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The New South Wales Government has so far allocated $4.7 billion to Restart NSW, the fund established in 2011 with the goal of driving renewed economic and social infrastructure funding across the state.

The Reserve Bank of Australia has dropped the official cash rate to 2.75 basis points after its Tuesday meeting earlier this week.

The Federal Government has pledged $20.3 million to be shared between nine cutting edge telehealth projects that will use the National Broadband Network to pilot new methods of health care delivery.

A recent survey of international students has found that their cohort is still happy with their experience, despite the ever increasing value of the Australian dollar putting them under increased financial strain.

Combating cost pressures, reducing burdensome red tape and relieving the tax burden are just some of the top demands of 1,700 of the nation’s businesses, according to the latest Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) survey.

The Federal Government has confirmed it will set the question of constitutional recognition of local government to the people on September 14, the same date as the Federal election.

61,000 Australian lives have been saved over the last two decades thanks to improvements in cancer prevention, screening and treatment according to the latest Cancer Council research.

Victorian Minister for Local Government, Jeanette Powell, has announced the appointment of an Inspector of Municipal Administration to oversee the struggling Wangaratta Rural City Council.

Queensland Energy and Water Supply Minister, Mark McArdle, has met with Cr Tom Tate, Mayor of Gold Coast City Council, to discuss the city’s continued growth and issues surrounding water and energy supply to the region.

Queensland has become the next state to sign up to the Federal Government’s National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).

Nearly one in five university students regularly skip meals, while nearly 80 per cent of students have to work up to 16 hours a week to support themselves, forcing nearly one third of students to miss class due to work obligations according to a new Universities Australia survey.

Carbon dioxide is set to hit 400 pars per million for the first time in five million years, according to new research coming out of the University of Queensland (UQ).

A consortium of Australian education institutions have been awarded a $16 million grant to establish a Science of Learning Research Centre, designed to improve teaching across Australia and around the world.

New research from Monash University suggests that pain sensations of others can be felt by some people, just by witnessing their plight.

New research from Swinburne University of Technology has confirmed what millions of chocolate lovers already knew; dark chocolate improves general calmness and contentedness.

The Swinburne University of Technology and CSIRO will carry on ground-breaking solar cell research following a $4 million grant under the Science and Industry Endowment Fund (SIEF).

The Queensland Government has passed legislation through Parliament that will make it significantly easier for decommissioned petroleum and gas wells to be converted into water supply bores for use by landholders.

The Victorian Government has earmarked $50 million to deliver a range of water initiatives under the State Budget.

The Victorian Government has earmarked $87 million in funding from the State Budget to reduce the risk of bushfires, improve the health of coastal and bay areas and maintain the state’s parks and forests.

Melbourne’s major East West Link roadworks is set to go ahead after the Victorian Government confirmed it will be committing to the first stage of the funding.