Archived News for Professionals in Federal Government - March, 2014
The latest Times Higher Education index has moved its top five Australian universities down a few spots, sending some authorities into an explanation-finding spree.
Havens highlighted in claims of Apple's $8.9 billion dodge
Reports this week have shown the scale of tax avoidance perpetrated by some major companies, bringing about a Federal Government pledge to do something.
Australia told to hold up on neighbourly spying
The Australian Government has been told to stop spying on East Timor.
Jobs go as Environment yields to states, Statistics hit too
More job cuts in the Australian public sector with reports that the Bureau of Statistics will lose up to 100 workers and another 200 Environment Department staff will go too.
Senator censured in Opposition's push for info
The LNP is continuing to extol the virtues of Assistant Health Minister Fiona Nash, despite her being censured by the Senate over conflict of interest allegations.
$10 million up for MDB betterment
The Federal Government is looking to fund better ways of using Murray-Darling water.
Equity measures falling through gender divide
An independent business advisory council for workplace diversity says gender equity measures have not worked.
Greens, Labor push to increase offset standards
The Labor party has joined the Greens in their push for a Senate probe into environmental offsets for mining firms, questioning whether the price they pay is really equal to the damage they produce.
Cops' call to catch criminals through trails of metadata
The Australian Federal Police wants more power over phone and internet data from residents nationwide.
Offshore moves take the government out of approvals
The Federal Government has announced its ‘streamlined’ version of offshore petroleum and gas resource approvals, and already explorers are looking to sink their drill bits into the ocean floor.
Praise for on-site reform comes from formerly on-side talker
A former Labor minister has come out in support of the Coalition Government’s moves to reform Australian workplaces, which the Prime Minister says should happen as soon as possible.
Website and star fight could bring the whole plan down
A meeting today could decide whether Australian consumers get to use a new website and star rating system for healthy food, or whether it has all been a wasted effort.