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Optus Business has secured an extension on its contract with the Agriculture Department...
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Review reveals Vic power gouge
Victorians pay an average of 21 per cent more than the cheapest price on offer for electricity and gas...
Opt-out e-health plan proceeding
The COAG Health Council has green-lit My Health Record, the federal government's e-health record system.
Vaccination campaign coming
Australia's chief medical officer has launched a new campaign to combat anti-vaccination myths.
Report reveals long path for Perth Hospital
WA Health Minister Roger Cook says a new report on lead contamination at the Perth Children's Hospital shows there is still plenty of work to be done.
Multi-billion tech spend questioned
The Senate has voted to support an inquiry into federal IT failures...
Court test for forced shock therapy
The Victorian Supreme Court is testing the validity of forced ‘shock therapy’ laws.
Power firms urged to use 'plain English'
Power companies must relay costs to customers “in plain English”...
ASIC enters CBA scandal
ASIC is investigating CBA’s alleged breaches of money laundering and terrorism financing laws.
SA makes $1.6b Land Title deal
The South Australian Government is moving ahead on a $1.6 billion deal to privatise its Lands Titles Office.
Ill-fated bank tax moves forward
A controversial bank tax proposal has passed South Australian Parliament's Lower House.
Hobart hospital loses psych training
The Royal Hobart Hospital has Tasmania's largest public hospital has been stripped of its accreditation for psychiatry care training.
Tack changed in TasWater takeover
Tasmanian councils are turning their focus to the Legislative Council Select Committee in its bid to prevent the takeover of TasWater.
Councils slam planning change
NSW councils are outraged at a new move to make planning panels mandatory for Sydney and Wollongong.
V/Line spends high, achieves low
Victoria's regional rail service V/Line is failing to meet performance targets and has an enormous maintenance backlog.
More time for cop assaults considered
Tasmania is looking at harsher penalties for people who assault off-duty police officers.
Social code imposes silence
Public servants cannot even react angrily to social media posts that criticise the government under new guidelines ...
Violent video backs welfare card
Footage of violence in Indigenous communities has been used in a push to expand the cashless welfare card.
Pyne drops dirt files
Queensland MP Rob Pyne has used parliamentary privilege to release a ‘dirt file’ on the state’s councils.
Police empowered to end tent city
Police may soon start to bust up Sydney’s CBD ‘tent city’.
IPA questions high prison spend
A new report says Australia spends more on prisons and police than most other developed countries.