Steve Brown, Assistant Police Commissioner of Western Australia, deinies allegations that initiation rituals involving Taser are a part of their culture.
Hopes for a new and strong Gold Coast waterways board would be assembled to handle botched Broadwater have been ruined when the Bligh administration has introduced a weaker committee instead, which is limited only to making dredging location decisions.
Wayne Swan, Treasurer of the Australian federal government, has accused Opposition leader Tony Abbott of holding and promoting “extremist views” that incite disunity, as he talked about the Australia’s economic credentials.
Cotton On, the clothing firm based in Victoria, has paid back about $300,000 to thousands of workers that have been underpaid.
The updated revenue estimates, which show resource super-profits tax would have raised a massive $24 billion in its first two years, proved the industry was justified in campaigning so aggressively against the impost, according to Business Council of Australia president Graham Bradley.
Treasurer Wayne Swan took responsibility for his department's miscalculation of commodity prices when the RSPT was planned.
Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan said on Wednesday that Australia could expect a budget surplus of more than $2 billion by 2012/13, hailing the latest economic figures as indicators of the country’s return to the black status and way ahead from any given major economy across the globe.
The Opposition has called for the sacking of Peter Garrett, Minister for Environment Protection, over restraints that will delay Queensland’s coal gas projects.
Former Macquarie Equities Limited client advisor, Mr Newton Chan was today sentenced in the Supreme Court of Victoria to a term of 20 months imprisonment following an investigation by ASIC into the manipulation of the share price of Bill Express Limited (BXP) (now in liquidation).
Treasurer Wayne Swan is set to unveil today a more-detailed economic forecast showing the Budget remains on track to return to surplus even with the revamped resources tax by 2013.
There is still no word on the federal poll date even as the government is set to update Australians on the state of the economy today.
Andrew Forrest's Fortescue Metals Group stands the Gillard government's proposed minerals resources rent tax (MRRT) should not proceed in its current shape.
The government of West Australia has approved the firing up of three coal-based power stations, prompting the antagonism of environment groups.
Treasury secretary Ken Henry declined to give any detail about the tax assumptions when quizzed on a Senate hearing Tuesday.
The NSW government has shelled out more than $1.4 million in taxpayer funds to consolidate data centres, even as there is no savings estimate.
Queensland premier Anna Bligh has confirmed industry talk the state government has been encouraging proponents to combine projects.
The ARA (Australian Retailers Association) has given out a warning to retailers to speed up the new award salary payments, as the Fair Work Ombudsman starts its rounds on randomly picked stores across Australia.
Australian ndependent Senator Nick Xenophon said on Friday that the federal government should set up a website where taxpayers are able to access updated information on government officials’ travel expenditures.
Tony Abbott, leader of the Australian opposition, has vowed to establish an Ombudsman for small businesses and family enterprises if he wins the coming National Elections.
The Opposition has called for an official inquiry regarding the administration’s dumped Green Loans plan, which was intended to make Australian homes more energy efficient.
The legal and financial woes of executives from collapsed Sonray Capital Markets Pty Ltd appeared to be piling up and this time they were being restricted from going out of the country. Several inquiries on their finances are being lined up too.
AGL Energy Ltd chief executive Michael Fraser said on Friday that paying attention on carbon emission is a must in order to secure Australia’s energy future and since the country leans much on resource and energy intensive economic activities, business and political leaders need to closely consider the impact of climate change.
The Reserve Bank of Australia’s (RBA) recent decision to leave the cash rate untouched this July could finally put an end to the unusually high interest rates on savings accounts and analysts are in turn advising borrowers to use the opportunity to settle debts.
Rio Tinto is looking to ramp up projects again after the Gillard government's switch from the resource super-profits tax (RSPT) to the minerals resource rent tax (MRRT).
Prime Minister Julia Gillard is set to meet with junior miners this Friday on her first stop to Western Australia as head of the government, in an apparent attempt to soothe their reservations on the new mining tax, which was forged with talks attended only by giant mining companies and senior ministers last week.
BHP Billiton Ltd has declined to reveal the total effective tax it will pay under the Gillard government's mineral resource rent tax, according to The Australian.
The fight for the small business vote has started in earnest, with Liberal Party leader Tony Abbott pledging a minister for small business in the federal cabinet and the introduction of an ombudsman if duly elected.
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) said today that it would intensify efforts to collect more taxes specifically targeting some small business owners who reportedly resort to cash transactions in order to evade paying their tax obligations.
Deputy Prime Minister Wayne Swan lauded the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) decision to upgrade the country’s growth forecast for both 2010 and 2011, declaring that the world financial institution’s thumb of approval is a testament to Australia’s position as a world leader in global economic recovery.
Coal India Ltd., the world's largest producer, is now more keen in using a proposed sovereign fund to buy mines abroad that can supply the equivalent of 8 percent of domestic output as energy demand rises, a government official said.