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2007 Australian Government News & Press Releases |
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30th March, 2007
Ten new recruits for NSW Cabinet
Ten new recruits for NSW Cabinet
By Staff Writer
NSW Premier Morris Iemma will recommed that the NSW Governor appoints ten new Ministers to his Cabinet.
The new nominees are:
* Matthew Brown as Minister for Housing and Tourism;
* Linda Burney as Minister for Fair Trading, Youth and Volunteering;
* Verity...
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30th March, 2007
New NSW speaker to chair regional taskforce
New NSW speaker to chair regional taskforce
By Adam Coleman
Independent MP Richard Torbay has accepted the position as the next speaker of the NSW Parliament on the condition that NSW Premier Morris Iemma sets up an independent taskforce on regional issues.
Premier Iemma agreed to the condition and Mr Torbay...
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30th March, 2007
Caught short
Caught short
By Jane Garcia
The Australian government sector is well aware of skills shortages in the areas of IT, finance, engineering, planning and welfare, but skilled policy officers are also hard to find, according to recruitment firm Hudson’s sector head of Government, Education and Public Health.
“I...
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29th March, 2007
Hume City Council recognised for being water wise
Hume City Council recognised for being water wise
By Adam Coleman
Hume City Council in Victoria has won the savewater! awards – Award for Excellence and won the Government category, for its water saving initiatives that will save about 28 Olympic-sized swimming pools worth of water each year.
The council...
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28th March, 2007
QLD sets example with e-waste and green procurement
QLD sets example with e-waste and green procurement
By Adam Coleman
In a bid to provide an example to industry and the broader community, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has delivered 2300 computers for recycling, saving more than 70 tonnes of e-waste from landfill.
The computers were handed to...
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23rd March, 2007
Tasmania examines financial sustainability of councils
Tasmania examines financial sustainability of councils
By Jane Garcia
One in five Tasmanian Councils may be financially unsustainable, according to a recently released report commissioned by the Local Government Association of Tasmania (LGAT) and conducted by Access Economics.
The report follows similar studies...
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23rd March, 2007
Obesity is fundamentally a commercial success
Obesity is fundamentally a commercial success
By Jane Garcia
Anyone working in the area of public health in Victoria over the past decade will have come across the passionate thought leader Rob Moodie.
After leading the Victorian Health Promotion Foundation (VicHealth) as chief executive officer since 1998,...
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23rd March, 2007
Waterless wok program expands
Waterless wok program expands
By Adam Coleman
A project that initially targeted excessive water usage in Chinese restaurants with an inventive waterless wok has been expanded to include Thai and Vietnamese restaurants after receiving additional funding.
The Saving Water in Asian Restaurants Project (SWARP) was...
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21st March, 2007
MAV expands capacity with two appointments
MAV expands capacity with two appointments
By Staff Writer
The Municipal Association of Victoria (MAV) has strengthened its capacity to deliver services and build knowledge about the local sphere of government with two senior staff appointments.
“The MAV has appointed Dr Michael Henry, on a part-time basis,...
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20th March, 2007
Governments need rethink on ageing services: report
Governments need rethink on ageing services: report
By Staff Writer
A global research report: Serving the Ageing Citizen has found Australia is well ahead of most OECD countries in responding to an ageing population, but suggests a rethink is required to fund public services in the future.
According to Deloitte’s...
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