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Minister Nicola Roxon welcomed the Australian Food and Grocery Council's announcement that they would develop a responsible children's marketing initiative. [Full text]
The Australia and New Zealand Food Regulation Ministerial Council issued a communique after meeting in Adelaide. [Full text]
Greens Senator Bob Brown said the Greens will press ahead with legislation for a total ban on junk food advertisements on children's TV. [Full text]
The AFGC said food and beverage manufacturers have responded to community concerns by developing the Responsible Children's Marketing Initiative. [Full text]
The AFGC welcomed the Victorian Government's call for a review of food labelling. [Full text]
Minister Justine Elliott has announced improvements to the Aged Care Nursing Scholarship Scheme. [Full text]
A House committee issued an interim report from its inquiry into research training and research workforce issues in Australian universities. [Full text]
Parliamentary Secretary Greg Combet addressed University of Newcastle students. [Full text]
Shadow Minister Christopher Pyne called on non-government schools concerned about changes to the Schools Assistance Bill 2008 to make submissions to a Senate Committee. [Full text]
Minister Martin Ferguson launched the Second Generation Biofuels R&D Program. [Full text]
Minister Ferguson's remarks are online. [Full text]
Minister Ferguson discussed 'Australia's Resources and Energy Future' in a speech to a CEDA conference in Adelaide. [Full text]
Caltex said sound climate change policy decisions are critical for the viability of Australian industries. [Full text]
Hansard of a hearing in Canberra on 25/9 before a House committee inquiring into climate change and environmental impacts on coastal communities is online. [Full text]
Hansard of a hearing in Adelaide on 8/10 for that inquiry is online. [Full text]
Hansard of a hearing in Canberra on 16/10 for that inquiry is online. [Full text]
The Australian Strategic Policy Institute issued 'The thin green line: Climate change and Australian policing'. [Full text]
Minister Peter Garrett addressed a Reef Summit in Canberra. [Full text]
The Government has missed an opportunity to embed sustainability obligations in the National Rental Affordability Scheme, Shadow Minister Bruce Billson has said. [Full text]
Minister Garrett has discussed Landcare awards; the Caring for our Country program, and Gunns pulp mill in an interview. [Full text]
Loggers' violence towards forest defenders on Tuesday is harmful to Tasmania's image, Greens Senator Bob Brown said. [Full text]
Senator Brown said last night's firebombing of two cars is a return to the violent lawlessness of logging vigilantes two decades ago. [Full text]
Shadow Minister Nick Minchin said Minister Stephen Conroy and his staff must stop bullying critics of Labor's flawed plan to censor the internet. [Full text]
ACMA is inviting comment on proposals that will increase coverage of planned digital radio services in Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney. [Full text]
Minister Simon Crean launched a list which profiles Australia's new generation of exporters. [Full text]
A CSIRO report says restricting Melbourne's urban sprawl could have a big impact on reducing the city's water use over the long term. [Full text]
ATSE issued its submissions to two discussion papers from Infrastructure Australia. [Full text]
ATSE welcomed the appointment of Academy Fellow Dr Mary O'Kane as the first NSW Chief Scientist. [Full text]
An Expert Panel issued its report on the social impacts of drought on farm families and rural communities. [Full text]
Minister Burke launched the report. [Full text]
Minister Burke discussed the report in an interview. [Full text]
Shadow Minister John Cobb thanked the Expert Panel. [Full text]
The NFF said the report confirms its call for drought reform. [Full text]
The ABS issued 'Agricultural Commodities: Small Area Data, Australia, 2006-07'. [Full text]
The ACCC has granted authorisation for continuation of milk pricing and purchasing policies between Dairy Farmers and Australian Cooperative Foods. [Full text]
CSIRO said it is committed to assist planning of an alternative model for horticultural research in the Sunraysia district. [Full text]
Ministers Peter Garrett and Tony Burke said the Great Barrier Reef will benefit from $23 million for water quality improvements and reduced run-off. [Full text]
AIMS issued its annual report. [Full text]
Shadow Minister Greg Hunt has said the Wetlands for our Future report highlighted the Government's failure to protect internationally-recognised wetlands. [Full text]
Protecting Christmas Island should be a priority for Minister Garrett following a court decision to allow further mining there, Greens Senator Rachel Siewert said. [Full text]
Minister Julia Gillard discussed the 'Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority Bill 2008' in a speech to Parliament. [Full text]
Minister Gillard discussed ABC Learning Centres and the mychild website in an interview. [Full text]
Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young called on the Government to explain its contingency plans for a possible collapse of ABC Learning Centres. [Full text]
ACER said a new survey found that only 4% of 17 year-olds had not completed Year 12, participated in an alternative vocational program or found full time employment. [Full text]
The survey report is online. [Full text]
Shadow Minister Andrew Robb said revelations that economic modelling for an ETS will not take into account the global financial meltdown has left it dead in the water. [Full text]
Revelations that modelling on climate change will not take into account the world economic crisis mean it won't be worth the paper it's written on, said Nationals Senator Ron Boswell. [Full text]
Economists from the UN and Deutsche Bank have launched a "Green New Deal" plan to tackle the economic crisis and the climate crisis together, Greens Senator Christine Milne said. [Full text]
It was revealed in Senate Estimates that the Government will delay its responses to the Innovation and TCF reviews into next year, Shadow Minister Eric Abetz, said. [Full text]
Greens Senator Rachel Siewert said FSANZ has failed on GM labelling. [Full text]
The ABS issued 'National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing: Summary of Results, 2007'. [Full text]
The ACCC is proposing to grant authorisation to enable dentists and dental specialists in shared practices to agree on the fees they charge. [Full text]
The AMA President welcomed a $5 billion injection for hospital equipment and infrastructure and urged the Government to make a similar commitment to funding hospital beds. [Full text]
The AIHW issued 'Juvenile arthritis in Australia'. [Full text]
A House committee will hold a hearing in Melbourne on 24/10 for its inquiry into obesity. [Full text]
Hansard of a Senate committee hearing in Canberra on 22/9 for an inquiry into National Health (Pharmaceutical Benefits-Charges) Regulations 2008 [Draft] is online. [Full text]
Hansard of a hearing in Canberra on 25/9 for that inquiry is online. [Full text]
Health Services Australia issued its annual report. [Full text]
The National Blood Authority issued its annual report. [Full text]
The Private Health Insurance Ombudsman issued its annual report. [Full text]
The ACCC issued a discussion paper on access undertakings submitted by eight digital radio multiplex transmission licensees. [Full text]
It was revealed in Senate Estimates that ANSTO faces more funding cuts, Shadow Minister Eric Abetz said. [Full text]
The ARC has issued its annual report. [Full text]
Hansard of this week's supplementary Budget estimates hearings is being posted online. [Full text]