The percentage of Australians who say they have trust in their governments has declined to 35 percent. The metric is contained in the 2018 Edelman Trust Barometer, which measures public trust in four types of institution across 28 countries. The result in Australia comes despite the overall level of trust is government across all countries […]
8 February, 2018
Australia Day rolls around again this week. Its observance has once again become an issue, with many councils, individuals and The Greens calling for its date to be changed, or at least the observance of a national day for Australia to be moved to another date. The issue has become totemic of Australia’s continuing culture […]
22 January, 2018
The National Symbols Office has written to satirical news site The Juice Media asking it to stop using a parody of the Australian government logo on its ‘Honest Government Adverts’ YouTube channel. The logo misspells ‘Australian’ (as ‘Australien’), has the motto ‘not the real logo’ and substitutes the emu’s head with a toilet roll (and […]
21 October, 2017
Local Government NSW and four major NSW councils will hold a forum on the Night Time Economy.. They have formalised the term into an acronym – NTE. The forum will be held in the Parkroyal Parramatta hotel on 12 October (during the daytime). Details here. The forum is the first tangible result of a work […]
10 October, 2017
Expulsion is not the answer, says the Victorian Ombudsman.
14 August, 2017
The Outback Telegraph proposes to switch on public Wi-Fi in many of Queensland’s remote areas.
10 August, 2017
Government is the only one working to create a ‘Utopia’.
6 August, 2017
The NSW Government will move the Powerhouse Museum to Parramatta.
1 August, 2017
Investing in regional cities’ economic performance makes good sense, writes Leonie Pearson.
3 July, 2017
Pubs vindicated.
30 May, 2017
Breaches attached to licensees, not licenses.
25 May, 2017
Poor performers encouraged to resign or retire.
24 May, 2017
Museum collection could be shared.
3 May, 2017
Newtown’s 300% nightlife jump.
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