Government News

Two experts have debated whether doctors should boycott working in Australia’s immigration detention centres.

Victorian paramedics will receive pay rises in line with the increasingly demanding nature of their job.

The WA Local Government Association (WALGA) says new laws requiring councillors to declare ‘gifts’ are too broad.

The latest corporate tax transparency figures show almost a third of companies earning over $200 million paid no tax.

Tasmania’s hydro-electric generators could be severely damaged by low water levels and the state should prepare for blackouts, one union says.

The National Heath and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) has put up another $3.3 million for studies on illness and wind turbines.

South Australia’s enthusiasm to build a nuclear waste storage facility may be tempered by a new Australia Institute report.

WA’s Water Corporation says there is no need to find alternative water supplies for the Goldfields region.

The Queensland Resources Council (QRC) wants a north-west economic zone to be created to protect important mining areas from economic ebb and flow.

The Federal Government could regulate the rapidly-expanding world of online gambling.

Adani has reached some key agreements on its $AU16.5 billion Carmichael coal mine and rail project.

Researchers want to make Adelaide an ‘integrated smart city’ to demonstrate the mod-cons of tomorrow.

Legal experts say there needs to be big reforms to protect privacy in the digital age.

A new report says China is responsible for about ten per cent of the global warming since the pre-industrial era.

School is meant to be about expanding young minds, but ceiling safety issues in WA mean some schools are more likely to compress them.

The UK Government is imposing a tax on sugary drinks to help tackle obesity, leaving many to wonder if the same thing would work in Australia.

Infrastructure Australia has released its 15-year Australian Infrastructure Plan, and it has already been used to argue for more local government involvement.

Brisbane Lord Mayor Graham Quirk wants Queensland’s Labor Party to apologise, after the Crime and Corruption Commission (CCC) decided not to investigate the proposed sale of land to an LNP donor.

Staff at the Department of Human Services have been warned they will not get a better offer than the one they rejected last month.

The Victorian Government will not merge the state’s two fire services, despite strong recommendations to do so.