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Minister Kim Carr said the $83 million Innovation Investment Follow-On Fund is open for applications. [Full text]
At a meeting of the PM's Science, Engineering and Innovation Council the Chief Scientist unveiled a new model for PMSEIC. [Full text]
Minister Peter Garrett announced $700,000 for Uluru-Kata Tjuta and Kakadu National Parks. [Full text]
Minister Garrett announced $1.3 million for the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area. [Full text]
Minister Garrett announced nine WA additions to the national threatened species list, the transfer of two WA species to higher categories and the delisting of another. [Full text]
Minister Penny Wong has discussed emissions trading in an interview. [Full text]
Shadow Minister Andrew Robb said the last 24 hours have contained the latest in a series of embarrassing truths for the Government over their emissions trading scheme. [Full text]
Greens Senator Bob Brown has put logging of native forests on the negotiating agenda with the PM and Minister Wong. [Full text]
A PMSEIC Expert Working Group issued 'Epidemics in a Changing World'. [Full text]
Shadow Minister Sophie Mirabella has supported the Royal College of Obstetrician's view that the government's Medicare Safety Net changes will diminish women's health choices. [Full text]
Shadow Parliamentary Secretary Mitch Fifield has said 58,000 users of subsidised continence aids will now be slugged for the cost of delivery to their homes. [Full text]
The NHHRC has issued 'The Australian Health Care System: The Potential for Efficiency Gains (A Review of the Literature)'. [Full text]
The Parliamentary Library issued a Bill Digest for the Fairer Private Health Insurance Incentives Bill 2009. [Full text]
The Parliamentary Library issued a Bill Digest for the Fairer Private Health Insurance Incentives (Medicare Levy Surcharge-Fringe Benefits) Bill 2009. [Full text]
The Parliamentary Library issued a Bill Digest for the Fairer Private Health Insurance Incentives (Medicare Levy Surcharge) Bill 2009. [Full text]
Defence has cancelled the Trooping of the Queen's Colour at Duntroon after a cadet was confirmed to have H1N1 Human Swine Influenza. [Full text]
The NHMRC awarded $31 million to 25 researchers through the Independent Research Institute Infrastructure Support Scheme. [Full text]
Minister Nicola Roxon said Professor Melissa Wake has been awarded the 2009 Federal Health Minister's Award for Excellence in Health and Medical Research. [Full text]
The PM issued a statement on the death of Professor Chris O'Brien. [Full text]
The Brain Tumour Alliance Australia issued a statement on the death of Professor O'Brien. [Full text]
The transcript of Prof Josef Penninger's National Press Club address is online. [Full text]
NEHTA said Ramsay Health Care has committed to a national approach to eHealth supply chain reform by signing up to NEHTA's National Product Catalogue. [Full text]
Shadow Minister Christopher Pyne said the Coalition will move to amend the retrospective changes to Youth Allowance. [Full text]
Shadow Parliamentary Secretary Brett Mason has said the Government has broken its promise to put money in the Education Investment Fund. [Full text]
Minister Stephen Conroy said Australian schools are being offered free e-security resources. [Full text]
Minister Conroy encouraged Australians to take simple steps to improve their online security. [Full text]
The ANAO will conduct a performance audit of the Government's failed NBN tender process, Shadow Minister Nick Minchin said. [Full text]
Senator Minchin said Minister Conroy made it clear in Senate Estimates that structural separation of Telstra is not an option being considered. [Full text]
The ACCC intends to extend the declarations that enable Telstra's competitors to provide fixed voice and broadband services over Telstra's copper network for a further five years. [Full text]
Labor Senator Kate Lundy has opened Polycom's new Canberra office. [Full text]
Minister Penny Wong announced the selection of SMS Management and Technology as IT partner for the Australian Water Resources Information System project. [Full text]
Minister Penny Wong has discussed water buybacks in an interview. [Full text]
The Victorian Farmers Federation has acknowledged that the Commonwealth - Victorian Water Agreement will retain the 4% cap on water trading until at least 2011. [Full text]
