Industry News

Customer satisfaction with the nation’s largest banks have skyrocketed to their highest ever levels, marking the fourth consecutive month that Roy Morgan Research has tracked a positive upswing in consumer sentiment in the area.

The nation’s business leaders, academic experts and leaders in Asian education have joined Federal School Education Minister, Peter Garrett, at the second Ministerial Roundtable on Asian Literacy.

Improving the performance of the nation’s schools could deliver benefits more than twice the current annual economic output, according to an analysis conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers.

The Federal Government has released the long-awaited final Murray-Darling Basin Plan, with Federal Water Minister, Tony Burke, committing to 3200 gigalitres of environmental flow.

The Federal Government has announced that its share of the $2.8 billion in pay increases for the nation’s social and community sector workers (SACS) have begun to roll out throughout Australia.

Between the period of 1999 and 2007, nearly twice the number of boys were hospitalised as a result of an injury than girls, according to a new report released by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW).

The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) has kaunched a new iPhone app that is designed to give users better access to health information.

Charles Darwin University (CDU) has an officially opened its $7 million North Australian Centre for Oil and Gas (NACOG), which it says is at the vanguard of research and training for the Northern Territory’s burgeoning oil and gas industry.

The Local Government Association of Queensland (LGAQ) has urged the State Government to continue to support strong social policy initiatives.

The Australian Centre for Excellence in Local Government (ACELG) has announced it is co-ordinating a pilot census with eight councils this week on the state of the local government workforce.

A new report released by the Australian Local Government Association (ALGA) at the annual National Local Roads and Transport Congress estimates that 12 per cent of local government transport assets are in a poor or very poor condition.

The country’s economic growth is significantly higher than previously anticipated, according to the Westpac-Melbourne Institute Leading Index.

The Australian Industry Group (AI Group) has commended the New South Wales Government’s recent announcement that it will privatise its electricity generators, but has urged Queensland to follow suite and privatise its state-owned electricity assets.

The New South Wales Government has released a discussion paper on reform of the Water Industry Competition Act, inviting stakeholders to a series of consultation workshops.

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has commenced the largest Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health survey which will improve our knowledge of the health issues affecting this group of Australians.

The Queensland Government has convened the inaugural meeting of the Western Rivers Advisory Panel (WRAP) in Longreach.

The Queensland Government has announced $12.5 million in funding for the State’s regional councils.

The Western Australian Local Government Minister, John Castrilli, has announced his intention to suspend the City of Canning council following an inquiry into the city’s goverancne issues.

Legislation that will see the creation of a single water and sewerage body has passed through the Tasmanian Legislative Council.

The South Australian Government has outlined its response to the first South Australian Certificate of Education (SACE) first evaluation.