Wednesday, 27 January 2010

EDUCATION

Minister Julia Gillard discussed the MySchool website in a Sydney ABC interview. [Full text]

Minister Gillard discussed the MySchool website in a Today interview. [Full text]

Minister Gillard discussed the MySchool website and the CPRS in a Radio National interview. [Full text]

Shadow Minister Christopher Pyne said Minister Gillard's solution for parents unhappy about school performance on the Myschool website is to confront and attack underperforming teachers. [Full text]

The Grattan Institute urged the Government to boost its national school performance plan with a new element which would help meet teacher concerns about unfair league tables. [Full text]

EDUCATION/CLIMATE CHANGE

Minister Gillard has discussed the MySchool website and the CPRS in a doorstop interview. [Full text]

CLIMATE CHANGE

The PM discussed climate change in a 6PR interview. [Full text]

Tony Abbott discussed the CPRS in an interview. [Full text]

Greens Senator Christine Milne has said the PM and Minister Penny Wong should immediately begin negotiations over the Greens' interim carbon price proposal. [Full text]

ENERGY

Senator Milne said the Greens will move to ensure a flourishing renewable energy sector by fixing the flawed Renewable Energy Target with a Private Member's Bill. [Full text]

AEMO issued 'Minimising barriers to cost-effective small generator participation in the NEM'. [Full text]

RESOURCES/ENERGY

Shadow Minister Nick Minchin said the Government needs to quickly confirm or deny that it plans to impose a massive new rent tax on the mining sector. [Full text]

HEALTH

The PM and Ministers Nicola Roxon and Warren Snowdon have announced the establishment of Rheumatic Heart Disease Australia. [Full text]

Ministers Roxon and Snowdon launched a program that will offer emergency training for up to 150 urban GPs in exchange for their undertaking a locum placement in regional areas. [Full text]

Minister Snowdon met with health professionals in Mount Isa and Cloncurry. [Full text]

Minister Nicola Roxon has inspected the Palmerston GP Super Clinic. [Full text]

The NHMRC has refuted claims made on the Today Tonight program that it recommends various weight loss products. [Full text]

The PC issued a draft report: 'Performance Benchmarking of Australian Business Regulation: Occupational Health and Safety'. [Full text]

HEALTH/RESEARCH

The NHMRC congratulated Professor Patrick McGorry, the 2010 Australian of the Year. [Full text]

INNOVATION

Minister Kim Carr said the reopening of Australia's only automotive glass manufacturing facility in Geelong demonstrates the power of partnerships between industry and Government. [Full text]

Minister Carr spoke at the opening. [Full text]

DEFENCE/INNOVATION

Minister Greg Combet said defence science and innovation were critical elements in our maritime security. [Full text]

Minister John Faulkner announced the DMO had received the Chief of Navy's agreement to take the upgraded Guided Missile Frigates into a program of Naval Operational Test and Evaluation. [Full text]

Minister Faulkner opened the Pacific 2010 Maritime Congress and International Maritime Exposition. [Full text]

WATER/AGRICULTURE/ENVIRONMENT

Shadow Parliamentary Secretary Simon Birmingham said the Government is refusing to answer key Estimates questions relating to water policy. [Full text]

AGRICULTURE/BIOTECH

Monsanto has welcomed the decision by the WA government to allow WA farmers to grow GM canola. [Full text]

ICT

auDA has issued a Domain Name News. [Full text]

METEOROLOGY

CSIRO said factors that influence extra-tropical rainfall depressions near Australia's east coast need more attention in modelling to improve rainfall predictions. [Full text]

ENGINEERING

Nominations for Australia's most inspirational young engineers close on 1/2. [Full text]

STATISTICS

The ABS issued 'Queensland at a Glance, 2010'. [Full text]

The ABS issued 'SA Stats, Jan 2010'. [Full text]

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