A roundup of Australian local, state, national and international government news, events and projects.
British prison operator Serco is to run the Adelaide Remand Centre for another five years and the news has gone done badly with unions. Serco has run the centre since 2019, when the Liberal Marshall state government privatised it in […]
Ipswich Police’s new $38 million three-storey complex at Ripley is now officially open ‘for business’. Queensland Police says the new complex will serve as Ripley’s new local station as well as the district base for Ipswich Police. It will house
Chocolate maker Cadbury wants to bring a Willy Wonka-type factory experience to life at its manufacturing site in Tasmania. And Glenorchy City Council has approved its plans for a new $120 million three-story building at Claremont that will be accessible
A NZ court has rejected a bid by the Australian man who killed 51 Muslims in Christchurch in 2019 to appeal against his guilty pleas. New Zealand’s Court of Appeal in Wellington ruled unanimously on April 30 that Brenton Harrison
Bass Coast councillors in Victoria have had enough of continually replenishing their beaches and wants funding help. The council wants Canberra to impose a levy on large fossil fuel companies to cover the rising costs of mitigation work done by
New fire trails are being created on properties bought by Moreton Bay council as part of environmental land buyback program for controlled burns. Moreton Bay Mayor Peter Flannery says they have an environmental land buyback program to buy properties to
The banking ‘desertification’ in regional and rural areas not only needs to stop but has to be reversed, a business alliance says. The Regional Banking Investment Alliance (RBIA) says the major banks’ desertion of rural services has blown a $1
Greater bushfire protection is needed for new buildings in Morayfield South than what is currently available, Moreton Bay City Council says. And it has asked Queensland Planning Minister Jarrod Bleijie to approve changes to their planning scheme. (A temporary structure
New escape hatches installed across Moreton Bay City are allowing koalas and other animals to safely cross roads one-way. Council says 49 hatches have been installed at wildlife hotspots such as Youngs Crossing and Samsonvale Road at Joyner; Kremzow, Lilley
Hobart City Council is to pull e-scooters off its footpaths in favour of e-bikes over safety and behaviour fears raised by residents. The council says its shared micromobility program will shift from mixed hire (scooters and bikes) to smaller e-bikes.
