Firefighters believe a house fire in Melbourne's north-west was caused by incorrectly installed insulation.
There are claims the cost of the $43 billion National Broadband Network could double.
The Welfare Rights Centre says the major parties need to rethink their policy on welfare quarantining to ensure more people move into jobs.
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.
More Wimmera-Mallee schools have written scathing submissions to a Victorian parliamentary inquiry regarding the Federal Government's Building the Education Revolution Program.
The Greens are calling for a national register of foreign ownership of agricultural assets.
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".
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.
The Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, has made an $11.5 million commitment to Launceston's flood levee project if she retains Government.