Government News

Authorities say that as the furore over Western Australia’s shark-culling policy continues, it is worth remembering that other states continue to run similar regimes killing local marine predators.

Bushfires have cut a trail of destruction across large parts of South Australia and Victoria in recent weeks, destroying farm livestock and entire populations of threatened native birds.

Changes to pay rates for apprentices have come into effect, which will mean increases for many young workers.

A former senior member of the Treasury says Australia may miss the boat to the ‘Asian Century’ if it doesn’t start building on a big scale.

Changes have been made in the name of safety and security, after a fatal stabbing at a public hospital in 2011.

Some farmers in northern New South Wales say they are glad for an extension on a workplace safety grant, but tough times and drought mean they still have other priorities.

The Federal Government has placed itself under tight new controls for using social media sites.

Government documents allegedly show the New South Wales environment department had picked a side on the coal train dust issue, before seeing the results of a report it commissioned.

The former chief executive of a major government-funded healthcare service has been found guilty of embezzling nearly a million dollars.

As many residents combine holidays with cheap medical treatments, a growing trend is seeing more international tourists booking treatments while visiting Australia.

Money-saving measures have hit hard in Western Australian Indigenous education, with more than 100 full-time Aboriginal and Islander Education Officers (AIEO) asking what the state government intends to do without them.

Western Australia has eleven thousand new state school students this year, but they will be taught by the same amount of teachers as before.

The federal government is considering removing the requirement for larger companies to lodge an annual report with the Workplace Gender Equality Agency.

The Tax Institute of Australia says there are a range of benefits that would come from making child care tax deductible.

Leaders of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission are feeling strapped for cash, admitting that ‘natural attrition’ has not thinned its numbers, and it needs more money for redundancies.

A Rural and Regional Committee has called for forced public service teleworking quotas, to push government jobs into regional areas.

One state’s Education Department is recouping its losses from failed schools, selling the buildings and the land on which they sat.

One mayor says a plan to have a fly-in, fly-out (FIFO) police force is a “kick in the guts” to rural employment.

Some young graduates with eyes on career in spying or policing will be looking for a new life’s ambition, after budget cuts meant their cadetships were cut short.

Just over half a million dollars will go out to local councils and multicultural groups in Queensland, to promote opportunities across cultures, focussing on newly-arrived immigrants and humanitarian entrants.