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The Cradle Mountain Cableway is in serious doubt after the Commonwealth withdraws $30 million in funding from the project because the Tasmanian government missed a deadline.

The Latrobe Visitor Information Centre will open seven days a week at the Gippsland Performing Arts Centre from Friday 25 February. The facility forms

The stage is almost set for world-class shows and entertainment as construction of the Gippsland Performing Arts Centre (GPAC) nears completion ready

Construction work is underway to upgrade the sports amenities at Lemon Grove Netball Courts in Ettalong. This project will deliver a significantly

New analysis from the Australia Institute’s Democracy & Accountability Program reveals that $3.9 billion spent by federal grants programs with ministerial discretion has clearly skewed towards marginal Coalition seats in particular, at the expense of safe Labor seats and, to a lesser extent, safe Coalition seats.

Aged care, mental health and family violence spending headlined Tuesdays 2021 federal budget. But while some portfolios and policy areas dominated discussion and attention, there were plenty of others that fell under the radar. Heres a look at six of them.  New residents will soon have to wait four years for welfare access The government has announced it will apply a consistent four-year waiting period across most welfare payments before new Australian residents can access them. The measure, e...

By Raquel Mustillo LIMESTONE Coast councils have discussed hundreds of items behind closed doors in the last financial year, with figures revealing staff and elected members met in private 210 times during 2019/20. An investigation by The Border Watch has shown the region’s seven councils have collectively invoked confidentiality provisions more times in the 2019/20 period than in the previous five years. State legislation allows councils to have secret debates for commercially sensitive rea...