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| UpdatedForestrySA's former chief executive, who made the "wrong call" by giving a sawmill an small discount to square a mistake in a sales contract, has paid a big price for a minor error, a court is told.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, public-sector, government-and-politics, mount-gambier-5290, adelaide-5000, sa
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Stirling Hinchliffe is to keep his job as Commonwealth Games Minister because Commonwealth nations would not like a change of minister this close to the Games, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says.
Topics: public-sector, alp, political-parties, government-and-politics, commonwealth-games-organising-committee, brisbane-4000, qld, australia, redcliffe-4020
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| UpdatedIpswich Mayor Paul Pisasale criticises his own council for compliance shortcomings in a long-running stench saga at Swanbank, while Bundamba MP Jo-Ann Miller calls for State Government action.
Topics: local-government, people, activism-and-lobbying, public-sector, states-and-territories, ipswich-4305, qld, australia
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There will be no more changes to the city train timetable for the rest of the year after weeks of frustration for commuters, with 333 fewer services to run Monday to Friday per week, Queensland Rail says.
Topics: public-sector, government-and-politics, activism-and-lobbying, unions, brisbane-4000, qld, australia, redcliffe-4020, maroochydore-4558, southport-4215
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Queensland Rail release a new, seven-day timetable for the remainder of the year as commuters face another day of disruptions with more than 100 service cancelled.
Topics: government-and-politics, community-and-society, public-sector, activism-and-lobbying, qld
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Baroness Jean Corston is a British peer best known for a ground-breaking report on women in the UK prison system. Despite the public’s derision and distrust of politics, she insists it remains a noble cause.
Topics: government-and-politics, parliament, political-parties, public-sector, social-policy, world-politics, mental-health, rehabilitation, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, crime, prisons-and-punishment, 20th-century, world-war-2, australia, kenya, united-kingdom
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| UpdatedAustralia's bureaucrats are being encouraged to "let their imaginations run wild" and come up with a catchy new rallying cry, but the Australian Public Service hopes to avoid a "Boaty McBoatface" incident.
Topics: public-sector, government-and-politics, canberra-2600, act, australia
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| UpdatedThe Federal Government is pressing senior public servants to improve their security processes, as research reveals departments are a "weak link" in our national defences against cyber attacks.
Topics: information-technology, information-and-communication, public-sector, australia
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| UpdatedThe head of the Department of Transport and Main Roads, and current acting chief executive of Queensland Rail, says he was also kept in the dark over problems facing the south-east's train network.
Topics: public-sector, government-and-politics, brisbane-4000, qld
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| UpdatedTransport Minister Stirling Hinchliffe attempts to gain the upper hand in the Queensland Rail timetable controversy by claiming services have improved this month even with a reduced frequency interim timetable.
Topics: state-parliament, parliament, government-and-politics, public-sector, urban-development-and-planning, community-and-society, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedTransport Minister Stirling Hinchliffe says he intends to stay in his job to "fix the mess" in Queensland Rail after a driver shortage means train services are reduced for the foreseeable future.
Topics: rail-transport, state-parliament, public-sector, urban-development-and-planning, brisbane-4000
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Queensland Rail warns commuters in the south-east there could be last-minute changes to services today as the network continues to adjust to the interim timetable put in place to deal with a driver shortage.
Topics: government-and-politics, public-sector, rail-transport, community-and-society, brisbane-4000, qld
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| UpdatedLiberal senator Eric Abetz launches a scathing attack on the Human Rights Commission president, arguing she is in no position to give a lecture on telling the truth at a conference next month.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, public-sector, australia, tas
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| UpdatedTasmania's Opposition Leader attacks the salary of the Coordinator General John Perry who he says earns as much as President Barack Obama.
Topics: states-and-territories, public-sector, tas
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Queensland Rail formally stands aside the head of train service delivery in response to the driver crisis, while the State Opposition says Transport Minister Stirling Hinchliffe must fall on his sword.
Topics: rail-transport, public-sector, state-parliament, urban-development-and-planning, brisbane-4000
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Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk flags a "forensic examination" of the Queensland Rail driver shortage and says she is standing by Transport Minister Stirling Hinchliffe.
Topics: rail-transport, public-sector, state-parliament, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedQueensland's Transport Minister Stirling Hinchliffe says Queensland Rail only told him the night before that there would be more than 100 train cancellations or delays last Friday.
Topics: government-and-politics, public-sector, brisbane-4000, qld, maroochydore-4558, mermaid-beach-4218
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Queensland Rail's board is ordered to hold an urgent meeting this weekend to work out interim arrangements after major disruptions to Brisbane's network saw the cancellation of 100 trains on Friday due to a lack of drivers.
Topics: public-sector, government-and-politics, brisbane-4000, qld
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| UpdatedWA's environmental regulator is questioned why it is using the speed at which it issues environmental approvals to measure its effectiveness at protecting public health and the environment.
Topics: environment, public-sector, wa
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| UpdatedA new plan for housing and infrastructure in south-east Queensland will ignore warnings about an over-supply of units and apartments, while trying to unlock land set aside for development.
Topics: activism-and-lobbying, public-sector, regional, regional-development, housing-industry, local-government, housing, brisbane-4000, qld, australia, maroochydore-4558, southport-4215, toowoomba-4350
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There is no proven link between air force workers' exposure to toxic chemicals in a jet fighter program and a study finding they had significantly higher cancer rates, the Veterans Affairs department says.
Topics: air-force, defence-forces, defence-and-national-security, activism-and-lobbying, public-sector, amberley-4306, qld, ipswich-4305, australia
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| UpdatedA conciliatory note is struck in the stand-off between the State Government and Council over transport projects in Brisbane, state political reporter Chris O'Brien writes.
Topics: local-government, activism-and-lobbying, government-and-politics, public-sector, brisbane-4000, qld
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| UpdatedThere have been seven economic reports released in as many days. Some of the results are good, some are just OK, and others are not so good, state political reporter Chris O'Brien writes.
Topics: public-sector, economic-trends, government-and-politics, qld, australia, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedConfidence in property sector of Queensland dips, with it being only one of two states to experience a downturn, a new survey shows.
Topics: economic-trends, business-economics-and-finance, public-sector, government-and-politics, brisbane-4000, qld, australia
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| UpdatedThe Public Sector Union says the Tasmanian Government is threatening job losses instead of negotiating with workers over a pay offer.
Topics: states-and-territories, parliament, public-sector, government-and-politics, tas