Tag: Community and Society

Unflued heaters put school maintenance funds at risk

July 31, 2010 14:30:00

The New South Wales Teachers Federation is concerned school maintenance will suffer if funds are diverted to replacing unflued gas heaters.[MORE]

Tags: building-and-construction, community-and-society, education, schools, states-and-territories, australia, nsw

Missing siblings found after police hunt

July 31, 2010 11:17:00

Two children who were reportedly missing from Tolga on the Atherton Tablelands have been found safe and well.[MORE]

Tags: community-and-society, law-crime-and-justice, crime, missing-person, qld, mission-beach-4852, tolga-4882

Territory drinking 'well in excess' of average

July 31, 2010 09:25:00

New research suggests people living in the Northern Territory drink more alcohol than other Australians and are also more likely to die from it. [MORE]

Tags: community-and-society, indigenous, health, drug-use, medical-research, alcohol, australia, nt

Hunt on for missing siblings

July 30, 2010 20:45:00

Police are searching for a 15-year-old boy and his 11-year-old sister who have been reported missing in far north Queensland. [MORE]

Tags: community-and-society, law-crime-and-justice, police, australia, qld, tolga-4882

London launches bike hire scheme

July 30, 2010 19:20:00

The first large-scale bicycle hire scheme in Britain will get under way in London on Friday (local time). [MORE]

Tags: community-and-society, urban-development-and-planning, health, exercise-and-fitness, brisbane-4000, united-kingdom, england

Concern that human rights trampled in eviction

Feature

July 30, 2010 14:00:00

Moved on but with nowhere to go [MORE]

Tags: community-and-society, homelessness, wa, broome-6725

Alleged people smugglers face court

July 30, 2010 13:00:00

Six alleged people smugglers have been remanded in custody after appearing in Brisbane Magistrates Court this morning.[MORE]

Tags: community-and-society, immigration, law-crime-and-justice, crime, refugees, australia, qld, brisbane-4000, wa, christmas-island-6798

Backlash at eviction of itinerants

July 30, 2010 11:24:00

There is a growing backlash against the mass eviction of itinerant people from their camps around the town of Broome.[MORE]

Tags: community-and-society, homelessness, wa, broome-6725

Upper House push to stop Bellerive footy games

July 30, 2010 10:35:00

Legislative Council members from northern Tasmania are rallying to stop AFL games being played in Hobart. [MORE]

Tags: community-and-society, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, sport, australian-football-league, tas, hobart-7000, launceston-7250

Palmview development project on hold

July 30, 2010 10:18:00

The Sunshine Coast Regional Council has put its structure plan for the greenfield development at Palmview in south-east Queensland on hold.[MORE]

Tags: community-and-society, urban-development-and-planning, government-and-politics, local-government, qld, palmview-4553

Mental health spending 'simply not enough'

July 30, 2010 10:15:00

Australian of the Year Professor Patrick McGorry is leading calls for the Federal Government to commit more money to the country's mental health system.[MORE]

Tags: community-and-society, government-and-politics, elections, federal-government, health, mental-health, federal-elections, australia, vic, melbourne-3000

Residents 'steamrolled' with development

July 30, 2010 09:31:00

Residents at Wonga Beach, near the Daintree in far north Queensland, are angry about plans for a major residential development in their neighbourhood.[MORE]

Tags: community-and-society, rural, community-development, regional, cairns-4870, daintree-4873, wonga-beach-4873

Compensation call rejected over residents' rail line concerns

July 30, 2010 09:27:00

The Queensland Government says it will not compensate residents at Collinsville, south of Townsville in the state's north, affected by an increase in rail traffic through the town.[MORE]

Tags: community-and-society, rural, community-development, regional, rail-transport, qld, collinsville-4804, townsville-4810

$51b needed to meet aged care demand

July 30, 2010 09:16:00

Aged care providers warn that baby boomers could end up staying in hospitals unless there is more funding for new buildings and beds.[MORE]

Tags: community-and-society, aged-care, government-and-politics, federal-government, australia

Better late than never: fighting for voting rights

July 30, 2010 09:08:00

Australia's short close of rolls period is eroding the voting rights of many young would-be voters.[MORE]

Tags: community-and-society, youth-issues, government-and-politics, elections, electoral-system, federal-government, federal-elections, australia

Crean pledges to keep trade training centres

July 30, 2010 09:00:00

Federal Education and Employment Minister Simon Crean says industry in Gladstone cannot afford to lose trade training centres if the Liberal National Party (LNP) is elected.[MORE]

Tags: community-and-society, education, government-and-politics, elections, federal-government, political-parties, labor-party, liberal-party, rural, community-development, work, regional, liberal-national-party-queensland, federal-elections, gladstone-4680

Bypass opens late and over budget

July 30, 2010 08:14:00

A multi-million-dollar bypass is being officially opened at Millicent in the south-east of South Australia, eight months behind schedule and over budget.[MORE]

Tags: community-and-society, federal-state-issues, local-government, states-and-territories, rural, road-transport, millicent-5280, mount-gambier-5290

Bridge load limit changes hit graziers

July 30, 2010 08:10:00

There are concerns some cattle producers will be hard hit, now the load limit on the Kunst Bridge near Tiaro, south of Maryborough, has been halved.[MORE]

Tags: community-and-society, rural, community-development, livestock, beef-cattle, regional, bundaberg-4670, tiaro-4650

Parade honours 'forgotten' battle

July 30, 2010 08:04:00

More than 200 soldiers will take part in a military parade at Lavarack Barracks in Townsville today to commemorate Samichon Week. [MORE]

Tags: community-and-society, history, defence-and-national-security, defence-forces, veterans, unrest-conflict-and-war, 20th-century, townsville-4810

Churchill's dentures snapped up at auction

July 30, 2010 07:00:00

The dentures of Britain's war-time prime minister, Winston Churchill, have gone under the hammer[MORE]

Tags: community-and-society, history, human-interest, offbeat, world-war-2, united-kingdom, england

Detainee alleges bashing at detention centre

July 29, 2010 20:17:00

Police are investigating an altercation between a detainee and a staff member at the Darwin detention centre. [MORE]

Tags: community-and-society, immigration, refugees, australia, nt, darwin-0800

Churchill's false teeth go on sale

July 29, 2010 20:12:00

A set of dentures made for Britain's war-time prime minister Winston Churchill have gone under the hammer in Britain.[MORE]

Tags: community-and-society, history, human-interest, offbeat, world-war-2, united-kingdom, england

Violent video games 'not all bad'

July 29, 2010 15:31:00

A Tasmanian university lecturer is defending violent computer games.[MORE]

Tags: games, community-and-society, antisocial-behaviour, tas, hobart-7000, launceston-7250

Labor pledges cash for female directors

July 29, 2010 14:00:00

The Federal Government has pledged to increase the number of women on company boards if it is re-elected.[MORE]

Tags: business-economics-and-finance, corporate-governance, community-and-society, government-and-politics, elections, federal-government, women, federal-elections, australia

Hundreds of itinerants asked to move on in Broome

July 29, 2010 13:22:00

An operation is underway to remove Aboriginal itinerants living in the tourist town of Broome in Western Australia's north-west.[MORE]

Tags: community-and-society, homelessness, wa, broome-6725