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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.

The Victorian Government has pledged $520 million for the delivery of safety, reliability and capacity projects for the state’s public transport network under the State Budget.

The Victorian Government has announced a $207 million investment for a suite of freight-related initiatives under the State Budget.

The Victorian Government pledged $31.7 million for the state’s mining sector from the State Budget.

The Queensland and South Australian Governments have announced their support of an Inter-Governmental Agreement (IGA) on the National Drought Program Reform.

The Victorian Government has announced it will inject $203 million for the state’s school capital works program under the State Budget.