Winner of UQ's 3MT final announced (15920683)
(Source: The University of Queensland) University of Queensland PhD student Amanda Pearce of the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN) will represent UQ at the 3MT...
View ArticleBrisbane Lord Mayor Graham Quirk won't call on Queensland Government to...
LORD Mayor Graham Quirk has stopped short of calling on the State Government to extend the Queensland Reconstruction Authority's term during debate on the issue on Tuesday. Cr Quirk told a council...
View ArticleThe pleasure, and pain, of paying taxes
YOU get what you pay for. If you're not prepared to pay more, don't expect to get more. And if you want more, then, one way or another, you have to pay more to get it. It ought be common sense, yet...
View ArticleGovernment Commits to Accountability and Transparency in Lobbying (15903949)
(Source: Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat) For immediate release September 17, 2012 Ottawa - The Honourable Tony Clement, President of the Treasury Board and Minister responsible for FedNor, today...
View ArticleGovernment Commits to Accountability and Transparency in Lobbying (15903987)
(Source: Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade) For immediate release September 17, 2012 Ottawa - The Honourable Tony Clement, President of the Treasury Board and Minister responsible...
View ArticleGOVERNMENT COMMITS TO ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY IN LOBBYING (15904054)
(Source: Government of Canada) For immediate release September 17, 2012 Ottawa - The Honourable Tony Clement, President of the Treasury Board and Minister responsible for FedNor, today indicated the...
View ArticleInstead of cracking jokes Shinde should have gone to Assam: BJP
Terming the remarks of Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde, that coal scam will soon be forgotten, as "unfortunate", BJP today said instead of cracking jokes he should have gone to Assam and Naxal-hit...
View ArticleHow important is community following a crisis or disaster? (15891761)
(Source: The University of Queensland) Community can be a formidable force, capable of achieving the seemingly impossible. Researchers from UQ's Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences and the...
View ArticleFor Mamata Banerjee, how will the government prove it has political spine?
The vast majority of ET readers tend to be rational people who see little merit in objections to lowering subsidy on petroleum products or to foreign investment in modern retail. Naturally, they tend...
View ArticleGeorgian Opposition Party Buys Larry King
 Does the "Georgian Dream" political party believe in paying off TV stars to advocate their position? It seems to. The opposition party has just recruited the famous American journalist Larry King to...
View ArticleLennons refit comes together
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View ArticleExtract of speech from Micheál Martin at FF Parliamentary Party meeting...
(Source: Fianna Fáil) Posted on 17/09/12 by Micheál Martin The Dáil session which starts this week will be very different from those of the last year and a half. The government still has the votes to...
View ArticleBudget debate: Government challenges opposition for solutions
Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen (Nat. Coalition Party) and Minister of Finance Jutta Urpilainen (SDP) sharply rejected criticism from the opposition on Tuesday at the opening of Parliamentary debate on...
View ArticleBarisan will continue to do more for the country, says Najib
SIBU: Barisan Nasional is all for change, but the coalition government wants such change to be organised and systematic, said Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak. He said Barisan only wanted changes that would...
View ArticleAustralia avoid being punchline to Irish joke
Death rattle ... Ireland's Trent Johnston falls to Mitchell Starc. Photo: Getty Images COLOMBO: Australia were tiring of the Irish jokes, and it showed in the deadly serious manner in which Shane...
View ArticleDob in a councillor law 'absurd'
Laws requiring councillors to report colleagues for suspected conflicts of interest were “one of the great absurdities of all time”, Queensland's local government minister has declared. The Newman...
View ArticleBrisbane flicks the switch to showtime
ARTS festivals sometimes face a difficult task of letting the citizenry and visitors know that they're on: cultural events, even when there are a lot of them at the same time, can become lost in the...
View ArticleKevin Rudd tables private members' motion attacking Queensland Government...
KEVIN Rudd will step up his fight with Campbell Newman with a private members' motion attacking Queensland Government plans to sell Monte Carlo Caravan Park. The former...
View ArticleFederal help for axed public servants dismissed as a 'stunt'
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View ArticleDissolving rescue authority threatens disaster funds: Swan
Disaster recovery projects worth billions will be at risk if Queensland winds up the state's reconstruction authority early, the federal treasurer says. Wayne Swan says the Newman government's budget...
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