Federal - State Issues

• Bail review needed to deal with ice problem: Xenophon

  Posted January 23, 2017 11:38:53 | Updated January 23, 2017 15:07:04

  South Australian Senator Nick Xenophon's call for a nationwide review of bail laws after Melbourne's deadly car attack is dismissed by the Law Society of South Australia.

  Topics: law-crime-and-justice, laws, government-and-politics, federal---state-issues, adelaide-5000, sa

• Protest against Sydney's lockout laws cannot go ahead, court rules

  By Michelle Brown and Dom Vukovic

  Posted January 20, 2017 15:29:49 | Updated January 21, 2017 09:35:33

  Organisers of a protest march against Sydney's lockout laws, due to be held in Kings Cross tonight, failed to adequately plan for security and traffic, police say.

  Topics: bands-and-artists, music, hospitality, industry, government-and-politics, parliament, state-parliament, federal---state-issues, kings-cross-2011, nsw, sydney-2000

• PM, Victorian Premier announce rescue package for Alcoa smelter

  Posted January 20, 2017 07:31:01 | Updated January 20, 2017 11:04:02

  The future of Alcoa's Portland aluminium smelter in Victoria is secured, with the Federal and Victorian governments announcing a rescue package worth about $240 million.

  Topics: federal---state-issues, government-and-politics, manufacturing, industry, portland-3305, vic

• SA blackout investigation puts power import plan on hold

  By political reporter Nick Harmsen

  Posted January 20, 2017 06:51:10

  Analysis of South Australia's September blackout identifies a "potential stability issue" when high power imports coincide with high levels of wind generation in the state.

  Topics: states-and-territories, parliament, federal---state-issues, government-and-politics, electricity-energy-and-utilities, sa

• Mental health jobs cut in Tasmania after NDIS changes

  By Natalie Whiting

  Posted January 20, 2017 06:27:44 | Updated January 20, 2017 15:14:53

  Mission Australia cuts six mental health jobs in the state's north because of funding changes associated with the National Disability Insurance Scheme.

  Topics: disabilities, federal---state-issues, mental-health, tas

• Fears Queensland could experience more extreme weather as temperatures rise

  Posted January 19, 2017 13:30:02 | Updated January 19, 2017 13:51:16

  The Climate Council warns that warmer global temperatures could have a severe impact on Queensland and lead to more storm surges and intense cyclone activity likely.

  Topics: environment, climate-change, storm-disaster, weather, storm-event, oceans-and-reefs, cyclones, disasters-and-accidents, cyclone, great-barrier-reef, activism-and-lobbying, federal---state-issues, qld

• One in three uni students not finishing their degree, data reveals

  By Jean Kennedy and Riley Stuart

  Posted January 18, 2017 00:04:00 | Updated January 18, 2017 11:20:36

  Federal Education Minister Simon Birmingham urges prospective university students to pick their courses carefully as new data reveals one in three will not have finished their bachelors degree in six years.

  Topics: university-and-further-education, education, federal---state-issues, federal-government, australia

• Minister stands by approval of Goldfields uranium mine

  By Briana Shepherd and Sam Tomlin

  Posted January 17, 2017 18:50:13 | Updated January 17, 2017 19:52:13

  Western Australia's Environment Minister stands by the Government's decision to back Canadian miner Cameco's Yeelirrie uranium project, against the advice of its own environmental watchdog.

  Topics: uranium-mining, states-and-territories, federal---state-issues, environmental-impact, kalgoorlie-6430, wiluna-6646, perth-6000, wa

• NDIS uncertainty puts Adelaide care facility in doubt

  By Matt Coleman

  Posted January 17, 2017 06:41:11 | Updated January 17, 2017 13:49:50

  An Adelaide care facility for people with disabilities and mental health conditions says its future is in limbo, with fears it could lose at least $200,000 a year because of the further roll-out of the National Disability Insurance Scheme.

  Topics: states-and-territories, federal---state-issues, government-and-politics, disabilities, health, mental-health, healthcare-facilities, semaphore-5019, adelaide-5000, sa

• Business lobby wants Abetz back in Cabinet

  By Richard Baines

  Posted January 17, 2017 06:13:43 | Updated January 17, 2017 09:08:46

  Tasmania's business lobby wants Liberal powerbroker Eric Abetz back in federal Cabinet saying he has "served his time" on the sidelines.

  Topics: government-and-politics, federal---state-issues, federal-government, tas

• Warning against regional neglect as arts group axed after 70 years

  By Carla Howarth and Ros Lehman

  Posted January 13, 2017 06:26:04 | Updated January 13, 2017 10:56:27

  A regional arts group which has given cultural and insurance support to thousands of Tasmanian artists is set to close because of a funding shortfall.

  Topics: arts-and-entertainment, states-and-territories, federal---state-issues, launceston-7250

• Push grows for cashless welfare card to be tested in WA's Pilbara

  By Jasmine Bamford and Tangiora Hinaki

  Posted January 11, 2017 17:33:22 | Updated January 11, 2017 17:44:14

  Pilbara MP Brendon Grylls throws his support behind a bid to make Port Hedland the next trial site for the cashless welfare card, just days after police complained about a spike in alcohol-fuelled violence.

  Topics: welfare, federal---state-issues, federal-government, states-and-territories, aboriginal, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, alcohol, port-hedland-6721, ceduna-5690, wyndham-6740, kununurra-6743, south-hedland-6722, wa

• Multi-peril crop insurance industry pays out for floods and frosts

  ABC Rural

  By Sarina Locke

  Posted January 10, 2017 15:01:07 | Updated January 11, 2017 12:02:07

  Multi-peril crop insurance companies are looking forward to governments offering subsidies for premiums, despite having a better year with fewer payouts.

