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In a bid to ensure genuine services of financial advice, the Federal Government has introduced legislation before Parliament that will enshrine the terms ‘financial adviser’ and ‘financial planner’.

The Federal Government has introduced legislation before Parliament that will expand the duties of superannuation trustees to consolidate accounts with an aim to reunite people with their misplaced super.

Economy-wide spending has posted its six consecutive month of growth, rising by a total of 0.4 per cent this February according to the Common Wealth Bank’s Business Sales Indicator (BSI).

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has announced it will not oppose the Commonwealth Bank’s proposed acquisition of a majority stake in Aussie Home Loans (AHL).

Forty-Four of Australia and New Zealand’s top local government leaders have convened in Canberra this week to participate in a unique week-long Excellence in Local Government Leadership Program.

The current draft differential rating guidelines is pockmarked by serious shortcomings and more must be done to develop ratings strategies, according to the Municipal Association of Victoria’s (MAV) submission to the State Government.

The South Australian Government has announced that SA Health will undertake a full review of the state’s mental health bed capacity and demand since the implementation of the Stepping Up mental health reforms.

The Victorian Government is calling on all citizens involved in vocation training to nominate for the 2013 Victorian Training Awards.

The Victorian Government has announced it has granted the approval of the new site for the Charlton Hospital following its destruction in the 2011 floods.

The Victorian Government has announced $6 million in local government funding to support communities adapt to climate change.

The Queensland Government has passed legislation which it says will bring the state’s resource legislation ‘into the 21^st century’.

The Queensland Government has announced over 120 Queensland women are now taking their first steps to becoming qualified workers in a high priority, traditionally male dominated industries.

The Australian Clean Energy Council (CEC) and the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) have announced a new partnership that will see the two bodies share research and information on clean energy.

Australian organisations are increasingly concerned with the growing range of complex human capital challenges, yet their ability to deal with them is not up to the challenge.

Logan City Council has announced it is continuing to seek more information from SEQwater on the potential costs of de-fluoridating the council’s water supply.

The Murray-Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) has been finally formalised after it passed the final hurdle of the Federal Parliament.

The Federal Government has announced that Australian science and industry organisations are being invited to submit their designs and engineering works for the Square Kilometre Array (SKA).

Thousands of Australian apprentices in the building and construction industry are set to benefit from the advice of a mentor following an agreement between the Federal Government and Master Builders Australia.

A research project that has examined sediment cores from several Victorian lakes has gained new insights into how the climate has changed over the past 2,000 years, revealing that the most severe impact on the water systems have occurred in the last four decades.

Bystanders in cases of bullying are being urged to take a stand against bullying, with beyondblue CEO Kate Carnell urging witnesses to help victims take a stand.