The OGTR has issued a license for a release of wheat and barley genetically modified for altered grain starch composition. [Full text]
Minister Tony Burke said a national network of local Landcare facilitators will continue, with a total $33.6 million committed over four years. [Full text]
Minister Simon Crean will chair the 33rd Cairns Group Ministerial Meeting in Bali. [Full text]
The ABS issued 'Livestock and Meat, Australia, Apr 2009'. [Full text]
The ABS issued 'Wheat Use and Stocks, Australia, April 2009'. [Full text]
The ABS issued 'Sales of Australian Wine and Brandy by Winemakers, Apr 2009'. [Full text]
Attorney-General Robert McClelland announced the appointment of Justice Nye Perram as a Deputy President of the Copyright Tribunal of Australia. [Full text]
Minister Peter Garrett announced more than $260,000 for restoration work on three historic Canberra churches. [Full text]
Minister Penny Wong and Parliamentary Secretary Greg Combet discussed the passage of the CPRS legislation through the House in an interview. [Full text]
Mr Combet spoke to the CPRS bill in Parliament. [Full text]
Shadow Minister Ian Macfarlane has said the gas industry's potential to meet Australia's clean energy demands will be on the line unless the Government gets an ETS right. [Full text]
Nationals Senator Barnaby Joyce has said ETS spells unemployment. [Full text]
Senator Joyce has issued a transcript of his questioning of Treasury's Manager, Climate Change Modelling Division, in Senate Estimates. [Full text]
Independent MP Robert Oakeshott has called for the establishment of an independent authority to administer key components of the CPRS. [Full text]
Minister Julia Gillard announced $200 million to improve TAFE facilities. [Full text]
Minister Gillard signed an arrangement with Indonesia's Minister of Manpower and Transmigration providing a framework for collaboration on portfolio matters. [Full text]
Apprenticeship commencements in traditional trades have decreased 10% from Q1 to Q4 2008, Shadow Minister Andrew Southcott has said. [Full text]
The Government's election promise of "universal access" to preschool was in tatters, Shadow Minister Sophie Mirabella has said. [Full text]
Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young said pressure is mounting on the Government to re-think their proposed changes to the Youth Allowance Independence Test. [Full text]
Cutting the Public Health Education and Research Program was a short-sighted, penny-pinching measure, Greens Senator Rachel Siewert said. [Full text]
The NHMRC called for research proposals to rapidly inform and advance strategies to prevent, prepare for and respond to a potential H1N1 Influenza pandemic. [Full text]
Minister Chris Bowen declared a new mandatory safety standard for treadmills. [Full text]
The TGA issued 'Medical device incident reports 01/01/2009 - 31/03/2009'. [Full text]
Ministers Peter Garrett and Tony Burke announced funding for rehabilitation work after the Victorian bushfires. [Full text]
The Green Building Council of Australia has a new Policy and Public Affairs Director. [Full text]
Minister Burke has discussed the equine flu response in Question Time. [Full text]
Shadow Minister John Cobb has said Minister Burke has walked away from Australia's horse industry, [Full text]
Greens Senator Scott Ludlam has written to the PM demanding that responsibility for radioactive waste management be stripped from Minister Martin Ferguson. [Full text]
Senator Nick Xenophon said the agreement to partially lift the cap on Victorian water trades is proof the COAG agreement on water is fundamentally flawed. [Full text]
ACMA and the NZ Department of Internal Affairs have signed an MoU to fight spam. [Full text]
The ENA issued 'Customer Guide to Electricity Supply'. [Full text]
The Minerals Council said the Victorian Government's new Native Title Settlement Framework is a welcome step forward. [Full text]
The ABS issued 'Australian Demographic Statistics, Dec 2008'. [Full text]
The ABS issued 'Recorded Crime - Victims, Australia, 2008'. [Full text]
The ANAO issued 'Business Continuity Management - Building resilience in public sector entities'. [Full text]
The 2009-10 Budget Senate Estimates hearings schedule is online. [Full text]
Hansard of Estimates hearings are being posted online. [Full text]
Estimates hearings are webcast live. [Full text]