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Workers across the Department of Human Services (DHS) have voted in favour of taking industrial action over enterprise bargaining negotiations.
Closures questioned as cuts lead to relocation
The West Australian Government has unveiled plans to close more than 100 remote (primarily Indigenous) communities and move the residents to better-serviced areas.
Work/life rebalanced on good day to go home
Go Home On Time Day was on this week - a day for awareness about the risks of working too hard.
China deal will see transport, resource, services boost
Many of Australia’s major exports can flow more freely into China, with the official signing of a new free trade agreement.
Nation's newest airport could be site of rural revival
The tarmac is heating up at Australia's newest public airport, with flights from the Brisbane West Wellcamp Airport near Toowomba now departing.
Study says slavery lives worldwide
More than 36 million people are bound by slavery worldwide, a new report says, forced to live and work around the whims of their owners.
Barnett breaks away to swoop on young vote
West Australian Premier Colin Barnett has broken step with the Federal LNP, encouraging the state to move itself away from coal-fired power.
Fresh eyes on East West with shift at IA
Big changes at Infrastructure Australia mean the group is yet to form an opinion on Melbourne’s multi-billion-dollar East West Link.
Local home for broad building hub
A Global Infrastructure Hub will be set up in Sydney to increase investment, after a deal was brokered at the G20 summit on the weekend.
New German deal pursued with fresh zeal
The Australian Government has announced it will seek a new free trade agreement, this time with the nation of Germany.
Power deal seen as less effort for some
Experts have picked apart a 'game-changing' renewable energy deal between China and the US too see if it can match its own hype.
Time and tongues make microbiome marriage
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Double speak brings faster filter
New research says people who speak more than one language can process information more efficiently and more easily than those who only know one.
Asylum data leak found in breach of Privacy Act
The Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) has been found in breach of the Privacy Act by posting the personal information of approximately 9,250 asylum seekers on a public website.
Push to build balance with Robin Hood approach
A push is on to take a 0.05 per cent tax from big financial transactions instead of levying GST across the board.
Train dust claims don't wash with Council
The New South Wales Minerals Council says the industry cannot afford to cover coal trains to protect environmental and human health, and says fireplaces are a bigger risk anyway.
Fizzy drinks to FSC as Coke boss trades in
Former Coca-Cola Amatil executive Sally Loane has been appointed to the Financial Services Council (FSC), replacing outgoing chief executive John Brogden.
Local super body praised as forward-thinking fund
Many big investors still consider climate change as a “load of rubbish” and a risk that they “don't need to think about”, one insider says.
NAB first of four to pay for poor fee claims
A settlement could be on the way that would see about 30,000 NAB customers share in up to $40 million in compensation.
Parties stop RET talks, leave sector less certain
Industry Minister Ian Macfarlane has issued an official press release slamming the Labor Party for giving up on the Renewable Energy Target (RET).
Victoria's dodgy education dealings laid out
New revelations have woken up debate over a former Victorian Labor government's IT project, with reports that education department officials had shares in and even took jobs with the company given a $60 million government contract.