Programs and Initiatives

Crews suspect house fire linked to faulty insulation

Programs and Initiatives - 30 July 2010 - 6:31pm
Firefighters believe a house fire in Melbourne's north-west was caused by incorrectly installed insulation.

Expert predicts broadband cost blowout

Programs and Initiatives - 30 July 2010 - 4:47am
There are claims the cost of the $43 billion National Broadband Network could double.

Doubt cast over welfare quarantining

Programs and Initiatives - 29 July 2010 - 10:48am
The Welfare Rights Centre says the major parties need to rethink their policy on welfare quarantining to ensure more people move into jobs.

Education Dept to probe school building frame collapse

Programs and Initiatives - 29 July 2010 - 10:34am
The Education Department says there is no evidence of systemic problems with the design of outdoor learning centres after a building collapse in Wagga Wagga.

Schools air building scheme complaints

Programs and Initiatives - 29 July 2010 - 9:13am
More Wimmera-Mallee schools have written scathing submissions to a Victorian parliamentary inquiry regarding the Federal Government's Building the Education Revolution Program.

Greens call for agricultural asset register

Programs and Initiatives - 28 July 2010 - 4:16pm
The Greens are calling for a national register of foreign ownership of agricultural assets.

Rural doctors question Gillard pledge

Programs and Initiatives - 27 July 2010 - 10:46am
The Rural Doctors Association of Queensland (RDAQ) says the Prime Minister's pledge to increase the number of emergency doctors and nurses over the next decade is a "drop in the bucket".

Parental leave scheme sparks cost of living fears

Programs and Initiatives - 27 July 2010 - 10:13am
The Federal Government says the cost of living in the marginal south-east Queensland electorate of Hinkler will be placed in jeopardy by the Coalition's proposed parental leave scheme.

Gillard promises Launceston flood levee funding

Programs and Initiatives - 26 July 2010 - 10:21am
The Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, has made an $11.5 million commitment to Launceston's flood levee project if she retains Government.
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