Industry News

The Victorian Government has slammed the Commonwealth’s recent amendments to the Murray-Darling Basin Plan, saying it will not support any plant that allows for a 3,200 gigalitre environmental flow.

A new alliance of business groups, consumer advocates and charities has formed to ‘fix a broken system’ that has seen electricity prices increase by over 50 per cent over the last five years.

The Tasmanian Government has launched a new guide aimed at helping employers improve workplace productivity, health and safety.

The Northern Territory Government has introduced the Rail Safety (National Uniform Legislation) Bill 2012 before Territory Parliament, which, if passed, will allow for the creation of a single regulatory body to preside over rail safety.

More Australian women over the age of 40 are having babies than ever before, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).

The Federal Government has launched a new suicide support service to be provided in secondary schools across the country.

The New South Wales Government has announced reforms to the law surrounding organ donation.

The Australian Medical Association (AMA) has urged all Australian Governments, State and Federal, to work cooperatively to ensure that all locally trained doctors have ready access to internships and the opportunity to graduate and practice their skills.

The Federal Government has announced the listing of a number of new drugs on the pharmaceutical benefits scheme, which are expected to benefit as much as 110,000 Australians.

The Victorian Government is encouraging people to have their say on future metropolitan planning following the release of a discussion paper.

The federal Government has announced that the Productivity Commission will conduct an inquiry into the National Access Regime.

Economy wide spending has recorded its largest monthly increase in four and a half years according to the latest Business Sales Indicator (BSI) report released by the Commonwealth Bank.

Master Builders Australia has defended the current state of the building and construction apprenticeship before a Fair Work Australia tribunal, saying that the proposed wage changes by the CFMEU will make it the system unviable.

A team of international scientists led by the Queensland Institute of Medical Research (QIMR) has identified four new gene regions linked to endometriosis.

More Australian households than ever before are using diesel fuel to power their main motor vehicle according to figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).

The Tasmanian Government has announced the number of councillors on six of the State’s councils will be reduced following the Local Government Board’s Review of Councillor Numbers.

The Federal Government has released its long awaited Asian Century White Paper, detailing a roadmap for how the country can flourish in the Asian century.

The Climate Change Authority has released its long awaited discussion paper reviewing the Renewable Energy Target (RET), outlining a number of key recommendations based on the response from the issues paper released in August.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has announced it will grant authorization for edition 17 of Medicines Australia’s Code of Conduct for three years.

Usage of assisted reproductive technology (ART) to conceive has dropped, but there has been a marked improvement in success rates, according to a new report released by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW).