Category: Federal

By Ju Yeon Jung The Australian Medical Association (AMA) has argued governments’ attempt to curtail their funding contribution to the public health system is putting millions of lives at risk….

By Staff Writer The Cultural Ministers Council’s statistics working group has published a practical guide for cultural and tourism officers in order to help them better identify and seize the…

By Adam Coleman A task force of prominent Australians appointed by the non-government organisation, The Crawford Fund, has produced a new report that focuses on global food security and provides…

By Staff Writer Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has announced a $6 billion package to ensure the car industry’s smooth transition to a carbon-restricted economy by 2020. The Green Car Plan…

Australia could become a global leader in creating green industries generating up to a million green collar jobs by 2030 and multi-billion dollar export opportunities in green technology. That is…

Delivering the first of his six Boyer Lectures in Sydney, CEO of News Corporation, Rupert Murdoch, said Australia was ill-prepared for the challenges ahead.  “I fear that many Australians will…

Governments’ policy overhaul stirred by the economic crisis could bring a chance to put health equity at the centre of policy development, according to a researcher from the Australian National…

The Productivity Commission has said current drought programs fall short of addressing policy objectives of self-reliance, preparedness and climate change management. The commission’s draft report into drought policy highlighted the…

Infrastructure Australia has denied reports in the national media that the Federal Government planned to fast-track “up to $600 million in spending on small infrastructure projects such as local roads…

The chairman of the Future Fund, David Murray has told the ABC, that the global credit crunch will force the Federal Government to rethink the three infrastructure funds it outlined…