The Northern Territory Government has introduced the Rail Safety (National Uniform Legislation) Bill 2012 before Territory Parliament, which, if passed, will allow for the creation of a single regulatory body to preside over rail safety.

The Victorian Government has slammed the Commonwealth’s recent amendments to the Murray-Darling Basin Plan, saying it will not support any plant that allows for a 3,200 gigalitre environmental flow.

The Tasmanian Government has announced the number of councillors on six of the State’s councils will be reduced following the Local Government Board’s Review of Councillor Numbers.

The Victorian Government is encouraging people to have their say on future metropolitan planning following the release of a discussion paper.

The Federal Government has announced a further $1.7 billion in funding to deliver an additional 450 gigalitres of environmental flow for the Murray-Darling Basin.

The Victorian Government has introduced legislation before State Parliament that it says will support Victorian university councils and TAFE boards in responding to future challenges and changes to the industry.

The Western Australian Government has released Metropolitan Local Government Review Panel’s final report on local government in Perth for public consultation.

Brisbane councillor Margaret de Wit has been elected as the new Local Government Association of Queensland, tipping Fraser Coast Mayor Gerard O’Connell in a secret ballot.

Former Chief of the Australian Defence Force (ADF), Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston, has been appointed to the Defence SA Advisory Board.

The Queensland Government has welcomed the Local Government Association of Queensland’s (LGAQ) decision to back uranium mining in the State.

Whirehaven Coal’s Maules Creek Coal Project has been granted approval by the New South Wales Planning Assessment Commission, subject to what it calls ‘stringent conditions’.

North Queensland Bulk Ports Corporation (NQBP) has announced the release of the Abbot Point Voluntary Cumulative Impact Assessment (CIA), which it believes is the first collaborative study of its kind undertaken in Australia.

The New South Wales Government has announced it introduce a strengthened code of conduct covering councillors and council employees across the State’s 152 local government areas.

The South Australian Government has announced work has begun on the $439 million Snowtown II site.

The Tasmanian Government has announced the state’s first sea level allowances and statewide coastal inundation mapping in a bid to offset the effects of shifting sea levels.

The Tasmanian Government has tabled legislation before State Parliament that will establish a single, statewide water and sewerage corporation.

The Western Australian Government has upped  work on the State’s five-year Healthy Rivers action Plan (HRAP), following the planting of two million native seedlings along the Swan Canning Riverpark area.

The newly minted Northern Territory Government has outlined its key priorities for the coming months, with Chief Minister Terry Mills saying a number of key reforms are on the agenda.

Qantas’ CEO, Alan Joyce, has announced it will invest $30 million to upgrade its heavy maintenance facilities in Brisbane.

Oil and petroleum giant BP has announced it has started work on the construction of the $20 million expansion of its Largs North Terminal.

The Queensland Government has announced it will convene a three-member implementation committee to oversee the recommencement of uranium mining in the state.

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