Shorten’s new Shadow Ministry: Who to watch
Welfare, Medicare & Broadband key fronts
25 July, 2016
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Women ascend in Shorten’s Shadow Cabinet reshuffle
Women the winners in revamped Labor front bench.
13 October, 2015
Mobile Black Spots fix gets poor reception from Labor
New base stations won’t eliminate poor mobile coverage.
8 October, 2014
ALGA board bends to back referendum
By Julian Bajkowski The Australian Local Government Association has officially overcome its public anxiety attack over the timing of a referendum on Constitutional recognition of local government at the next federal election. In a Friday afternoon bulletin to members, the peak group said that its board had had now “formally resolved to support and campaign […]
1 March, 2013
Fed committee gives green light to referendum
By Julian Bajkowski The parliamentary committee tasked with evaluating the merits of holding a referendum on amending the Constitution to give financial recognition to local government has recommended that a poll be held at the forthcoming federal election this year. Published today, the ‘yes’ recommendation from the Joint Select Committee on Constitutional Recognition of Local […]
24 January, 2013
Separate referendum would cost $121m
By Julian Bajkowski A stand-alone referendum on Constitutional Recognition for local government outside a federal election would cost taxpayers a minimum of $121 million in costs incurred by the Australian Electoral Commission alone, the agency responsible for running the polls has estimated. The big number price tag is contained in the AEC’s submission to the […]
22 January, 2013
Referendum committee boils over
By Julian Bajkowski Federal parliamentarians have rounded on their local government colleagues over an attempt to try and postpone a referendum to secure legal certainty over direct funding for council-based projects from Canberra. At a visibly tense public hearing of the Joint Select Committee on Constitutional Recognition of Local Government in Sydney on Wednesday, federal […]
18 January, 2013
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