Category: State

A NSW property development industry group is calling on Premier Morris Iemma to 'elevate' the portfolio of Local Government and merge it with Planning – to form a new Ministry of…

By Staff Writer NSW Premier Morris Iemma will recommed that the NSW Governor appoints ten new Ministers to his Cabinet. The new nominees are: * Matthew Brown as Minister for…

By Adam Coleman Independent MP Richard Torbay has accepted the position as the next speaker of the NSW Parliament on the condition that NSW Premier Morris Iemma sets up an…

By Jane Garcia Anyone working in the area of public health in Victoria over the past decade will have come across the passionate thought leader Rob Moodie. After leading the…

By Staff Writer The Municipal Association of Victoria (MAV) has strengthened its capacity to deliver services and build knowledge about the local sphere of government with two senior staff appointments….

By Staff Writer The president of the NSW Local Government Association and mayor of North Sydney, Genia McCaffery, has joined the Climate Change Coalition team for the upcoming State Election. …

A Pullenvale Queensland inventor, Charles Shuter, won Wednesday night’s episode (March 7) of the popular ABC series The New Inventors, with a valve locking device that could improve the safety…

By Adam Coleman A new report from the University of Queensland has compared the cost of living in Australia’s capital cities and found Adelaide and Brisbane cheaper to live in…

By Staff Writer John Bowler has resigned from his position as WA Minister for Local Government, Racing and Gaming and from the State Parliamentary Labor Party. He is the fourth…

The Victorian Division of the Institute of Public Works Engineering Australia (IPWEA) has reformed. According to IPWEA president, Maurice Stabb,  the re-establishment of the division heralds a new era for addressing…