A 21-year-old United States national has been arrested by the Australian Federal Police (AFP) at Sydney Airport for importing three kilograms of cocaine into Australia.
Deutsche Bank's Head of Carbon Emissions Research, Mark Lewis, has warned that Australia is at risk of being left out of the global carbon market and clean technology investment sector if further procrastination on legislating a local carbon market continues.
The Property Council of Australia has raised concerns over comments made by Lord Mayor Campbell that the powers of the Urban Land Development Authority (ULDA) would be wound back under a LNP State Government.
Treasurer Wayne Swan today appointed Ms Catherine Tanna and Dr John Edwards to the Reserve Bank of Australia Board.
The nation's peak infrastructure industry group, Infrastructure Partnerships Australia, has welcomed the election of the new Coalition Government, saying that a new government allows NSW a clean break in dealing with its infrastructure challenges.
Australia's Centre for Energy-Efficient Telecommunications (CEET) was formally launched in Melbourne on Tuesday as part one of the world's largest research effort into green telecommunications.
The Department of Health and Ageing (DOHA) and Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA) has issued the following advice on exposure to radiation arising from nuclear incidents in Japan, based on available information and current assessments:
Beginning on 1 May, smoking in public places will not be allowed in China's cities and towns.
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has confirmed that Her Majesty The Queen will travel to Australia for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Perth later this year.
The International Court of Justice has accepted Australia's choice of Professor Hilary Charlesworth AM as a Judge ad hoc in the Whaling Case taken by Australia against Japan.
The Australian government on Monday launched its new advertising campaign calling on all Indigenous Australians to quit smoking. The new campaign will start hitting the airwaves, newspapers and TV screens today as the Australian Government continues its world-leading action to combat tobacco use.
Losing to rival party in New South Wales, Australia's Labour Party now faces the prospect of having tougher times seeing the taxes on carbon emissions and mining profits legislation getting approved.
Optus mobile customers who wish to send donations to relief and rescue operations in New Zealand and Japan can now send their pledges to the Red Cross via SMS.
Dairy farmer leaders from across Australia have united to call on Coles/Wesfarmers (ASX: WES) and Woolworths (ASX: WOW) supermarkets to use the opportunity of their appearance before the Senate Economics Committee tomorrow to publicly commit to ending their damaging retail price war on drinking milk.
The Housing Industry Association (HIA), the leading industry association in the Australian residential building sector, has called on the newly elected NSW Coalition Government to deliver on its election promises to address the housing affordability crisis in the State.
Landmark reform to Australia’s vocational education and training sector has been achieved today with passage of legislation which has established a national system of regulation for the first time.
Australia will share its mining expertise with Afghan public servants as part of Australia’s commitment to strengthen the Afghan Government.
Junior officers in the Royal Australian Navy will learn to pilot the next generation of warships, in an upgraded $10m training facility at HMAS Watson, Sydney, which will be officially opened tomorrow.
A survey by insurance firm SGIO has found that majority or 70% of Western Australian families who drive rely heavily on their cars, yet only 30% have insurance cover with car hire. The study added that car plays a vital role in a household's earning ability.
Following the move of the United States, Australia also imposed restrictions on some food products from Japanese prefectures near the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant.
The Australian government has introduced more than 20 pages of amendments for the National Broadband Network legislation, with the intention of delivering a universal wholesale price for Australians ahead of the network's construction.
IBM has entered into partnership with academia, government and industry to launch the Smart Transport Research Centre (STRC) based at Queensland University of Technology (QUT), which is being opened by the Minister for Transport, the honourable Annastacia Palasczuk. IBM will contribute its global consulting expertise and technology in developing smarter traffic solutions to help make Australia's transportation infrastructure smarter, improve commuter experiences and reduce environmental impac...
Australia and New Zealand are among the top countries with remarkable governments maintaining "fiscal responsibility" in spite
an era of budget deficits and debt restructuring.
The City University of New York (CUNY) and IBM have partnered to develop a new analytics technology that will help K-12 public schools in New York City reduce their energy consumption. The project has been underway for the past 10 months and involves collecting data about weather, energy and building characteristics and performing extensive data analysis, modeling and optimization about the portfolio of schools.
The United States is the first nation to suspend food imports of milk, vegetable, and fruits from Japan areas hit by the tsunami and close to the ailing Fukushima nuclear power plant, northeast of Tokyo.
The Japanese government is considering setting up a more organized agency to oversee the country's rehabilitation efforts after the devastating earthquake, a senior official said today.
The Australian Parliament has approved the Commonwealth Government's Flood and Cyclone Levy Bill, which has earmarked some $5.6 billion in funds for the reconstruction of severely damaged townships.
Australia's controversial financial director linked to a Ponzi scheme charged of owing investors of as much as $68 million has been convicted of more than 13 years imprisonment.
Tension between Israel and the Palestinians reach fever-pitch again Tuesday after Israeli artillery shelling killed seven people, including three children and left 10 others wounded in Sheja'eya neighborhood in eastern Gaza City.
With unemployment at around 5 percent in Australia, there is much talk of 'full employment' and a focus on skills shortages. Yet, the fact remains that well over 2 million Australians are unemployed, under-employed or on disability benefits and many hundreds of thousands are capable but have little prospect of moving into secure employment under the current support arrangements.
