption body to be set up, as builders’ donations continue to trouble NSW politicians.

A community campaign has been launched to stop the partial privatisation of the New South Wales power network.

Victorian Premier Denis Napthine wants to stop power companies from charging customers for work to improve the safety of powerlines in bushfire-prone areas.

The mining tax is gone and the superannuation guarantee has been frozen, in a move seen as oddly contradictory by economic experts.

Re-awakening a dormant casino could be a big win for an isolated outpost, according to a report on boosting regional economies.

Buyers are lining up for the first three West Australian government assets to be privatised.

A new research project is seeking the source of strength and cultural heritage to improve regional communities.

A Tasmanian Senator says the Defence Force and the Department of Veterans Affairs are involved in a “cover-up of appallingly high levels of abuse”.

Public Service Minister Eric Abetz says the Government is not using pay talks to cut wages and conditions in the public service.

Government should not only be for the rich, one Local Government Association chief says.

Just days after the Roads to Recovery funds were finally secured, Queensland local governments say the state has plundered another source of infrastructure funds.

Legislation has passed in the Senate to continue funding for the Roads to Recovery scheme to 2019, but it has received a mixed reaction from local government bodies.

One New South Wales council is striding into a safe and stylish future, installing 400 metre glow-in-the-dark path over its railway.

Tales of dodgy cops abound this week, with accusations of robbery, corruption and money laundering levelled against several guardians of the peace.

State governments and small communities are filling the gap left by a Federal Government that seems unwilling to change.