School phone ban improves learning
NSW’s mobile phone ban in public schools has reaped benefits, a government survey shows.
21 October, 2024NSW’s mobile phone ban in public schools has reaped benefits, a government survey shows.
21 October, 2024The latest plans propose the removal of conditions of development consent.
17 October, 2024Regional councils are invited to apply for funding for projects that address the state’s housing crisis.
7 October, 2024Women across NSW will be able to access oral contraceptive pills from their pharmacist, without first visiting their GP for a prescription.
30 September, 2024But community housing providers and local governments say national strategy on housing urgently needed.
10 December, 2018Industry peak bodies say they are ‘astounded’ by the NSW environment minister’s public criticisms of agency over handling of report.
7 November, 2018Greater engagement across agencies, and between bureaucrats and the public, will drive the NSW Government’s digital strategy.
14 September, 2018As the NSW Government moves to address a data skills shortfall in the state’s public service, local government professionals say they also need investment in professional development.
22 June, 2018Our data suggests a quarter of NSW councils are yet to develop asset management systems that would help them respond to the roads infrastructure backlog, says Annalisa Haskell.
23 April, 2018Shifting the perception of councils away from “roads, rates and rubbish” will also help reflect the contribution of women in the local government workforce.
27 March, 2018New South Wales is the first Australian state to test drivers for cocaine use. All Australian states now have random driver drug testing, similar to random breath testing for alcohol. But the existing kits in all states test only THC (Cannabis), methamphetamine (speed and ice) and MDMA (ecstasy). Cocaine, a drug widely associated with more […]
15 January, 2018NSW local government is performing well. In most areas. But it is lacking in its participation rate of females, particularly in management. This had potentially dangerous consequences for the future workforce capacity. Every private and public sector organisation should be asking itself whether its workforce is fit for the future. Many leaders are formulating more […]
27 November, 2017Norfolk Island is ‘on the brink of disaster’, says an independent report on the island’s economic situation. The report was commissioned by the island’s small community following the Australian Government’s abolition of self-government in July 2016 and the imposition of direct rule. Norfolk Island’s 1700 residents are now subject to the same laws – and […]
20 November, 2017The NSW Audit Office, in its annual ‘Report on State Finances’, has generally given the state a clean bill of health. But much of NSW’s sound financial position is because of its continued sale of government assets, which it has paid consultants hundreds of millions of dollars to facilitate. Revenues, assets, and net worth are […]
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