Australian students gather in mass climate strike to protest gas Friday May 21, 2021 By Melissa Coade Energy & Environment A School Strike 4 Climate movement in the tens of thousands is protesting across the nation with key demands for the federal government to act…
WA sets sights on low carbon economy as it winds up energy taskforce Friday May 21, 2021 By Melissa Coade Economy & Industry A taskforce established to respond to the Western Australian energy sector’s ‘rapid transformation’ has been finalised.
Building a public service career from an architecture background Friday May 21, 2021 By Melissa Coade Career Advice Young professional Liz Foo started with the public service through Tasmania’s state service graduate program and was shortlisted by Education’s facility services team, and has…
DFAT to support WA’s COVID-19 aid package for India, Nepal and Sri Lanka Friday May 21, 2021 By Melissa Coade Foreign Affairs & Immigration WA will be sending 18 ventilators and more than 10 million masks as part of an aid package to assist some of the worst hit…
Queensland treasurer urges federal government to dip into ‘election war chest’ amid a jobs slump Friday May 21, 2021 By Melissa Coade Economy & Industry Four months of jobs growth in Queensland is over, with the state Labor government declaring that Scott Morrison’s ‘rip off of Queenslanders’ must end.
Premium Insights and analysis Universities hit by revenue losses claim industry partnerships not the solution Thursday May 20, 2021 By Melissa Coade Community & Social A panel of vice chancellors argues the cost of research cannot be met by partnerships with industry as a solution to changing university business models.
‘Baby bundle’ milestone draws politicians to maternity ward Wednesday May 19, 2021 By Melissa Coade Health Gladys Berejiklian, Melanie Gibbons, and Wendy Lindsay visited Liverpool Hospital to celebrate the delivery of the 200,000th essential item support pack for new families.
Manufacturing of Victoria’s new train fleet to kick off in late 2022 Wednesday May 19, 2021 By Melissa Coade News Victoria has unveiled a $986 million plan to rollout 25 new energy-efficient trains, with the mostly locally manufactured fleet to start late next year. …
ACT reps give evidence to Victorian cannabis inquiry Wednesday May 19, 2021 By Melissa Coade Australian Capital Territory An inquiry into the use of cannabis in Victoria will hear first-hand evidence from ACT representatives about laws passed in ACT two years ago.
Premium Interviews How a team of strategists are the commonwealth ombud’s secret weapon Wednesday May 19, 2021 By Melissa Coade Federal Becoming the commonwealth ombud is like actively deciding to bite off more than you can chew; its remit is huge and it has a small…
Language lessons revive question about the term ‘ombudsman’ Wednesday May 19, 2021 By Melissa Coade Editors' Picks Australian bureaucrats were battling over whether the word ‘ombudsman’ was sexist in the ‘80s. Some 30 years later, we revisit the debate. …
Reset Australia: Government should be offered anti-vaxxer social media insights Wednesday May 19, 2021 By Melissa Coade Communications & Technology A proposed policy would force social media companies to generate a real-time list of the most popular shared URLs that point to COVID-19 related content.
National fuel security plan moot without a fleet of local tankers, Maritime Union says Wednesday May 19, 2021 By Melissa Coade Economy & Industry The MUA says Australia’s plan to shore-up enough local supply of fuel for 90 days is useless if access to oil and fuel supplies totally…
Premium Interviews The group pushing to fix the ‘systemic’ problems that impact child outcomes in Australia Tuesday May 18, 2021 By Melissa Coade Culture ANZSOG and a network of NGOs have teamed up to get the ball rolling on transformative systemic changes required to improve child and youth wellbeing.
McGowan backs crisis fund as India hits more than 350,000 positive COVID-19 cases per day Tuesday May 18, 2021 By Melissa Coade Foreign Affairs & Immigration WA's local community organisations working to provide on-the-ground support responding to India’s COVID-19 crisis are eligible for state funding assistance.
