Will the carbon tax repeal reduce your council rates?
Higher waste costs could bury savings.
4 August, 2015
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BoM returns to Cray for new $77mil supercomputer
Weather boffins get 1660 teraflop ultimate gaming rig.
22 July, 2015
New NSW mine exposes political fault lines
Tensions are mounting over mining on farmland
9 July, 2015
Finally: The RET is set
Two-yearly reviews dumped but wood burning retained.
19 May, 2015
Waters muddied over Great Barrier Reef health
Reef stoush continues.
30 January, 2015
Eclipse for solar industry under Warburton RET report
Renewables too popular, too cheap and too quick.
28 August, 2014
RET dumping would create energy nightmare for councils
Review submissions warn of squandered investments
19 August, 2014
Victoria’s councils fight to stop efficient streetlight funds being switched off
By Julian Bajkowski The Municipal Association of Victoria has called on the Abbott government to ring fence and guarantee federal funding already allocated for energy efficient upgrades to street lighting which the peak group says will save its ratepayers $340 million over the long term. As the new federal government and Environment Minister Greg Hunt […]
25 September, 2013
Coalition recasts federal public service structure
By Julian Bajkowski Furniture removalists and stationers in Canberra are set for a busy Christmas after Prime Minister Tony Abbott revealed his much anticipated carve-up of ministerial and departmental functions. The big themes in the changesare simplification and clarity, and there is plenty on the move. The bureaucratic shake-up will hit dozens of departments agencies […]
18 September, 2013
Abbott reveals partial secretarial reshuffle
By Julian Bajkowski Prime Minister Tony Abbott has announced that the head of Treasury, Martin Parkinson PSM, will stand down from his job in April 2014, along with three other department heads, in the first tranche of what is expected to be a substantial reshuffle of department heads under the new government. Announced as part […]
18 September, 2013
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