Tag: Federal Government
Masterpieces threaten Obama visit
The popularity of the Masterpieces from Paris exhibition means politicians flooding to Canberra for Barack Obama's visit can't get a room, for love nor Monet.[MORE]
Geraldton to continue Aboriginal acknowledgment
The City of Geraldton Greenough says it will continue to acknowledge traditional owners of land at all official functions.[MORE]
Australia earmarks $11m aid for Africa
The Australian Government is giving $11 million in food aid and assistance for displaced people in Somalia, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Kenya.[MORE]
Liberal MP rejects corruption claims
Queensland federal Liberal MP Michael Johnson says he utterly rejects any allegations of personal fraud and corruption against him.[MORE]
Rudd poll drop stokes talk of Gillard
A drop in Kevin Rudd's approval rating in the latest opinion poll has prompted commentary on the future Labor leadership.[MORE]
Doctors demand health shake-up details
The lack of detail about Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's health reform plan is still concerning medical professionals on the New South Wales mid-north coast.[MORE]
Fears Rudd health plan to put pressure on resources
The South Australian branch of the Rural Doctors Association says a Federal Government plan to train extra doctors could put pressure on infrastructure and training providers.[MORE]
Joyce breaks ranks on parental leave
Opposition finance spokesman Barnaby Joyce says his leader's paid parental leave scheme will push up the prices of basic foodstuffs.[MORE]
Rudd plan to 'significantly' improve GP shortage
A group that trains GPs in central and northern Victoria says an industry shortage will be addressed by a Federal Government push to train more doctors.[MORE]
Senate to probe Wild Rivers laws
Queensland's controversial Wild Rivers legislation will be examined by a Senate committee next month.[MORE]
Keating attacks 'intellectual nobody' Abbott
Paul Keating says Tony Abbott is an 'intellectual nobody' who panders to right-wing 'nutters' within the Liberal Party.[MORE]
'No plans yet' to move asylum seekers to Darwin
The Government denies reports it is moving to transfer hundreds of asylum seekers from Christmas Island to Darwin for processing.[MORE]
Rudd plan won't fix rural doctor shortage: RDA
The Rural Doctors Association (RDA) says the Federal Government's plan to train more doctors will not be enough to overcome the GP shortage in the bush.[MORE]
Australians caught in Ethiopian adoption nightmare
Australian families have made serious allegations of corruption within Australia's inter-country adoption program with Ethiopia.[MORE]
Climate blueprint could slash emissions
A report says Australia could cut emissions by 25pc by 2020 through measures which would cost households less than $4 a week.[MORE]
Privacy, fraud and insulation: the debacle continues
New cases are emerging that could up-end the Federal Government's attempts to sink the insulation scheme debacle. [MORE]
Monaro pre-school faces uncertain future
A Monaro pre-school in the New South Wales south east faces an uncertain future due to restrictions under a Federal Government grant scheme.[MORE]
Tuckey told to apologise for Aboriginal remarks
The Greens say Wilson Tuckey should be kicked out of the Liberal Party if he does not apologise for comments he made about Aboriginal people.[MORE]
Rudd approval rating hits new low
New poll shows voter satisfaction with Kevin Rudd's performance dropping to its lowest level since he became Labor leader.[MORE]
Learn from Cuba's health system, PM told
A local GP has left Kevin Rudd red-faced by suggesting he take a leaf out of Cuba's book when formulating his public health overhaul.[MORE]
Rudd won't release insulation correspondence
Kevin Rudd has refused to bow to Opposition demands to release correspondence he received from Peter Garrett about the failed home insulation program.[MORE]
Abbott 'lost' on aboriginal acknowledgment
A Tasmanian Indigenous group has criticised the Federal Opposition Leader's comments in which he said that acknowledging the traditional owners of the land amounts to "tokenism".[MORE]
Criticism for Abbott's 'tokenism' comments
The Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has been criticised for describing the formal acknowledgement of traditional owners as tokenistic.[MORE]
PM pledges 5,000 new doctors
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says the Government will spend $632 million to train more than 5,000 new doctors across Australia.[MORE]
