By Staff Writer The Australian Human Rights Commission is calling for nominations for this year’s Human Rights Medals and Awards. The awards recognise individuals and organisations who have made outstanding …
Category: Federal
Workers comp for EMA personnel
By Staff Writer Federal Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, Julia Gillard, has announced that emergency response teams are to be covered by workers compensation. In a joint statement with…
Child care vacancies to go online
By Staff Writer Child care providers will soon be required to display vacancies online, under new changes to reporting requirements. Federal Minister for Early Childhood Education and Child Care, Kate…
Funding boost for emergency volunteers
By Staff Writer The Federal Government has announced a $3.3 million boost to its National Emergency Volunteer Support Fund (NEVSF). Announced this week by Attorney-General Robert McClelland, the additional funding…
Tourism sector needs to address supply
The Jackson Report into Australia’s future tourism strategy found that 3.6 million international arrivals could be lost by 2030. By Rachel Borchadt The Australian tourism industry needs to examine problems…
COAG report finds widening gap in Indigenous health
By Rob O'Brien An increase in child abuse and a series of ‘unaccepable outcomes’ have been highlighted by a a COAG-commissioned report into Indigenous disadvantage. The fourth Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage…
Healthy ageing just the tonic
By Penny Langfield Promoting healthy ageing rather than focusing on a “system of illness” may be one way to address myriad issues facing the world as populations grow older. Late…
Deadline looms on capital project funding
By Staff Writer The deadline is fast approaching for councils seeking their share of funding under the Federal Government’s $650 million Jobs Fund. The first round of applications for the…
CMC warns of complacency on corruption
By Rob O’Brien The biggest threat of corruption is through public sector complacency, the head of the Queensland Crime and Misconduct Commission (CMC) has said. In announcing its line-up…
Report finds viewer surge in government websites
By Rob O’Brien The financial crisis has been credited with a surge in viewers of government websites with the Bureau of Meteorology leading the way, according to analysis firm Hitwise….