Weather forecasts to go real time for Sydney Ports

The NSW government’s port authority in Sydney has acquired technology that can help protect cargo ships and cruise vessels by predicting bad weather.

1 April, 2014

Abetz throws down industrial relations gauntlet to APS and its union

The release of the government’s bargaining framework for the looming negotiations over pay and conditions shows that the government is digging in for a fight.

1 April, 2014

Melbourne’s extremely heated discussion creates City’s first Chief Resilience Officer

Metropolitan strategies for dealing with blistering summer temperatures have business and resident survival squarely in their sights.

1 April, 2014

Queensland hunts for new freight rail operator

The anticipated growth of freight rail use over the next decade has led the Queensland government to look for a new operator to manage heavier and more frequent loads.

31 March, 2014

Abetz finally forced to negotiating table over pay says CPSU

The government is poised to up its pay offer to public servants from nothing at all to a below inflation pay increase as talks begin in earnest.

28 March, 2014

Melbourne CBD trams made free

The Victorian government will offer free travel on Melbourne CBD trams as a hard fought extension to light rail in Sydney finally opens.

27 March, 2014

Councils demand regional airline access to Sydney Airport

NSW councils are getting increasingly nervous over whether regional airlines will have continued guaranteed access to Sydney’s Kingsford Smith Airport if a second airport is built with fears growing country communities could lose access to services available only in the city.

27 March, 2014

NCA ‘retracting’ online discounts for Parliamentary Triangle pay parking

Incentives to pay up-front appear to have been put on-hold pending official clarification.

26 March, 2014

Councils call for $40 mil to mitigate natural disasters

Destruction caused by natural disasters has led to a concerted push by local governments for more money from Canberra and the states to alleviate potential future damage.

25 March, 2014

De-amalgamated Noosa Council begins afresh in the cloud

A Queensland council that was part of a major de-amalgamation push in 2013 has moved swiftly to cloud computing after totally rebuilding its information technology department.

24 March, 2014

Turnbull blasts ASIC for putting public data behind paywalls

The Communications Minister has put agencies on notice that charging for access to taxpayer-funded information now lacks support at an official level and that Open Data is the way preferred way forward.

24 March, 2014

NSW council probe finds “useless” budget documents filed to “no document management system at all”

Central Darling Shire Council will stay suspended after its state appointed administrator found fixing things harder than expected.

24 March, 2014

Treasury head issues warning over scale of APS cuts

Australia’s number-cruncher-in-chief has cautioned expectations around cuts and services are unsustainable and that any attempts to think smarter or differently prioritising resources are being crowded out.

24 March, 2014

Feds apply mobile app to stem bleeding

People suffering from bleeding disorders will be able to better monitor the state of their health and help treat their condition through a new mobile application.

24 March, 2014