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$200,000 will be spent to help kids that live with travelling show groups.

The Greens have offered a novel budget measure that could bring the Federal Government $13 billion.

Physicists will have to re-adjust their theories, following the discovery of a mind-bogglingly big black hole.

Robot hands are here.

Municipal associations in Victoria say they must be allowed to raise rates beyond the level of inflation, or jobs and services will be at risk.

SA Council CEO’s are paid more every year, but a new report shows the rate of their rises is decreasing.

Australian councils are struggling to meet the high cost of replacing infrastructure to meet extreme weather events such as cyclones and floods according to a local researcher.

WA Police are looking to prosecute a public servant they say stole $45,000 from corporate cards and went on an inter-state drug run.

The Australian Workers Union wants an investigation to look into claims that Victorian Lands Department staff were exposed to toxic chemicals like cyanide and Agent Orange.

Federal workplace insurer Comcare has lost one of its biggest customers, as the ACT Government moves to take its 20,000 public servants out of the embattled scheme.

The new head of Australia's Treasury is a big fan of Ronald Reagan and says austerity is getting a bad rap.

An ACT Senator says the CPSU is hypocritically threatening the jobs of its own members, while claiming to fight on their behalf.

A former senior federal bureaucrat says lobbyists should be forced to reveal their private discussions with ministers and government workers.

Ninety-five years ago, Australian Public Service bosses realised equal rights for women would transform the bureaucracy, and it was up to them to stop it.

A new report says Australian governments could save billions by buying smarter.

The University of South Australia wants to spy on your cat.

Drones, laser scanners, planes and sharp shooters have been put to work in the Tasmanian forest to better understand the environmental effects of forest management regimes.

Conservation experts say allowing dingoes into a national park could help reverse the decline of native wildlife.

The NSW Government has come under fire at meetings over the Murray Darling Basin Plan.

SunWater will again have to justify its actions after releasing water from a Queensland dam amid wild storm conditions.