Government News

Health advocates say the Government should not sell welfare short to fund the National Disability Insurance Scheme.

This week’s federal budget has been slammed for failing women, children and victims of domestic violence.

CSIRO has avoided major cuts in the new budget, and there are calls for job cuts to be delayed.

Authorities say the Federal Government has missed the opportunity to show leadership on nature and climate action.

This week has seen the start of what could be a landmark climate change case in Australia.

Moves have been made toward ending the uranium industry in Kakadu.

WaterNSW has have chosen a site for bores that could soon supply the far west NSW city of Broken Hill.

Australia’s water industry was not missed in this week’s budget announcement.

Experts say that as dry days increase and water supplies disappear, large part of the Middle East and North Africa will become unliveable.

Anti-CSG arguments were stoked by recent footage of a river on fire, but experts say the video is not all as it seems.

SA's Premier and senior ministers will discuss taxpayer-funded investment in the Whyalla steelworks on Tuesday afternoon.

A Perth court has heard the West Australian Government’s appeal against a Supreme Court decision overturning the environmental approval for its Roe 8 project.

A German town is installing traffic lights on the ground to protect mobile phone users.

The Queensland Government’s ban on underground coal gasification (UCG) is being felt already.

UK experts say e-cigarettes could be of great benefit to public health.

Victoria is setting up a parliamentary committee to look at the choices terminally ill people have.

Australian consumers should be able to go around pointless geoblocks on streaming services.

Possibly tens of thousands of Student Payment claims have been “auto-rejected” by Centrelink, insiders claim.

The Mid Western Regional Council has left the region's peak lobby group for local government.

The Victorian Local Governance Association (VLGA) today has welcomed a big boost in the state’s budget papers.