  Topics: agricultural-insurance, agricultural-crops, government-and-politics, federal---state-issues, horsham-3400, griffith-2680, forbes-2871, toowoomba-4350

• Call for murderers to be forced to relinquish super to victims' families

  By Frances Bell

  Posted January 10, 2017 14:52:23 | Updated January 11, 2017 14:42:53

  Victorian Opposition Leader Matthew Guy pushes for a radical law change that would force murderers to surrender their superannuation to victims' families.

  Topics: federal---state-issues, federal-parliament, federal-government, parliament, government-and-politics, state-parliament, states-and-territories, murder-and-manslaughter, crime, law-crime-and-justice, melbourne-3000, vic

• SA medicinal cannabis supplier 'snubbed by Health Minister for two years'

  ABC Adelaide

  Posted January 06, 2017 12:34:25 | Updated January 06, 2017 17:35:56

  A woman whose home was raided by police for supplying cannabis oil products to terminally ill people says has has been trying to meet with SA's Health Minister for two years in a bid to legalise the use of medicinal cannabis.

  Topics: cannabis, drug-use, health, states-and-territories, state-parliament, federal---state-issues, government-and-politics, adelaide-5000, sa, australia

• Perth Freight Link funding row deepens as minister brushes off WA Labor plans (photos)

  By Andrew O'Connor

  Posted January 06, 2017 12:12:10 | Updated January 06, 2017 19:04:18

  The Federal Government warns WA Labor it cannot simply "reallocate" $1.2 billion earmarked for the Perth Freight Link to other projects if it cancels Roe 8.

  Topics: federal---state-issues, states-and-territories, perth-6000, wa

• Perth Freight Link funding row 'cheap politics': WA Opposition

  By Andrew O'Connor

  Posted January 05, 2017 15:44:15 | Updated January 05, 2017 16:07:06

  WA Labor leader Mark McGowan dismisses the Federal Government's claims Commonwealth funding for Roe 8 and the Perth Freight Link cannot be reallocated to other state projects.

  Topics: states-and-territories, federal---state-issues, perth-6000, wa, wanneroo-6065

• Alcoa's Portland workers offered more annual leave

  By James Hancock

  Posted January 04, 2017 19:24:40

  Workers at Alcoa's Portland aluminium smelter are offered more annual leave as local anxiety grows about the plants uncertain future.

  Topics: government-and-politics, federal---state-issues, portland-3305

• Real-time firearm register needed to reduce gun violence: AMA

  AM

  By Julia Holman

  Posted January 04, 2017 12:36:39

  The Australian Medical Association (AMA) is calling for a real-time national register for firearms so authorities can have a central point to access information, which it says will help reduce gun violence.

  Topics: government-and-politics, doctors-and-medical-professionals, health, death, federal---state-issues, howard-john-winston, states-and-territories, australia

• Climate change and energy specialists say decisive action needed on renewable energy targets to unlock investment

  ABC Rural

  By Babs McHugh

  Posted January 02, 2017 15:57:58

  Investors, industry and householders all facing higher electricity bills while state and federal governments bicker over renewable energy targets.

  Topics: mining-rural, climate-change, federal---state-issues, federal-parliament, greenhouse-gas, electricity-energy-and-utilities, science-and-technology, alternative-energy, mining-industry, perth-6000

• What can we expect from Australian climate politics in 2017? Opinion

  The Conversation

  By Marc Hudson, University of Manchester

  Posted January 02, 2017 13:48:33 | Updated January 02, 2017 13:54:23

  If you thought the climate debate has been ugly, you haven't seen anything yet. In 2017 Australia will review its climate policies, and the process is not off to a good start, UK scientist Marc Hudson writes.

  Topics: climate-change, environment, electricity-energy-and-utilities, federal-government, federal---state-issues, government-and-politics, federal-parliament, australia

• Fairfield struggles to cope after increase in refugee arrivals

  AM

  By Penny Timms

  Posted January 02, 2017 12:24:31 | Updated January 03, 2017 07:37:40

  Fairfield in Western Sydney is struggling to resettle refugees after a huge influx of new arrivals, mostly from Iraq and Syria.

  Topics: refugees, immigration, community-and-society, federal---state-issues, local-government, government-and-politics, fairfield-2165, nsw, australia

• Bob Hawke pushes nuclear power at Woodford Folk Festival

  By Megan Kinninment

  Posted December 28, 2016 15:56:09

  Former prime minister Bob Hawke's assertion that nuclear power is the solution to global warming divides the Woodford Folk Festival crowd, prompting several calls of "no thanks" from the audience.

  Topics: nuclear-energy, nuclear-issues, federal---state-issues, federal-government, climate-change, woodford-4514, maroochydore-4558

• Thousands of Syrian, Iraqi refugees to settle in four south-east Queensland cities

  By Isobel Roe

  Posted December 23, 2016 11:34:20 | Updated December 23, 2016 12:57:40

  About 3,500 Syrian and Iraqi refugees bound for Queensland will be settled in the state's south-east in Brisbane, Logan, the Gold Coast and Toowoomba, the Federal Government confirms.

  Topics: refugees, immigration, community-and-society, people, human-interest, regional, federal---state-issues, brisbane-4000, logan-city-dc-4114, qld, australia, toowoomba-4350, southport-4215, dalby-4405, rockhampton-4700, townsville-4810

• WA deserves to know results of NDIS trials in state: Labor

  By political reporter Dan Conifer

  Posted December 22, 2016 10:35:43 | Updated December 22, 2016 10:42:36

  People with disabilities in Western Australia deserve to know the results of National Disability Insurance Scheme trials in the state, Federal Labor says.

  Topics: disabilities, health, federal-government, federal---state-issues, wa

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