Archived News for Professionals in State Government
The Victorian Treasurer will not release the business case for a planned multi-billion dollar tunnel project.
Small state's economy sees big drop in forecast
Tasmania’s economic situation has darkened in the last year, with the latest reports saying it is leaking money at an increasing rate.
Some gaps move with few improvements in annual report
The Prime Minister has pledged to do better, and Indigenous ministers are crying out for more, with the release of this year's Closing the Gap report.
Fires decimate scarce populations
Bushfires have cut a trail of destruction across large parts of South Australia and Victoria in recent weeks, destroying farm livestock and entire populations of threatened native birds.
Food forum looks to face mounting hunger
Some of Queensland’s brightest young minds will try to solve the problems facing an increasingly hungry world, with some help from top experts.
Sea culling not limited to WA, other states have death policies too
Authorities say that as the furore over Western Australia’s shark-culling policy continues, it is worth remembering that other states continue to run similar regimes killing local marine predators.
Water body without weapons to halt gas wells in WA
Western Australia's Department of Water says it advises against shale gas fracking underneath public drinking water sources, but has no power to do anything more.
Stabbing spurs public hospital safety shift
Changes have been made in the name of safety and security, after a fatal stabbing at a public hospital in 2011.
Charges after years of public health theft
The former chief executive of a major government-funded healthcare service has been found guilty of embezzling nearly a million dollars.
Coal train leaks show opinion prevails prior to science
Government documents allegedly show the New South Wales environment department had picked a side on the coal train dust issue, before seeing the results of a report it commissioned.
High-rolling patients could bring good money on holiday
As many residents combine holidays with cheap medical treatments, a growing trend is seeing more international tourists booking treatments while visiting Australia.
Big new crew, same few captains in WA
Western Australia has eleven thousand new state school students this year, but they will be taught by the same amount of teachers as before.
Cost cuts hit Indigenous education officers
Money-saving measures have hit hard in Western Australian Indigenous education, with more than 100 full-time Aboriginal and Islander Education Officers (AIEO) asking what the state government intends to do without them.
$70 mil for self-owned schools seen as unhelpful distraction
Seventy million dollars will be spent in an effort to convert 25 per cent of public schools to the Independent Public School model, with Federal Education Minister Christopher Pyne now announcing a special ambassador to help make it happen.
Funds to form new business bonds
Regional Development Australia (RDA) says it will help break the ice between businesses, to build productivity through communication and collaboration.
Gender reporting costs money, but more is lost without it
The federal government is considering removing the requirement for larger companies to lodge an annual report with the Workplace Gender Equality Agency.
Grants to welcome new citizens into all sectors
Just over half a million dollars will go out to local councils and multicultural groups in Queensland, to promote opportunities across cultures, focussing on newly-arrived immigrants and humanitarian entrants.
Hammer to fall on five failed schools
One state’s Education Department is recouping its losses from failed schools, selling the buildings and the land on which they sat.
Moves to run rat race out to regions
A Rural and Regional Committee has called for forced public service teleworking quotas, to push government jobs into regional areas.
Outrage out west that QLD cops could fly to mine towns
One mayor says a plan to have a fly-in, fly-out (FIFO) police force is a “kick in the guts” to rural employment.
State parties put up plans to move SA
The Liberal and Labor parties in South Australia have a heavy transport focus in their bids for the upcoming state election, but each has taken a slightly different route.