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Mini-budget will not save NSW: Developers

By Adam Coleman A developer’s lobby group has criticised the NSW Government’s mini-budget for failing the construction industry and called for the immediate waiving of state infrastructure levies and the…

Australia’s planning gets C-

A recent nationwide survey of planning professionals has showed Australia should push harder to lift its performance in planning. The Planning Institute of Australia (PIA) has released its annual planning…

Top cop quits

After eight years in the position, Victorian Police Chief Commissioner, Christine Nixon has resigned. Ms Nixon made her announcement alongside Premier John Brumby and Police Minister Bob Cameron in Melbourne…

Senior NSW staff win 4pc pay rise

NSW Premier, Nathan Rees has said the remuneration tribunal’s recent decision to award senior bureaucrats salary increases of up to four per cent was against his wishes. The Statutory and…

QLD public servants win wage hike

Following months of industrial action, the Queensland Government has finally signed a three-year wage agreement with more than 125,000 public servants that offers a 4.5 per cent pay rise in…