$16.4bn New Money Funds for Australian Hospitals by 2020
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard and states premiers have reached an agreement with regard to national hospital funding.An overall amount of $16.4bn will be provided by the federal government over…
Australia Encourages Japan’s Agricultural Import Tariffs
Craig Emerson, Australia’s Trade Minister, stated that the country would encourage Japan with regard to scrapping the country’s import tariffs for the agricultural industry. However, the minister added, the encouragement…
Senate Considers Selling South Australian Forest Harvests
The senate will consider if South Australia could sell future timber from its state owned forests from the south-eastern region. According to Nick Xenophon, an independent Senator, the initial decision…
South Australian Government Faces Imminent Change As Ministers Quit
South Australia’s Premier Mike Raan will have to replace ministers who have decided to either quit the cabinet or renounce part of their portfolio. The current cabinet is in need…
Australia Sighs Relieved After Cyclone Killed None
Cyclone Yasi, a level five storm which was expected to sweep the northern coast of Australia yesterday, has been relatively easy and caused no deaths, although it toppled trees and…
Team Radio Shack Can Only Become Better With McEwen’s Inclusion- Lance Armstrong
Lance Armstrong admitted that his performance has suffered with growing age but was confident of his team’s future success with inclusion of Australian sprinter Robby McEwen. The 39 year old…
Australia Floods May Push Queensland’s Coal Industry Back by Many Years
The worst floods in Queensland in the past fifty years is estimated to have caused $5 billion worth of damage as more than 200,000 people are spread out over an…