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Protections have been put in place to cover over 90 per cent of dwellings from any new coal seam gas activity in New South Wales.

DNA database tapped for disaster help

Australia’s DNA database for police investigation is being expanded so it can help plot family lines after crime and disasters.

Industry Minister holds on new plan for Holden

Australia’s Minister for Industry has visited the site at the centre of a beloved Australian industry.

Near finality on footy fisticuffs

A fist has allegedly been thrown across the levels of Tasmanian Government - with a regional councillor accusing the Deputy Premier of punching him in the face.

Queensland races to catch runaway riders

Queensland’s crackdown on motorcycle gangs has seen bounties offered, security enhanced and now the Australian Crime Commission (ACC) brought in to help.

Cutting tape could leave none to stick on

An Environmental Law Professor is adding to the academic outcry since the new Federal Environment Department was formed, saying attempts to reduce environmental approvals will not help cut emissions.

Funds drip by the day as desal plant sits on 'standby'

Reports say there could be a massive bill for no real gain from Sydney’s privatised desalination plant, which currently sits idle.

Funds to hunt porcine pest

Farmers in rural Queensland are hoping half a million dollars will be enough to get a handle on the devastation caused by feral pigs.

Ludlam "gamed" out of Senate seat

Greens member Scott Ludlam has lost his seat in Western Australia, calling for a recount after a closely fought poll for the Senate.

Rolling ahead on big road build

Authorities say things are progressing as they should on the Hunter Expressway in NSW, soon to cut a big chunk off transport times from Newcastle to the Hunter Valley.

Territory people-movers pull over for action

Bus drivers in the Northern Territory have gone on strike, and threatened to do so again until their pay and training demands are met.

Auditor says WA health revenue still bleeding

Western Australia’s Auditor General says the state’s Health Department is losing revenue from private patients that it should be making, and has been warned about before.

Dozens given gift of sight in NT surgical spree

The Fred Hollows Foundation has continued its incredible work restoring sight to the blind, focussed this time on Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory.

First-time success for wireless heart guard

Surgeons in Adelaide have pulled off a nationwide-first – attaching a miniature heart monitor to wirelessly diagnose and manage irregular beats.

Laws patched on religious exemption, sexual protection

Legislation which allows faith-based schools in Tasmania to refuse enrolment for students of opposing faiths has been tightened.

Minister misses responsibility in run-down rural schools

School administrators in remote New South Wales have responded to comments by Education Minister Adrian Piccoli that they were in an “appalling” and “disgusting” condition.

Resignation and regret in Debelle inquiry

Two senior education bureaucrats have left the South Australian department in the wake of the Debelle inquiry.

Builders left short for near-twenty years

The South Australian Government says the Office of Consumer and Business Services found it has been overcharging builders for their licenses for nearly two decades.

Impartiality over opinion in public service

Workers in the public sector can expect harsh consequences if they choose to air work grievances on social networks, according to a senior official.

Land Court rules against tricky Council wording

A recent ‘mistake’ in a regional council’s definition of mining land could have implications for local, state and parliamentary relationships around the country.