The PM and Minister Mark Butler announced a 10 year plan to reshape aged care. [Full text]
The PM and Minister Butler discussed aged care policy in a press conference. [Full text]
Greens Senator Rachel Siewert said it is encouraging that the Government has listened to calls for aged care reform. [Full text]
The AMA congratulated the Government on its plan to support older Australians. [Full text]
Catholic Health said the success of the aged care reform proposals will be determined by the willingness of Government to allow its new implementation council to deliver real reform. [Full text]
The Nursing Federation congratulated the Government for injecting $1.2 billion over five years for the aged care workforce. [Full text]
A meeting of the Medical Board issued a communiqué. [Full text]
The TGA issued an update on PIP breast implants. [Full text]
The TGA issued information from a recent meeting of its Advisory Committee on Medical Devices. [Full text]
The TGA updated Australian Public Assessment Reports for prescription medicines. [Full text]
Attorney-General Nicola Roxon welcomed the announcement by the NZ Government that is has agreed in principle to introduce plain packaging of tobacco. [Full text]
Transcripts and other information on the High Court challenge to the Tobacco Plain Packaging Act 2011 are online. [Full text]
The NRHA said rural opportunities from health reform need better communication and system flexibility. [Full text]
Four pharmacy organisations have formed Rural Pharmacists Australia. [Full text]
A Senate committee will hold a hearing in Townsville on 23/4 for its inquiry into the factors affecting the supply of health services and medical professionals in rural areas. [Full text]
Hansard is online of a 24/2 hearing in Darwin for that inquiry. [Full text]
Hansard is online of a 20/2 hearing in Alice Springs for that inquiry. [Full text]
The PM and Minister Jenny Macklin have discussed several issues in a Perth doorstop interview. [Full text]
The PM has discussed several issues in a 6PR interview. [Full text]
The PM has discussed several issues in an ABC Perth interview. [Full text]
Minister Brendan O'Connor said a new study that follows more than 1,600 Australians who are homeless or are at risk of becoming homeless will help shape future policy. [Full text]
The PC issued 'Report on Government Services 2012: Indigenous Compendium'. [Full text]
Shadow Minister Kevin Andrews, Labor MP Joel Fitzgibbon, and commentators Gerard Henderson and Cass Wilkinson discussed several issues in a Sky debate. [Full text]
David Li, director of the Centre for China in the World Economy, was interviewed on Lateline. [Full text]
Minister Peter Garrett said Australian education ministers have agreed to streamline the reporting requirements of non-government schools, particularly around financial and governance decisions. [Full text]
Minister Garrett has addressed the John Curtin Institute. [Full text]
Submissions to a Senate committee inquiry into the Skills Australia Amendment (Australian Workforce and Productivity Agency) Bill 2012 are online. [Full text]
Submissions to a Senate committee inquiry into the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator (Charges) Bill 2012 are online. [Full text]
The ABS updated 'Experimental Estimates of Preschool Education, Australia, 2011'. [Full text]
Minister Joe Ludwig has announced the appointment of new members and a new direction for the National Rural Advisory Council. [Full text]
The NFF welcomed the announcement that NRAC will focus on skills and labour shortages in agriculture as well as continue its work on drought policy reform. [Full text]
Hansard is online of a 26/5 hearing in Perth for a House committee inquiry into higher education and skills training for agriculture and agribusiness. [Full text]
Minister Craig Emerson has addressed the G20 Trade Ministers' Meeting in Mexico. [Full text]
Minister Emerson discussed the G20 Trade Ministers' Meeting in a press conference. [Full text]
Parliamentary Secretary Justine Elliot announced likely payments for EMDG claims in 2011-12. [Full text]
Minister Jason Clare congratulated a Brisbane manufacturer on winning Boeing's International Supplier of the Year award. [Full text]
Minister Greg Combet launched the Australian Water Supplier Compact. [Full text]
Submissions to a Senate committee inquiry into the National Water Commission Amendment Bill 2012 are online. [Full text]
Minister Stephen Conroy announced the launch of Digital Hubs and Digital Enterprise programs in three areas in Tasmania. [Full text]
Shadow Minister Malcolm Turnbull said Minister Conroy has conceded the Government's version of the NBN will cost more and take longer than the approach proposed by the Coalition. [Full text]
Mr Turnbull discussed the NBN in a 6PR interview. [Full text]
Telstra issued a transcript of its Investor Update. [Full text]
NBNCo has chosen Merimbula as the site of its first satellite ground station. [Full text]
Finance issued under FoI correspondence received or sent by Minister Gary Gray during 2011 which mentions the Review of Implementation of the ICT Reform Program. [Full text]
ACMA has agreed to issue licences to the Nine Network to conduct trials of 3D TV during the 2012 Olympic Games. [Full text]
auDA issued a Domain Name News. [Full text]
Ministers Stephen Smith and Martin Ferguson issued for comment a Deed of Access for resource exploration in the Woomera Prohibited Area. [Full text]
The AUA issued a newsletter. [Full text]
CLIMATE CHANGE/ENERGY/INNOVATION
Minister Kate Lundy announced the appointment of an expert committee to help Innovation Australia deliver the Clean Technology Investment program. [Full text]
Shadow Parliamentary Secretary Simon Birmingham said the Government is set to waste millions more of taxpayers' dollars on a 'phase 2' carbon tax advertising campaign. [Full text]
Minister Simon Crean called on leaders in the Latrobe Valley to identify opportunities to build jobs and skills in the region. [Full text]
The Regional Australia Institute announced a regional forums initiative and seven initial research areas. [Full text]
ENERGY/AGRICULTURE/ENVIRONMENT
APPEA has welcomed the appointment of John Cotter as chair of the Queensland Gasfields Land and Water Commission. [Full text]
Submissions to a Senate committee inquiry into the EPBC Amendment (Independent Expert Scientific Committee on Coal Seam Gas and Large Coal Mining Development) Bill 2012 are online. [Full text]
Tony Abbott discussed 'The Coalition's Plan for a Cleaner Environment' in a speech. [Full text]
Mr Abbott and Shadow Minister Greg Hunt discussed the Coalition policy in a Brisbane doorstop interview. [Full text]
Greens Senator Christine Milne said Labor and the Coalition are locked in a race to the bottom to shed responsibility for protecting Australia's environment (includes audio of a press conference). [Full text]
The Urban Development Institute (Victoria) backed the Opposition's policy to simplify planning. [Full text]
The NFF supported the commitments made by the Government and now the Opposition to reduce the amount of environmental regulation for businesses. [Full text]
BA invited comment on 'Draft review of policy: Importation of potato propagative material into Australia'. [Full text]
DAFF has announced approximately $7.8 million for applicants to operate a Centre of Excellence for Biosecurity Risk Analysis for a period of four years. [Full text]
The Academy of Science issued details of the Science at the Shine Dome event. [Full text]
GA said a magnitude 3.7 earthquake occurred about 47kms west of Canberra at 5:09 AEST. [Full text]
Minister Penny Wong was interviewed on 7.30. [Full text]