Australia’s transport sector will undergo sweeping reforms, following the Australian Transport Council (ATC) announcement to introduce single national regulators in rail, maritime and heavy vehicles. State and territory transport ministers…
Category: Workforce
Queensland regions experiencing recession level unemployment
By Rob O’Brien The Local Government Association of Queensland (LGAQ) has called for a ‘re-shuffling’ of the Federal Government’s stimulus after a report on regional unemployment. According to the Australian Development Strategies’…
SA announces regional development bodies
By Rob O’Brien The Australian and South Australian governments along with the Local Government Association of South Australia (LGASA) have announced the members for the eight new local consultative bodies…
Governments address workplace health
State and territory governments have decided to act on the health and wellbeing of Australia’s 10 million workers, according to a leading corporate health provider. Good Health Solutions was recently…
Vic community education gets funding boost
By Staff Writer The Brumby Labor Government is injecting a further $900,000 into adult and community education to help bolster learning and support communities in regional, rural and suburban Victoria….
Workplace safety needs addressing
By Staff Writer More than 260 Australians die as a result of work related injuries and over 135 000 are seriously injured every year. Chair of the Safe Work Australia…
Q&A: Why the arts matter
For more than a decade, Mike White has been at the forefront of the arts in health movement in the United Kingdom. Prior to a visit to Australia to attend…
Queensland a world leader in carbon capture and storage
By Staff Writer The Queensland Government’s ZeroGen carbon capture and storage project has received international recognition at a meeting of the Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum (CSLF) in London. The CSLF…
Albanese outlines plan for $25m local government reform fund
By Staff Writer The Federal Government has released the guidelines and operating arrangements for the $25 million Local Government Reform Fund. Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government,…
Federal funding a boon for local government women
By Angela Dorizas The Federal Government has committed $490,000 for a range of projects to improve the participation of women in local government. Local Government Minister Anthony Albanese and Minister…