Has Airbnb been hijacked by strata property speculators?

Call for national laws to accommodate and tax sharing economy

20 July, 2015

Finance pushes ahead with ASIC registry outsourcing

Beauty pageant for corporate data paywall operators.

29 June, 2015

Cabcharge’s ticket clipped by ACCC

Deal with regulator to open payments competition.

29 June, 2015

Has an Aussie start-up cracked how to make tyre recycling sustainable and profitable?

Destructive distillation produces carbon, oil, steel . . . and profits.

16 April, 2015

Regulators investigate debt collection industry

Consumers warned about dodgy debt collectors.

9 December, 2014

NSW may beat Victoria to legalise medical cannabis

Push to harness cross-bench support from Parliamentary committee

26 August, 2014

Flight safety rules for kids thrown up in the air

Civil Aviation Safety Authority looks at reforms

5 August, 2014

Councils back bid to cut-off electricity to illegal slumlords

Local governments want faster shut-down powers.

17 July, 2014

Qld speed limit probe piles-up drivers

By Julian Bajkowski When it comes to speed limits on Queensland’s roads, it seems just about everyone has an opinion … and almost as many are prepared to tell the state government exactly what they think. That’s the message that the Sunshine State’s Minister for Transport and Main Roads, Scott Emerson, seems to be getting […]

21 August, 2013

Emergency workers call Last Drinks

Doctors, nurses, paramedics and police officers have formed a potent alliance to push for regulatory changes to liquor laws to reduce harm and improve public safety. This is their argument. Every week, emergency service workers see innocent lives shattered at the hands of alcohol-fuelled violence. Every week another family somewhere in the country learns first-hand […]

20 August, 2013

NSW councils attack ministerial power grab

By Julian Bajkowski Local governments in New South Wales have slammed moves by the O’Farrell state government to push through new laws that would allow the immediate suspension of councils without prior notice as part of bid to gain greater control over the sector. Peak group Local Government NSW (LGNSW) has demanded the deferral of […]

14 March, 2013

NSW consigns FleetWise to scrap heap

By Paul Hemsley New South Wales Premier Barry O’Farrell’s campaign against so-called green-tape has resulted in the state government’s FleetWise program being junked on the basis it duplicates a similar federal program that is already operating. Funded by the state government through the Environment Trust, the FleetWise program had been a source of information, tools […]

11 December, 2012

Queensland cuts councils loose

By Paul Hemsley Local Government Association of Queensland President Margaret de Wit has welcomed the state government’s move to put councils back in charge of community planning by getting rid of a raft of state bureaucratic requirements. The Queensland government this week passed changes to the Local Government Act and Brisbane City Council Act it […]

15 November, 2012

NSW council powers put under review

By Julian Bajkowski Council enforcement and compliance powers covering parking, planning, health and safety in New South Wales could soon be rewritten after the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) pressed ahead with a wide-ranging regulatory review. In an issues paper released on Monday, IPART has called for state and local governments to put forward […]

17 September, 2012