Bringing together academics, politicians and educationalists, professional services firm Deloitte is hosting an education summit aiming to explore new ideas for Australia’s 42 universities and higher education facilities. The summit,…
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Queensland drags May building approvals down
On a seasonally adjusted basis, total building approvals fell by 6.5 per cent, more than reversing a 5.4 per cent rise the previous month. In the state of Queensland alone…
Have your say on OHS Laws
An important step in moving towards harmonisation of Australia’s workplace safety laws has occurred with the issuing of an invitation for written submissions to the National Review into Model Occupational…
Impacts of Do Not Call Register revealed
Do Not Call Register, in its first year of operation, has had a minimal impact on Australian contact centre industry, a report has revealed. The report, Dimension Data Global Contact…
Time for action: 2020 Final Summit Report released
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has launched the Final Report of the Australia 2020 Summit, which entails the debates and ideas put forward during the summit process. In addition to around…
PM’s Indigenous housing push
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has announced the formation of a National Policy Commission to help provide more housing in remote Indigenous communities. “In my National Apology speech I committed the…
ANAO Audit of DMO’S major projects
Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO) will now produce an annual report on the performance of its most significant acquisition projects, Parliamentary Secretary for Defence Procurement Greg Combet has announced. Mr Combet…
Federal Government to fund National Corporate Responsibility Project
The Federal Government has commissioned St James Ethics Centre to undertake a three-year project to expand responsible business practice nationally. The funding was announced at the 9th National Business Leaders…
BUDGET 08-09: $20b for high social value infrastructure
One of the single biggest initiative in the Federal Budget 08-09 is the announcement of $20billion to address the country’s major infrastructure issues. The Building Australia Fund (BAF) – administered…
BUDGET 08-09: Planners call for details of infrastructure spending
The first budget of the incoming Rudd Government targets infrastructure and foreshadows significant spending but ‘what will be built, where, by when and who and how will priorities be determined?”…