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Conservation groups say there are some good points to the new Great Barrier Reef plan, but it ignores the greatest risk of all.

Fire-fighters face harsh rate of heart attack

A new risk has been uncovered in the already dangerous world of fire-fighting.

Big road falls as Abbott looks for new deals

Prime Minister Tony Abbott appears to agree that Victoria’s East West Link project is dead.

Vote hacking backdoor slammed

A serious flaw in New South Wales’ electronic voting service – iVote – could have seen votes changed, experts say.

ASIC to check power pole report claims

A furore is forming over a UBS report into the election promises of the NSW Liberal party.

SA Liberals push for Grade 7 upgrade

South Australia’s Opposition says that state’s year 7 students are being “robbed of specialist education” by being kept in primary school.

Harsh words and hand-outs on Close The Gap day

Last Thursday was national Close The Gap day, and while events were on around the country to address Indigenous inequality, the Prime Minister’s top Indigenous advisor had some harsh words for his boss.

Hodgman holds firm amid big bill criticism

The Tasmanian Government has defended spending $63,000 on lawyers to defend its public servant wage freeze.

Push for aged health funding to go further

There are calls for expansion of a NSW State Government program which funds ageing and disability workers in metropolitan and major regional councils.

Rough state of emergency stays buried

There are calls this week for the release of the full report into bullying at the ACT Ambulance Service.

Vic seeks budget switch to dodge federal hits

The Victorian Government may move its future budget announcements to avoid being blindsided by the Federal Government.

Police check finds trouble with death

Studies have shown that Police are ill-equipped to investigate non-criminal deaths, and face a challenge to avoid re-traumatising bereaved families as well as emotionally protecting themselves.

Backflip knocks uranium off the table

The Queensland Government is planning ban uranium mining once more.

Shipping switch may not fix Tassie's woes

A new deal hopes to allow Tasmanian exporters to access markets currently out of reach.

Abbott and Andrews write with gritted teeth

The Prime Minister and the Victorian Premier could be heading for a showdown, following a heated exchange of letters this week.

Leaders say Abbott should re-style his choices

The Prime Minister is having a tough time finding friends to agree that Aboriginality is a lifestyle choice.

Papers prevent more foster support

Foster care support workers spend more time “driving desks than visiting children”, the Royal Commission has heard.

Protest prohibition outlaws "things"

The West Australian Government wants to crack down on “radical” protests, but has copped serious criticism already.

SA considers stepping slightly into the future

A South Australian minister says there has been a "tremendous response" to consultations about changing the state’s time zone.

Careers extinguished by chemical find

A Victorian fire-fighter training facility has been shut down and two WorkSafe executives have lost their jobs following the discovery of chemicals in the water supply.