By Angela Dorizas Western Australia's Treasurer Troy Buswell has announced that the State Government will not proceed with privatisation of the Government Employee Superannuation Board (GESB). An independent review into public…
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Pike announces demographic review into Coburg
By Rob O'Brien A demographic review is to be carried out into a community in Victoria known as an education blackspot because of its shortage of schools. Education minister Bronwyn Pike said the department…
ANZAC Memorial takes top gong in heritage awards
The Hyde Park ANZAC Memorial. Image: NSW Department of Premier and Cabinet. By Angela Dorizas The ANZAC Memorial in Sydney's Hyde Park has been honoured in the annual EnergyAustralia National Trust…
WA lauds free transport scheme
By Rob O'Brien Seniors, aged and disability pensioners have taken almost seven million trips on public transport in the first year of a free transport scheme in Western Australia. Seniors…
Far North Qld in dire need of state support
Image: Tourism Queensland. State Government stimulus is needed to help improve unemployment and invigorate the local economy in far North Queensland, the Local Government Association of Queensland (LGAQ) has said. A…
Auditor-General calls for new injury management targets
By Angela Dorizas The New South Wales Government must set new injury management targets for public sector chief executives and hold them and their ministers to account on performance, the…
Queensland looks to regions for future growth
By Angela Dorizas Queensland Premier Anna Bligh has announced a regionalisation strategy for the state to manage future growth. In her closing remarks to the Queensland Growth Management Summit, Ms…
Natural resource plan earns accolade
A State Government strategy to manage natural resources in South East Queensland has won a prestigous national planning award. The South East Queensland Natural Resources Management Plan 2009-2031 has won the…
Victorians given WorkHealth scare
By Rob O'Brien Victorian workers have been given a scare by a State Government-run health program which has found a high percentage don’t exercise enough with a number of people asked…
States are the ‘laboratory’ for climate change policy
By Angela Dorizas State governments should be the laboratory for climate change policies, leading climatologist Professor James Hansen has said. In an interview with Government News, Professor Hansen, head of…