Friday, 29 January 2010

EDUCATION

Minister Julia Gillard welcomed the overwhelming interest in the My School website. [Full text]

Minister Gillard discussed the My School site in an interview. [Full text]

Shadow Minister Sharman Stone has said the Government continues to neglect early childhood education. [Full text]

Media coverage featuring misleading 'League Tables' has confirmed people's worst fears about the misuse of the MySchool website, according to Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young. [Full text]

The Learning and Teaching Council is evaluating the impact of its grants scheme. [Full text]

CLIMATE CHANGE/EDUCATION

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

CLIMATE CHANGE

The Food and Grocery Council has urged the Government to 'do no more and no less than other advanced economies' on climate change. [Full text]

CLIMATE CHANGE/AGRICULTURE

Minister Tony Burke announced grants totaling $3 million under the FarmReady Industry program. [Full text]

ENVIRONMENT/AGRICULTURE

Minister Burke announced more than $629,700 for 12 projects through the Australian Pest Animal Management Program. [Full text]

Minister Burke discussed land clearing in an ABC Southeast interview. [Full text]

Minister Burke discussed land clearing in a 2SM interview. [Full text]

Shadow Minister John Cobb said Minister Burke has shown blatant disregard for the concerns of the NSW Farmers Association. [Full text]

Nationals Senator Fiona Nash called on Minister Burke to attend Tuesday's farmers' rally in Canberra. [Full text]

ENVIRONMENT/HEALTH

The PM has discussed population growth in an interview. [Full text]

HEALTH

Minister Nicola Roxon today officially opened the Strathpine GP Super Clinic. [Full text]

Minister Roxon's remarks are online. [Full text]

Minister Warren Snowdon launched a peak body for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workers. [Full text]

The Parliamentary Library issued a Bill Digest for the Health Insurance Amendment (Diagnostic Imaging Accreditation) Bill 2009. [Full text]

The ACCC has acted to prevent a group of prosthetic service providers from commencing collective negotiations with NSW Health on the terms and conditions of a request for tender. [Full text]

The TGA issued draft regulations to implement the revised scheduling framework. [Full text]

The Society of Ophthalmologists said Australians requiring cataract surgery will benefit from a compromise reached with the Government. [Full text]

Women's Forum Australia welcomed Tony Abbott's comments on abortion. [Full text]

The Pharmaceutical Society is supporting SA's Sexual Health Awareness Week. [Full text]

ENVIRONMENT

Minister Peter Garrett and the NZ Minister launched the first Antarctic Whale Research Expedition as part of the Southern Ocean Research Partnership. [Full text]

Minister Garrett's remarks are online. [Full text]

Greens Senator Rachel Siewert said Minister Garrett is kidding himself if he thinks the Antarctic whale research will do anything to influence Japanese whaling. [Full text]

Amendments to appendices of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals are an item on the agenda of Joint committee hearing in Canberra on 1/2. [Full text]

FISHERIES/ENVIRONMENT

The Boating and Fishing Council welcomed the Government's decision to address the Mako and

Porbeagle Shark issue. [Full text]

FISHERIES

The Parliamentary Library issued a Bill Digest for the Fisheries Legislation Amendment Bill 2009. [Full text]

ENERGY/RESOURCES

Minister Anthony Albanese said the Government has moved to strengthen security at ports as well as oil and gas facilities. [Full text]

The ACCC has given consent to an application to vary undertakings accepted as a condition for approval of the acquisition of the Dampier to Bunbury Natural Gas Pipeline in 2004. [Full text]

ENERGY

AEMO issued a consultation paper on its 2010 National Transmission Network Development Plan. [Full text]

ICT

Minister Brendan O'Connor said more than one million travellers have chosen to use SmartGate since it was introduced. [Full text]

ACMA is reviewing the regulation of mobile phone jammers. [Full text]

ACMA is seeking views on a proposal to trial mobile phone jammers at the Lithgow Correctional Centre. [Full text]

ACMA has decided to base annual fees for administratively allocated spectrum on the opportunity cost of the spectrum. [Full text]

ACMA said the four-millionth number has been listed on the Do Not Call Register. [Full text]

FORESTRY

The Australian and Tasmanian Governments have issued a response to the Second Five Yearly Review of Progress with Implementation of the Tasmanian Regional Forest Agreement'. [Full text]

ECONOMICS

The ABS issued 'Australian Economic Indicators, Feb 2010'. [Full text]

GENERAL

The PC issued 'Report on Government Services 2010'. [Full text]

STATISTICS

The ABS issued 'Tasmanian State and Regional Indicators, Dec 2009'. [Full text]

The ABS issued 'Experimental Estimates of Industry Multifactor Productivity, 2008-09'. [Full text]

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