State and Territory Government

One of WA's highest-ranking Labor MPs has called on the state government to abandon controversial plans to build an entertainment precinct and street circuit in Burswood. 

The ACT Firearms Registry remains mostly paper based. Both police and the government say the "very analogue" system needs to go fully digital as soon as possible. 

The WA government is throwing plenty of support behind Health Minister Meredith Hammat, with four additional ministers working in complimentary portfolios. But is the division of labour bearing fruit? 

This city realised it was headed towards gridlock almost 30 years ago. Even so, the final stage of its solution has been scrapped by its state government.

A senior WA emergency department doctor describes his workplace as running in a "disaster situation", struggling within a health system which has an "unhealthy fixation" on ambulance ramping.

A budget deficit and proportionally high debt, along with rising health costs and major infrastructure projects, see ACT's credit rating downgraded to AA.

Queensland's Environment Minister insists he has an ambitious plan to slow the Great Barrier Reef's decline.

The Northern Territory government urgently passes legislation to establish a new police rank this week, after pulling anti-discrimination reforms from the agenda.

Labor's Ella Haddad tells ABC Stateline Tasmania integrity is wanting under the Liberal state government.

The Northern Territory government has exempted 11 massive US military fuel tanks built unlawfully on Darwin Harbour from needing occupancy certification.

South Australia's Education Minister believes there is more work to be done to boost safeguards within the childcare sector. He says well-trained staff would be the key to preventing "shocking things happening to kids".

The head of the NT's discrimination watchdog has accused the government of attacking its independence, revealing it has asked the agency to follow a government "mandate" in order to receive more funding.

Frustration is growing on the NSW south coast where a diesel train line has not changed in more than 100 years.

Tasmania's energy saver loan scheme gave households and small businesses a chance to obtain interest-free finance for rooftop solar and other energy efficiency measures. It's been so successful, the government decided to end it.

The NSW Minister for Families and Communities, Kate Washington, says she inherited an out-of-home care system that was "spiralling out of control", but since the change in government, reports of abuse have kept rising. 

Convicted baby killer Keli Lane is suing the NSW government for $2 million, alleging it failed in its duty of care to protect her from serious harm at the hands of several prison officers, including serial sex abuser Wayne Astill.

A Newcastle woman whose daughter was killed by her ex-boyfriend will meet the NSW premier next week in a push to introduce tougher sentencing for domestic abusers.

Landholders are angry about a New South Wales government plan to push ahead with high flows on the Murrumbidgee.

Former South Australian MP Troy Bell, who was previously found guilty of serious fraud charges, is also facing a raft of deception allegations, it can be revealed.

The Town of Cambridge will refund almost $1 million to ratepayers after an administrative oversight incorrectly inflated their rates.