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Former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says the world faces dangerous and uncertain times with the possibility of President Trump Mark II.
7 March, 2024Former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says the world faces dangerous and uncertain times with the possibility of President Trump Mark II.
7 March, 2024Appointments, departures and movement in and around government.
8 April, 2021Malcolm Turnbull has been dumped as chair of the new NSW Net Zero Emissions and Clean Economy Board.
30 March, 2021Scott Morrison has been elected leader of the Liberal party and 30th Prime Minister of Australia, capping off a tumultuous week in federal government.
24 August, 2018The Australian Public Service leadership calls on staff to share their views in a “frank and fearless manner” with the government’s review into the APS while union raises concerns about panel membership.
8 May, 2018After nearly a year of negotiations, the Commonwealth Government has reached an agreement with the New South Wales and Victorian Governments to take full ownership of Snowy Hydro, as the first step to its proposed Snowy 2.0 project. Under the deal, flagged in the 2017 Federal Budget, NSW will get $4.154 billion and Victoria $2.077 […]
1 March, 2018Australia’s premier alliance of conservation organisations has called the Federal Government’s new biodiversity strategy a weak and disappointing document which will do nothing to address concerns about reduction in biodiversity. The Government released a draft ‘Australia’s Strategy for Nature 2018-2030’ document just before Christmas. The 17 page report is intended to replace the much more […]
22 January, 2018The Prime Minister’s southern tour is taking on the look of an election campaign. One morning it’s the promise of a City Deal for Hobart (noticeably devoid of any actual projects or funding), that afternoon it’s a re-announcement of Launceston’s City Deal, the next day after a hop across the Bass Strait Geelong gets a […]
17 January, 2018Tasmania’s capital Hobart will become the fifth Australian city to sign up to the Federal Government’s City Deal program, well after cross-island rival Launceston. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Tasmanian Premier Will Hodgman have announced they will “help make a City Deal for Hobart a reality” – consistent with the Federal Government’s strategy of announcing […]
15 January, 2018In the shadow of Christmas. Australia had a reshuffle of its Federal Government ministries. The big news was with the senior positions, such as the replacement of George Brandis as Attorney-General by Western Australian Christian Porter, but the process also saw a new Minister for Local Government. He is Queenslander John McVeigh, member for Groom, […]
4 January, 2018South Australia will launch its own Royal Commission into the allocation of water under the Murray-Darling Basin Agreement. The moves follows a number of damning reports on allegations of water theft and mismanagement, and what the South Australian Government regards as a coverup by the Federal and NSW Government. The issue has been brewing for […]
26 November, 2017Australia faces at least six more months without a national energy policy. The meeting of the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) Energy Council deferred until April 2018 any decision on whether to adopt the Federal Government’s National Energy Guarantee (NEG) plan. The states did not sign up for the NEG, but asked for more modelling, […]
26 November, 2017Christopher Pyne’s comments about same-sex marriage have landed him in hot water.
26 June, 2017Union fears further public sector job cuts.
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