By Julian Bajkowski The New South Wales Government has put the creative and digital services contracts of its $92 million-a-year advertising and public awareness scheme out to pitch, trimming around…
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Doctors demand smaller window for child falls
By Julian Bajkowski The Australian Medical Association has taken the New South Wales government to task over the alarming number of children being seriously injured after falling out of windows…
Pearce calls in tech suppliers
Staff writers The New South Wales Department of Finance has announced that it will hold a special information session for suppliers outlining its new Information and Communications Technology Services…
Legal headaches for NSW land values
By Julian Bajkowski and Paul Hemsley The government of New South Wales could soon be in the bizarre position of attempting to sue itself after the head of a parliamentary…
NSW councils lash $500m in cost shifting
By Paul Hemsley and Julian Bajkowski The Shires Association of New South Wales has renewed its attack on cost shifting by the states and Canberra after a survey found that…
O’Farrell to privatise road maintenance
By Paul Hemsley and Julian Bajkowski The New South Wales government is planning to outsource the state’s $900 million a year road maintenance operations in a move that will send…
Housing lags in WA’s strong economy
By Paul Hemsley The latest quarterly State of the States economic report from the Commonwealth Bank of Australia’s securities arm, CommSec has found that Western Australia has the strongest state…
Sydney sticks it to stray needles
By Paul Hemsley The City of Sydney’s shot at minimising health risks associated with syringes and other so-called medical “sharps” entering the mainstream rubbish collection system has taken out a…
Reforming councils without amalgamation
By Chris Johnson* With council elections in NSW complete and submissions to a government review of the viability of local government submitted in September, now is the time to rethink…
Gosford looks to NBN for a lift
By Paul Hemsley and Julian Bajkowski The rollout of the National Broadband Network (NBN) in Gosford on the New South Wales Central Coast could provide a vital economic shot in…