23 May 2013
THE state’s fishing industry could be under threat if problems in Gladstone Harbour are repeated along the Great Barrier Reef coastline.
23 May 2013
A SENATE bill to make the World Heritage Committee's Great Barrier Reef recommendations law has been slammed as driven by a "political anti-resources agenda".
23 May 2013
NATIONALS’ senators hit out at the Greens over a Bill to include water resources when the Commonwealth assesses coal mining and coal seam gas developments.
23 May 2013
LEADERS across all sectors of the agricultural industry will meet in Canberra on Friday to talk business at a National Farmers’ Federation forum.
22 May 2013
SHADOW Treasurer Joe Hockey attacked "rubbery" government figures as a key part of his budget reply speech in Canberra on Wednesday.
22 May 2013
A SERIES of personal income tax cuts during the Howard and Rudd government years was a key driver in successive structural budget deficits.
22 May 2013
THE Federal Coalition is satisfied the Queensland Government can take over Commonwealth environmental powers, despite a stoush last year.
21 May 2013
DELAYS in processing asylum-seeker claims found to be a key factor in suicide and self-harm in Australia's immigration detention network.
Adding up full costs of road trauma
20 May 2013
WHILE the number of deaths on Australian roads fell over the past decade, fatalities on Queensland and New South Wales roads climbed last year.