Here's the new Cabinet lineup with portfolio responsibilities, as announced this week by the Premier. Premier Daniel Andrews yesterday announced changes to his Cabinet. Natalie Hutchins has been appointed as the Minister for Women and the Prevention of Family Violence and will continue as Minister for Industrial Relations and Aboriginal Affairs. Marlene Kairouz has also [...]
The Agenda Group's Seamus Bradley is a finalist in Australia’s top awards for digital and print publishers. RoyalAuto, which Seamus edits for the Royal Automobile Club of Victoria, is a finalist in seven Australian national 2017 Publish Awards for excellence in publishing, the most for any single title. RoyalAuto, which appears in digital and print, [...]
You have probably heard people speak about ‘blockchain’ with awe, some claiming it is as revolutionary as the internet – but is it? In short, blockchain represents not just a change to technology, but a seismic shift in the way the world does business. And like the internet, blockchain has the potential to remove intermediaries [...]
Local Government plays a vital role in keeping Australia running. Not only are councils responsible for providing a wide range of key services such as local roads, rubbish collection, library services, pet control but, under the Local Government Act 1989, council has a legislative responsibility to provide governance and leadership for their local community through [...]
As the US election results rolled in, you may have been asking yourself why Hillary Clinton led the popular polls for nearly the entire election, yet she still lost, and you may also wonder why so much campaigning time is spent in certain states. Put simply, it’s because of the Electoral College. The origins of [...]
Two weeks ago, Oliver D. Hart and Bengt R. Holmström were announced as the 2016 winners of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, awarded each year since 1968, for their contributions to the field of contract theory. Contract theory informs the basis of our economy and everyday economic transactions, governing the deals that bind [...]
Redesigning and rearranging are two words that seem to define last Monday's Cabinet reshuffle. Kelly O’Dwyer stays in cabinet as the Minister for Revenue and Financial Services, no longer looking after Small Business, now relegated to Nationals MP Michael McCormack in the outer ministry. Christopher Pyne moves from Industry, Innovation and Science to take on the portfolio [...]
HERE’S THE NEW CABINET LINEUP WITH PORTFOLIO RESPONSIBILITIES, AS ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK BY THE PREMIER. [To print, click on the above image. Will print as A4] Premier Daniel Andrews yesterday announced changes to his Cabinet following Jane Garrett's resignation just over a week ago. Marlene Kairouz will join the Cabinet as Minister for Consumer Affairs, [...]
On last Sunday’s ABC Insiders program, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull quashed months of accumulated speculation that his government would fund a cut in income tax with an increase in the GST saying: “At this stage, I remain to be convinced or be persuaded that a tax mix switch of that kind would actually give us [...]
The NSW Department of Resources and Energy last month revealed that its regional NSW was the subject of a cyber attack in December, occurring not long after a significant breach at the Bureau of Meteorology and at a time when projects such as the $1.2 billion Shenhua Watermark coal mine were being considered. The executive [...]
