Archived News for Professionals in State Government - July, 2019
The Prime Minister has promised to set up a new parliamentary committee for rural and regional Australia.
Unions bristle at looming bill
The ACTU says the Coalition’s union crackdown could breach international conventions.
Nats back new dams
Nationals leader Michael McCormack wants more dams and weirs in regional Australia.
New zones for forest logging
The New South Wales Government may reclassify old growth forest to open it up to the timber industry.
Recycling chief faces court
The director of an embattled Victorian recycling company faces court this week.
Big fund for cladding fix
Victorian taxpayers will pay for rectification works on buildings with dangerous combustible cladding.
Littleproud plugs water audits
Industry-run water efficiency projects are being audited, the Government claims.
Solar deal for traditional land
A First Nations-owned renewable energy project in north-east Victoria is moving ahead.
Big wage bill settled
The Queensland Government has agreed to pay a $190 million settlement over unpaid wages.
Local recycling suggested
The recycling industry wants to kickstart the domestic market to reduce the reliance on Asian countries.
SA spending probed
SA's Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure (DPTI) has been found to have committed maladministration.
Ancient eel traps honoured
A Victorian indigenous site older than the pyramids, the Acropolis and Stonehenge has won World Heritage status.
Victoria watching water deals
Victoria is tightening access to water from the Murray River, and wants other states to do the same.
Farms slighted in SA mining reform
South Australia's Mining Act reform has passed the Lower House despite four Liberal MPs crossing the floor to vote against it.
Green progress assessed
An analysis has found that some states are well on the way to meeting their renewable energy commitments.
Nurses union works on safety plan
A patient bringing a loaded gun into the Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH) is the latest in what one union says is an escalating rate of violence.
Talks held over coal mine deaths
Crisis talks have been called after the death of a worker in a Queensland coal mine.
Foreign firms fear QLD sting
Queensland foreign-owned companies are concerned about a new State tax.
MIT moves into SA
MIT has announced plans to set up a new research centre in Adelaide's Lot Fourteen CBD innovation precinct.
Anti-union bill returns
The Morrison government has introduced a bill to make deregistering unions and disqualifying officials easier.