Government News

The NHMRC will fund five teams looking at different elements of dementia.

The Federal Government has begun subsidising Avastin for women with stage 3 and 4 ovarian cancer.

Extra GST money allocated for Tasmania’s health system has not been spent they way it was meant.

Hysteria, misinformation and vicious power of the internet are taking a toll on health.

Five Victorian TAFEs face a "significant decline" in finances, as cuts begin to strip the important training provider.

Some authorities say that the new West Australian school funding model will do the opposite of what evidence suggests it should.

An unexpected jump in the unemployment rate has brought a particularly hard hit to youth joblessness.

Public sector nurses will be paid to quit and sign on with a private employer, reports say.

One Local Government Association may have to fight to retain council control over planning decisions, after a range of “socialist” reforms were proposed.

Legal experts say it will be up to individual councils to decide how they respond to the abolition of the carbon price.

Population experts say the amount of people living in regional and remote areas can be doubled with a few simple steps.

It could be months before wage talks begin for 20,000 civilian employees from the Department of Defence, which is paying for a string of celebrity speakers in the meantime.

Some may be wondering what happened to a budding movement from a few months ago, when it appeared there would be a push to set up a federal corruption watchdog.

Senator Nova Peris says all Australians need to push for constitutional recognition of Aboriginal people.

The Queensland Government has successfully repealed the state's Wild Rivers Act - a move conservationists say will take a major toll on some of the world’s last free-flowing rivers.

There is outrage over reports that one state government water body spent over $400,000 on some corporate advice.

A new study say there are huge untapped water reserves in the Pilbara, which could drive a massive agricultural expansion in WA.

An ombudsmen’s report has detailed the dodgy practices at a state government water authority.

A legal quirk has allowed a top-ranking public servant to refer to a Fairfax journalist as a “bottom feeder”.

Some West Australian residents are not keen on having an unannounced explosives storage facility and sand mine in their backyards.