|
World News |
 |
 |
|
|
|
Business and Finance |
|
|
|
|
|
Financial Markets |
|
|
|
|
|
Government |
|
|
|
|
|
Travel |
|
|
|
|
|
Television Schedules |
|
|
|
|
|
Rural News |
|
|
|
|
|
Tourism |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Free-spirited Australia - a continent offering endless holiday experiences. Explore the colours of the outback, the excitement of the cities and a range of natural wonders you won't find anywhere else. The pearly sails of the Sydney Opera House, jutting out to jewel-blue water and over-reached by the intricate Sydney Harbour Bridge has made Sydney Harbour one of the world's most recognisable images.
Australian Tourism Board
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Media Release | Prime Minister of Australia
The relationship between Indonesia and Australia has never been stronger. We have agreed to upgrade our comprehensive partnership. We are committed to realising the potential of the economic relationship between our economies.
Bringing space technology to Australian mining (Media Release)
Scientists involved in CSIRO's Minerals Down Under Flagship are transferring technologies developed for space exploration and mining on the Moon and Mars, into new applications for the Australian mining industry.
Department of Health & Ageing -Government on Track to Close the Gap on Infant Mortality
Research that helps map the progress of improving Indigenous child mortality and health and sets targets was launched today by an expert Indigenous health advisory body. The National Indigenous Health Equality Council (NIHEC) has completed two reports: the Child Mortality Targets: Recommendations and Analysis and National Target Setting Instrument. 'In turn, they will provide the basis for aggregate data and projections to targets which can be used by the States, Territories and the Australian Government to ensure that we meet the Close the Gap targets to which we are committed.'.
Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs | 'Rock solid' Abbott tells families to wait until 2013 for paid parental leave
'Rock solid' Abbott tells families to wait until 2013 for paid parental leave. Mr Abbott today also made a 'rock solid commitment' on paid parental leave that will send a shiver up the spine of Australian families. Now Tony Abbott is threatening to wreck Australia's first national paid parental leave scheme.
Minister for Housing and Minister for the Status of Women | Boost for rural women's voice
Boost for rural women's voice. The NRWC provides a voice for over 250,000 women in rural and regional areas, as well as their families, communities and associated networks. The NRWC will make sure the voices of women in rural and regional Australia are heard.
Treasury Ministers Portal
The Assistant Treasurer, Senator Nick Sherry, today announced that Australia and Chile have signed a new income tax treaty - the first between the two countries. 'The new income tax treaty between Australia and Chile will provide certainty and stability of tax treatment for Australian and Chilean cross-border investors and reduce tax-related barriers so the economic relationship between our countries can continue to grow,' the Assistant Treasurer said. 'This is a comprehensive new tax treaty for Australia - and our second with a South American country.'.
Treasury Ministers Portal
The Assistant Treasurer, Senator Nick Sherry, has today announced the Rudd Government's plans to amend the tax law to confirm the practice of treating the investor in an instalment warrant over a single exchange traded security in a company, trust or stapled entity as the owner of the listed security for income tax purposes. 'This will benefit investors in instalment warrants primarily by confirming there is no capital gains tax (CGT) event at the time of the last instalment,' the Assistant Treasurer said. The income tax amendments will apply for assessments for the 2007-08 and later income years.
Microsoft Word - Pacific Adventurer IAT report released - FINAL.doc
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 10 March 2010 PACIFIC ADVENTURER INCIDENT ANALYSIS TEAM REPORT RELEASED AMSA has today released the report of the Incident Analysis Team (IAT) into the response to the oil spill from the Pacific Adventurer off the coast of Queensland in March 2009. The Incident Analysis Team was established by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) and Maritime Safety Queensland (MSQ) under the auspices of the National Plan to Combat Pollution of the Sea by Oil and Other Noxious and Hazardous Substances (the National Plan) as has been the practice following significant responses undertaken under the National Plan.
DIAC Newsroom – Media_releases – Latest VIC-WA compliance operations locate 19
Immigration operations in two states today have resulted in the location of 19 illegal workers in the agriculture and construction industries. On the Victorian border, immigration compliance officers located 14 illegal workers in the Mildura area, just five weeks after detaining 10 others in the region. On February 2 and 3 in Mildura, immigration compliance officers, acting on information about illegal workers in the horticultural and hospitality industries, located 10 people of interest at shops and residential addresses.
Airservices Australia - Media Releases
Delays of approximately 35 minutes are being experienced for air traffic in Sydney this morning. As is usual practice, to maintain safe operations Airservices air traffic controllers in Sydney have adjusted the number of aircraft movements per hour to match the operating conditions. For more information please contact Airservices Media.
2010 Community Heritage Grants now open
The National Library of Australia is calling for applications for the 2010 Community Heritage Grants. Applications for grants for collection management training workshops for staff and volunteers from community organisations to improve their skills when working with heritage collections are also welcome. The 2010 Community Heritage Grants Program is funded by the Australian Government through the National Library of Australia the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts the National Archives of Australia the National Film and Sound Archive and the National Museum of Australia.
Improving poor people’s access to financial services
PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE. The Australian aid program has been spending an average of $10 million a year since 2004 to improve poor people's access to financial services and this will increase to up to $20 million a year by 2012-13. Australia will assist formal and informal financial institutions to offer quality, affordable and fair financial services to the poor, including through microfinance and new technologies such as mobile phone banking.
The health benefits of flexible working hours
Topics such as asthma, diabetes, cancer, arthritis, depression. A recent review by researchers for the Cochrane Collaboration may highlight the potential health benefits associated with current trends towards more flexible working in the UK and Europe. The Cochrane Systematic Review included ten studies involving a total of 16,603 and examined a variety of forms of flexible working.
Rudd Govt continues to support Landcare facilitators - The Hon Tony Burke MP - Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
The Rudd Government is continuing its strong commitment to a national network of Landcare facilitators, with applications now open for further funding support. In June last year, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Tony Burke announced a national network of facilitators to support community Landcare, following extensive discussions with local Landcare groups and a number of MPs. Mr Burke said the Government recognised the critical role of Landcare facilitators and wanted to ensure they could continue their work.
CPA NNN/YY
Good practices found for Talisman Saber 2009: Environment Post Exercise Report. The ADF has received a tick of approval in environmental management from the Director of Environmental Impact Management, Mr Colin Trinder, in the Environmental Post Exercise Report for Exercise Talisman Saber 2009 (TS09). Chief of Joint Operations Lieutenant General Mark Evans said the report is a good indication of Defences commitment to upholding the Statement of Environment and Heritage Principles, as agreed to in 2005 by Chief of the Defence Force Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston and the Commander US Pacific Command, Admiral Timothy Keating.
|
|
|
|
Browse Categories |
|
|
|
|
|
News Links |
|
|
|
|
|
Local Weather |
|
|
|
|
|
Map of Autralia |
|
|
|
|
|
Sports |
|
|
|
|
|
Engineering News |
|
|
|
|
|
Events |
|
|
|
|
|
Internet Access |
|
|
|
|
Sponsored Links |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
