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The New South Wales Government has called for expressions of interest for a ‘comprehensive trial of cloud-based computing’.

The Western Australian Government has announced the start of work on major road works around Perth, in a bid to ease congestion and improve flow to the State’s capital.

The Western Australian Government has announced $25 million in loans to be shared by 17 new private school capital works projects.

South Australian Premier, Jay Weatherill, has announced plans to reform the way election-related activities are funded in a bid to ensure greater transparency and accountability.

The Joint Select Committee tasked with investigating the likelihood of Australians voting ‘yes’ in a referendum to recognise local government in the constitution has announced it will be holding a second public hearing this month.

Disengagement, rather than disruptive behaviour, is the route cause of many of the problems in the state’s schools, according to a survey conducted by the University of South Australia.

Belinda Hutchinson has been named as the new Chancellor of the University of Sydney, after Governor Marie Bashir concluded her second term in the role in December last year.

The legendary ‘slip, slop slap’ motto’ has finally sunk into Australia’s collective consciousness, with Aussies increasingly less interesting in getting a suntan according to the latest research published in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health.

The Federal Government has announced the appointment of Richard Goyder, the Managing Director and CEO of Wesfarmers, as the the chair of Australia’s business engagement group during Australia’s presidency of the G20 in 2014.

A new report prepared by the University of Melbourne shows that State and Federal Governments are continuing to form policy decisions based on incomplete information that is not subject to scrutiny.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has formally commenced Federal Court proceedings against Visa Inc, alleging a series of contraventions of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 in relation to dynamic currency conversion services (DCC).

Global factors such as the ongoing unrest in the Middle East and the continued depletion of conventional crude oil supplies have been identified as key factors in determining petrol prices, according to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).

The Western Australian Water Corporation has announced the completion of the $3.6 million upgrade to Broome’s water treatment facilities, which it says will lead to significant improvement in water quality for consumers.

HR professionals are facing an increasingly tough environment as companies look to cut costs in the face of global uncertainty, while still having to source top talent.

Despite economic uncertainty and a tumultuous job market, one in three Australian workers will leave their employer in the first one to two years, according to a new report released by recruitment specialists Hays.

The Victorian Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has released new guidelines for assessing best practice of the state’s environment protection framework.

Research that could lead to a breakthrough in predicting mega-earthquakes has seen a Monash University researcher net this year’s Anton Hales medal for Earth Sciences.

Federal Environment Minister Tony Burke has reiterated the Federal Government’s ‘commitment to protecting the Great Barrier Reef’ following the release of the State Party Report on the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area.

The Federal Government is reportedly planning to place a moratorium on oil and gas exploration around a large area of the Rowley Shoals coral atolls off the coast of Western Australia.

The Federal Government has called on community groups around the nation to apply for Government investment in urban rivers and waterways.