Category: Federal

By Rob O'Brien   A recession may help governments speed up mental health reform, the chair of the National Advisory Council on Mental Health has told a conference in Sydney….

By Staff Writer The Business Council of Australia has warned that the pace of key national reform is slowing, as seen in last week’s meeting of the Council of Australian…

By Rob O'Brien   Governments should be looking at how to properly address social isolation through connecting communities, according to the author of the Australian Wellbeing Index. Professor Bob Cummins,…

By Angela Dorizas A higher proportion of public sector employees belong to trade unions compared with private sector employees, according to the latest statistics from the Australian Bureau of Statistics…

By Angela Dorizas Australia’s native title system is an uneven playing field and in need of serious reform, according to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, Tom…

By Angela Dorizas The Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) today released an issues paper on the review of the Royal Commissions Act and has called for community feedback on the…

By Rob O’Brien   The National Water Initiative (NWI) does not do enough to support adjustment for rural communities affected by ongoing water reforms, according to the chair and chief…

By Rob O’Brien   Stories including a surprise Packer-Murdoch bid for the Federal Government’s National Broadband Network and an announcement of public-voted peerages in the UK have topped this year’s…

There are significant data shortages when it comes to Australian missing persons cases. Image: iStock. By Rob O’Brien   A UK profiling system that helps police with cases of missing persons…

By Angela Dorizas Infrastructure Partnerships Australia (IPA) has called on the Federal Government to invest in public-private partnerships to avoid a critical shortfall in debt financing for major works. Lobbying…