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A unique 10-year partnership between the South Australian Local Government Association (LGA) and consultancy firm Deloitte has saved an estimated $6 million in electronic communications and file management costs.

The Tasmanian Government has announced it is developing an Asia Education Strategy in a bid to ‘take advantage’ of the opportunities presented in the Asian Century.

Two new research reports into the Great Artesian Basin are set to build on our understanding of one of the country’s most important water resources.

The Northern Territory Government has announced it will challenge a recent Federal court ruling which ruled the existing container deposit scheme (CDS) as illegal.

The Queensland Government has announced it has granted planning approval for the $1 billion, 20-year redevelopment plan of the Cairns Airport.

Annual spending on mental health services in Australia has risen to $6.9 billion, according to new figures released by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW).

While some of the nation’s top 200 publically listed companies are making headway into improving their human rights records, more must be done, according to new research released by the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI).

The Federal Government has announced that it will merge the majority of the functions of the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency (DCCEE) with the Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education (DIISTRE).

A team of international researchers, including from the University of Western Australia and the CSIRO, have developed a new technique that enables up to eight generations of wheat and nine generations of barley to grow per year.

The University of Melbourne has become the first Australian university to sign an agreement with a major partnership with one of Brazil’s leading research bodies, The State of Sao Paulo Research Foundation.

A team of researchers from the University of Sydney and Monash University have led a breakthrough in optical fibre network technology.

Monash University has announced the appointment of international respected sociologist Professor Zlatko Skribis to lead the university’s research training agenda, which includes a revamped PhD program.

The Northern Territory Government has outlined its new plan for the future of the Territory’s Power and Water Corporation (PWC).

The practice of water trading throughout the country has continued to grow, showing that seasonal conditions play very little role in the behaviour of the sector, a new National Water Commission (NWC) report has shown.

A team of research scientists from the University of Western Australia (UWA) and the CSIRO have teamed up with Kimberley Traditional Owners to test a new molecular technique that has the potential to significantly speec up the discovery of enw species.

While Australia has staged a ‘fragile reversal’ in its previously declining low-carbon competiveness, Asia, driven by China, has emerged as the key performing in developing preparedness for the future low-carbon economy according to the new GE Energy/Climate Institute’s Global Climate Leadership Review 2013 report.

A meagre 5 per cent of the country’s organisations have reported what they call smart, sustainable growth needed to see them succeed beyond the Mining Boom a Telstra survey has found.

Federal Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, Greg Combet, has announced the appointment of Michael D’Ascenzo as the newest board member of the Clean Energy Regulator (CER).

In 2011-12 over half of us regularly checked our skin for changes in freckles or moles, according to the second set of results released from the Australian Health Survey. 

Australians are working more hours for higher hourly wages, driving a two decade long substantial growth in personal and household income, according to a new report released by the Productivity Commission.