The PM and Minister Penny Wong announced attendees at tomorrow's inaugural Business Advisory Forum. [Full text]
Minister Greg Combet announced stronger Australian Industry Participation rules for major private sector and government-funded projects. [Full text]
Minister Craig Emerson is visiting Chile, Brazil, Colombia and Mexico. [Full text]
Minister Emerson has been interviewed on ABC24. [Full text]
AiGroup welcomed the new Australian Industry Participation requirements. [Full text]
The Business Council issued a discussion paper for the COAG Business Advisory Forum. [Full text]
Minister Emerson has been interviewed on Sky. [Full text]
The Coal Association issued its submission to a Senate inquiry into the Indian Ocean region and Australia's foreign, trade and defence policy. [Full text]
Greens Senator Bob Brown welcomed the AWU's support for a mining tax package that delivers a fair return and sets aside funds for future generations. [Full text]
Senator Brown said today's call to strip down environmental processes and fast track everything is a war on the Australian people's quality of life and the environment by the big end of town. [Full text]
INNOVATION/ENVIRONMENT/FORESTRY/AGRICULTURE
Minister Simon Crean and the Tasmanian Premier announced $2.3 million for three projects through the Tasmanian Forests Intergovernmental Agreement. [Full text]
Minister Tony Burke said there is no indication whether the Coalition would support the MDBA draft plan or what sort of modified plan they would support. [Full text]
BIOSECURITY/AGRICULTURE/ENVIRONMENT
A Senate committee has issued the report from its inquiry into Australia's biosecurity and quarantine arrangements. [Full text]
A Senate committee will hold a hearing in Devonport on 12/4 for its inquiry into the food processing sector. [Full text]
Submissions and additional information received by that inquiry are online. [Full text]
Greens Senator Christine Milne welcomed Tasmania Police's confirmation that no evidence of tree spiking has been found. [Full text]
AFMA has closed an additional area of the Australian Sea Lion Management Zone to gillnet fishers. [Full text]
Minister Jenny Macklin discussed disability insurance in a speech. [Full text]
Minister Mark Butler said funding for the Day Therapy Centre program for older Australians would be extended until June 2015. [Full text]
Minister Butler invited applications for funding to provide mental health services. [Full text]
Minister Butler discussed aged care policy in a 2GB interview. [Full text]
Minister Penny Wong discussed aged care policy in a News Radio interview. [Full text]
The AIHW said the mental health workforce is growing. [Full text]
The TGA issued information on reforms to the regulation of hard surface disinfectants. [Full text]
The TGA issued information on the regulation of disinfectants and sterilants. [Full text]
The TGA issued a summary of disinfectant regulation. [Full text]
The AMA issued a Position Statement on Regional/Rural Workforce Initiatives. [Full text]
The AMA issued position statements on Genetic Testing and Human Cloning. [Full text]
The AMA has welcomed Minister Tanya Plibersek's announcement that all positions in the Specialist Training Program have been fully subscribed. [Full text]
TAFE Directors issued its submission to the Defence Industry Workforce Strategy. [Full text]
AEI issued information for Iranian students facing financial pressures. [Full text]
Hansard is online of a 2/4 hearing in Adelaide for a House committee inquiry into language learning in Indigenous communities. [Full text]
UA issued its submission to the Strategic Review of Health and Medical Research. [Full text]
The AMA president discussed e-health policy in an AM interview. [Full text]
A Senate committee will hold a hearing in Canberra on 12/4 for its inquiry into the Telecommunications Amendment (Mobile Phone Towers) Bill 2011. [Full text]
Submissions to that inquiry are online. [Full text]
Minister Stephen Conroy welcomed the announcement by NBNCo that its customer contact centre will be located on the Gold Coast. [Full text]
Shadow Minister Malcolm Turnbull has said NBNCo's third progress report confirms its dismal failure to deliver timely broadband and communications to new housing estates. [Full text]
A Joint committee issued NBNCo's progress report to December 2011. [Full text]
NBNCo said its customer contact centre will employ 100 people within 12 months. [Full text]
The ACCC chair has discussed Foxtel's acquisition of Austar on The Business (video file). [Full text]
ACMA issued draft rules for the digital dividend spectrum auction. [Full text]
ACMA has issued a consultation paper on proposed opportunity cost pricing for apparatus licences taxes in the high density areas of the 400MHz band. [Full text]
auDA has issued a Domain Name News. [Full text]
Hansard is online of a 15/3 hearing in Canberra for a Senate committee inquiry into the Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Amendment (R 18+ Computer Games) Bill 2012. [Full text]
Minister Chris Evans announced $10 million for the Council of Learned Academies to identify Australia's natural, geographical and cultural competitive advantages. [Full text]
The Chief Scientist said the capacity of PMSEIC has been reinforced by the funding. [Full text]
Parliamentary Secretary Mark Dreyfus said the public should not be misled by a scare campaign about the impact of the carbon price on landfill sites. [Full text]
Mr Dreyfus addressed an AiGroup economic forum. [Full text]
Minister Penny Wong discussed climate policy in a News Radio interview. [Full text]
Greens Senator Christine Milne said the Business Council's attack on the Clean Energy Finance Corporation demonstrates that it lacks understanding of climate policy. [Full text]
Low Carbon Australia said Treasurer Wayne Swan has helped the Sunshine Coast TAFE celebrate becoming the first educational organisation in Australia to be certified Carbon Neutral. [Full text]
Greens Senator Christine Milne has sought a meeting with the ACCC chair to discuss competition in the energy sector. [Full text]
The Generators Forum issued its submission on AEMO's National Transmission Network Development Plan. [Full text]
The Clean Energy Council has appointed David Green as its CEO. [Full text]
The AER issued a discussion paper relating to public lighting services in NSW. [Full text]
The Clean Energy Council said regional and lower-income Australians are leading the charge towards solar power. [Full text]
AGRICULTURE/HEALTH/CHEMICAL REGULATION
APVMA issued a Gazette. [Full text]