| School attendance plan goes ahead A trial of the plan to withhold welfare payments from families whose children fail to go to school gets mixed reaction. Click the headline for Rae Fairbairn's radio report. |
Parents targeted by new learner driving program
Supervising drivers will be targeted in a new program developed by the Australian Automobile Association. The program, Keys 2 Drive, hopes of reduce the number of young drivers killed on our roads. Click the headline for Shavonne Hyde's television report.
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CSIRO acts on fungus threat to world wheat supply
The CSIRO is researching ways to control a new stem rust disease which could cause a global food supply crisis. The Bill and Melinda Gates foundation has given $127 million to it and other researchers throughout the world to find a resistance to Ug99. JENNY DUNN reports.
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| Young Australian sought for UN role Applications to become Australia’s Youth Representative to the United Nations are now open, the Minister for Youth, Kate Ellis, announced this month. Ellis is encouraging young Australians to apply for a position that will see the candidate travel to the United Nations General Assembly in New York in 2009. |
| Film piracy fighters not down for the count Industry experts are maintaining that the war against illegal film distributors and consumers is far from lost, despite the latest figures showing movie piracy is on the rise in Australia. |
| Marriage improves life expectancy If you are over 40 and unmarried, chances are you will die younger than your married counterparts, a Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing study shows. |
Minister warns health insurers on premiums Health Minister Nicola Roxon has warned against private health insurance companies hiking their premiums in response to the Government’s proposal to raise the Medicare levy surcharge. |
Difficult task for health journalists recognised |
Australia turns its back on engineering careers Australia is facing an ever increasing shortage of qualified engineers with the country already falling 28,000 short, an industry leader warns. Engineering Australia chief executive Peter Taylor, pictured addressing the National Press Club today (6 August 2008) says the number of engineers for every $100 million of engineering, construction and building work halved from 600 to 300 in the period 2001-2006. |
| Defence to save $10bn in 10 years A new efficiency and economy program is being implemented to identify up to $10 billion to reinvest back into higher priority activities in Defence over the next 10 years. Jack Foster spoke to Assistant Secretary Financial Governance Dave Elson about what this means for the Government's biggest spending department. |
Timor provides lessons for Army chief  The recently retired chief of the Army Lieutenant General Peter Leahy recalls how the Army has learnt from its role in Timor and how women are making a greater contribution to the Army. |
1000 more people needed for RAAF, chief says |
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