(News4us.com) October 21, 2010 Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, Greg Combet today opened the People’s Choice Awards saying he was impressed by the overwhelming response to the competition. “I encourage all Australians to get online today, vote for your favourite advertisement in the People’s Choice Awards, become a friend of the Shout Out [...]
Canberra, Australia (News4us.com) October 21, 2010 The Australian Communications and Media Authority has no intention of changing Australia’s primary emergency call number from Triple Zero. Speaking at a Senate Estimates hearing in Canberra yesterday, ACMA Chairman Chris Chapman said, ‘The number Triple Zero is Australia’s primary emergency service number and should always be used in [...]
(News4us.com) October 21, 2010 People across Australia will be able to access cheaper and faster broadband services if a landmark telecommunications Bill is passed. Prime Minister, Julia Gillard said it is crucial the Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer Safeguards) Bill 2009 is passed so that Australians can benefit from better broadband services. The legislation [...]
Canberra, Australia (News4us.com) October 21, 2010 Joint Media Release Attorney-General Hon Robert McClelland MP Minister for Families, Housing, Comminuty Services and Indigenous Affairs Hon Jenny Macklin MP Assistant Treasurer Hon Bill Shorten MP The Australian Government today announced the continuation of the national consultations on the tax treatment of native title and possible reforms to [...]
(News4us.com) October 21, 2010 National Missing Persons Week Campaign the Winner at Cannes The creative efforts of the AFP have been internationally recognised, with a television commercial produced for the 2009 National Missing Persons Week campaign winning an award at the Cannes Corporate Media and TV Awards last week. The advertisement edged out 26 others [...]
Ballina, NSW (News4us.com) October 21, 2010 Imagine being able to produce nearly 70 percent more from your backyard veggie patch without having to increase its size, but only by improving the seeds you use. This is what researchers have found in a report released today by the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation (RIRDC) at [...]
(News4us.com) October 20, 2010 Some of the nation’s best young netball players have been offered Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) Netball Scholarships for 2011 as they aim to become Australia’s next crop of Diamonds. The program which was established as one of the eight foundation sports at the Institute in 1981 is highly regarded as [...]
(News4us.com) October 20, 2010 Seven new Australian documentaries have been selected to screen across two key international festivals in November. The International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) announced that feature documentary Locust Hunting Man (w/d: Robert Nugent, p: Mitzi Goldman) will have its world premiere in the Reflecting Images: Panorama section. It will also screen [...]
Australia (News4us.com) October 20, 2010 A delegation of Australian ‘green building’ businesses visited India earlier this month to share expertise and offer the latest solutions for sustainable building. Australia was the partner country at the CII – Green Business Centre’s Indian Green Buildings Congress 2010 in Chennai. The 52-member delegation was the largest ever in [...]
Australia (News4us.com) October 19, 2010 ADF engineers help rebuild a flood-affected Pakistan school Nine Australian Defence Force engineers deployed on Operation Pakistan Assist II have joined with the Pakistan Military and local national contractors on a project to reopen a local school in Kot Addu. The engineers spent two days conducting repair and construction work [...]
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