Canberra, ACT, Australia (News4us.com) May 26, 2011 The Opposition’s climate spokesman, Greg Hunt, today moved to delay the Government’s plans to credit farmers’ actions to reduce carbon pollution. The Government’s Carbon Farming Initiative, currently being debated in the House, will give farmers and landholders access to carbon markets worth hundreds of millions of dollars each [...]
Sydney, NSW, Australia (News4us.com) May 26, 2011 Sydney has rated highly in PWC’s recent Cities of Opportunity report, finishing a mighty fifth among 26 cities ranked according to key indicators. PWC identified these cities across a range of measures including business, economic, technological, educational and demographic variables. Sydney rated first in ease of starting a [...]
Canberra, ACT, Australia (News4us.com) May 26, 2011 Attorney-General Robert McClelland has tabled in Parliament the Australian Law Reform Commission’s report into discovery laws and practice in federal court proceedings. The ALRC report, Managing Discovery: Discovery of Documents in Federal Courts, recommends reforms which aim to make the discovery process more efficient and cost effective as [...]
Australia (News4us.com) May 26, 2011 Attorney-General Robert McClelland today released new research from the Australian Institute of Family Studies, which found inter-parental conflict, fear, abuse, or safety concerns remain prevalent for a significant number of parents following separation. The reports – Parenting dynamics after separation and Views of adolescents in separated families – examined the [...]
Canberra, ACT, Australia (News4us.com) May 26, 2011 Attorney-General Robert McClelland and Minister for the Status of Women Kate Ellis today welcomed the passage through Parliament of the Sex and Age Discrimination Legislation Amendment Bill 2010. The new law will provide greater protections by: prohibiting discrimination on the basis of family responsibilities for both men and [...]
Perth, Western Australia (News4us.com) May 26, 2011 Australian Federal Police have arrested a 30-year-old man in Perth in relation to counterfeit currency charges. The arrest on 25 May 2011 follows an operation in February this year in which Western Australian Police apprehended several offenders in possession of counterfeit Australian $50 notes. WA Police stopped a [...]
Australia (News4us.com) May 26, 2011 The Virtual Global Taskforce (VGT) alliance expands their world wide reach even further with the inclusion of three new industry partners. As the ongoing fight against child sexual exploitation gains momentum, new industry partners are now joining the global law enforcement initiative, assisting in the successful prosecutions of hundreds of [...]
Australia (News4us.com) May 25, 2011 Australia through the Australian Federal Police (AFP) is joining with agencies from across the world to recognise International Missing Children’s Day today. In Australia, approximately two young people under the age of 18 are reported missing every hour, adding up to 17,500 every year. International Missing Children’s Day helps to [...]
Australia (News4us.com) May 20, 2011 Reports of a low number of people switching over and implementing the new National Broadband Network on the Australian mainland are greatly exaggerated, misleading and ironic according to the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy Senator Stephen Conroy. Today the Minister revealed that the residents of Armidale, NSW [...]
Australia (News4us.com) May 20, 2011 A new national product surveillance operation carried out by the ACCC in conjunction with state and territory consumer affairs agencies, has uncovered a number of unsafe bicycles being offered by retailers to the general public. In an official compulsory safety feature survey that spanned over 80 retailers and included the [...]
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