Government News

A mass gastro outbreak in New Zealand has been blamed on contaminated water.

A Queensland Government taskforce says it will cost about $8.2 billion to save the Great Barrier Reef.

Brisbane City Council has lost more than $450,000 through phoney invoices over the past month alone.

Some of Australia’s biggest and most-respected companies have given their views on mandatory data sharing.

The Federal Government's Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) has shifted its gaze to a new Chinese energy deal.

The WA Government is trying to ensure contractors get paid when they work on big projects.

The NSW Government has decided to buy back the Caroona coal mine licence from BHP, but says the nearby Shenhua mine is going ahead.

The WA Government wants to know how to force drug addicts into rehab.

New listings on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) could save diabetics thousands of dollars a year.

The people who deal with hideous scenes of road trauma are fighting a move to unlimited speed zones.

Treasurer Scott Morrison is under fire for blocking the sale of NSW electricity assets to China.

Insiders say more and more Australian home buyers are getting in over their heads.

Liverpool Mayor Ned Mannoun is retiring to spend time with his family, shortly after an unrelated ICAC raid.

The WA Chief Justice says community legal services will have to innovate to deal with funding cuts.

Stats show virtually no change in federal public sector pay.

Disturbing signs of abuse have again emerged from an Australian government facility.

It’s been over 24 hours since #CensusFail, and mixed messages are still flying.

A bill to ban greyhound racing in New South Wales has been fast-tracked.

Systemic disadvantages in rural and regional communities will get worse.

Indonesian seaweed farmers are fighting for more than $200 million in compensation after a 2009 oil spill in the Timor Sea.