Government News

The New South Wales government has hit a significant hitch in its bid to sell its biggest power generator.

The Australian Government has been told to stop spying on East Timor.

Appeals have been launched against a landmark Federal Court ruling in favour of NSW local councils.

The new Mayor of Geelong has been making himself known if nothing else, and will now take his personal brand of leadership to the international stage for the World Mayor competition.

A breakthrough from protests by Queensland doctors has seen a vote of no confidence in the state’s Health Minister.

Local governments have welcomed moves by the Prime Minister to create new opportunities in the northern half of Australia.

Courts have ruled that the Western Australian Government's shark cull is legal, after a challenge by environmental group Sea Shepherd.

New South Wales Members of Parliament can continue drinking during late-night sittings, after a parliamentary inquiry ruled drunkenness was covered by existing rules.

The LNP is continuing to extol the virtues of Assistant Health Minister Fiona Nash, despite her being censured by the Senate over conflict of interest allegations.

More job cuts in the Australian public sector with reports that the Bureau of Statistics will lose up to 100 workers and another 200 Environment Department staff will go too.

The Prime Minister has set up a new council to support the timber industry, hoping to unlock the economic potential of Australia’s national parks.

Authorities are taking the first steps to repair extensive damage caused by bushfires in Victoria, releasing water over the burned and parched former wetlands.

Broad opposition has formed against a planned shale gas extraction program in Western Australia's Kimberley region, with locals saying they won’t put their water at risk.

The Labor party has joined the Greens in their push for a Senate probe into environmental offsets for mining firms, questioning whether the price they pay is really equal to the damage they produce.

An independent business advisory council for workplace diversity says gender equity measures have not worked.

The Federal Government is looking to fund better ways of using Murray-Darling water.

Toll roads could be the solution to traffic congestion in Hobart, according to urban geographer and transport economist Bob Cotgrove.

Residents of a small Victorian town continue to be blanketed by smoke and fumes from an underground coal fire, which authorities say will be investigated.

A meeting today could decide whether Australian consumers get to use a new website and star rating system for healthy food, or whether it has all been a wasted effort.

The Federal Government has announced its ‘streamlined’ version of offshore petroleum and gas resource approvals, and already explorers are looking to sink their drill bits into the ocean floor.