Australia (News4us.com) April 21, 2011 Greg Combet, Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, and Mark Dreyfus, Parliamentary Secretary for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, today provided a comprehensive update on the Government’s Home Insulation Safety Plan. The Home Insulation Program (HIP) was closed in February last year. The Home Insulation Safety Plan was subsequently [...]
Australia (News4us.com) April 21, 2011 The ACMA is now proceeding with the allocation of residual spectrum lots in the 2302–2400 MHz (2.3 GHz) band in specified regional and remote areas of Australia and is calling for registrations of interest. The allocation process The allocation of these spectrum licences may be completed through two different allocation [...]
South Australia (News4us.com) April 21, 2011 Minister for Justice Brendan O’Connor today announced more than $63,000 under the Proceeds of Crime Act fund to help cut the road toll on Kangaroo Island in South Australia. “I was saddened to hear that a NSW woman died in a fatal road crash at Penneshaw on Kangaroo Island [...]
South Australia (News4us.com) April 21, 2011 Minister for Defence Materiel Jason Clare and Member for Port Adelaide Mark Butler visited BAE Systems in Mawson Lakes to congratulate Emilio De Stefano for winning the Australian Industry and Defence Network SA Young Achiever Award. “I would like to congratulate Emilio for winning the SA Young Achiever Award. [...]
Queensland, Australia (News4us.com) April 21, 2011 Attorney-General Robert McClelland today announced the Commonwealth Government will provide assistance for people in Queensland affected by this week’s flooding. “Commonwealth assistance is being provided through the Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements (NDRRA) to assist communities that have been affected by flooding in the Maranoa Regional Council area,” [...]
Canberra, ACT, Australia (News4us.com) April 21, 2011 The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission announced today it does not intend to oppose Woolworths Limited’s proposed acquisition of The Cellarmasters Group. The ACCC concluded that the proposed acquisition would be unlikely to substantially lessen competition given the presence of several significant competitors in wine retailing, production and [...]
Australia (News4us.com) April 21, 2011 Attorney General Robert McClelland today encouraged community groups and non-government organisations to apply for funding to help improve human rights education across the country. Mr McClelland said applications for the Australia’s Human Rights Framework – Education Grants program open today. “Today’s announcement coincides with the first anniversary of the launch [...]
Western Australia (News4us.com) April 21, 2011 Two men have been arrested in Perth and Sydney overnight following a multi-jurisdictional investigation involving the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and Western Australia Police. In Perth, WA Police and the AFP executed a search warrant at a residential premises in Scarborough seizing 14.3 kilograms of methamphetamine and arresting a [...]
South Australia (News4us.com) April 21, 2011 The Minister for Justice Brendan O’Connor today called on South Australia to back the Gillard Government’s proposal to introduce an R18+ video game classification. Australia does not have an adult only rating for video games, unlike most other comparable nations. That means sexually explicit and violent games are available [...]
Atlanta (News4us.com) April 20, 2011 Scorely and the Atlanta Hawks have teamed up to provide sports fans an all-access pass for Hawks playoff scores. The Atlanta Hawks Facebook and Twitter will now link directly with Scorely instant scores technology so playoff scores are available as they’re happening. Everyone has been there, the big game conflicts [...]
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