21 August 2017
The Turnbull Government has appointed Ms
Christine Grant and Mr Phillip Gordon as Co-Chairs and Ms Jenny Pilot as a Member
of the Advisory Committee
for Indigenous Repatriation for three year terms.
Ms Grant is an Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander Kuku Yalanji and Mualga...
21 August 2017
The Turnbull Government has reappointed the
Hon Margaret White AO as a member of the Council of the Australian National
Maritime Museum (ANMM) on a part-time basis for a second three-year term.
Ms White is the Commissioner for the Royal
Commission into Protection and...
17 August 2017 Constructive discussions with Senate colleagues to secure the passage of the Media Reform package continue. The package has the unanimous support of the Australian media industry. Negotiations with the NXT have been productive and conducted in good faith. NXT Senators understand the p...
15
August 2017
The Turnbull
Government welcomes the support of Pauline Hanson's One Nation for the media
reform package currently before the Senate.
One Nation will
support the package in return for the Government implementing and introducing
legislation, where necessary, to give effect t...
15 August 2017
Shareholder
Ministers today congratulated nbn on another strong year of performance, with
nbn exceeding each of the key metrics set out in its corporate plan for the 2016-17
financial year.
In July, the
rollout reached the halfway milestone and nbn reached the $1 billion ann...
Today
the Senate has passed the Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment
Bill 2016 to significantly enhance the security of our critical
telecommunications infrastructure.
This
Bill will be the ninth significant tranche of national security legislation the
Coalition Government...
11 August 2017
The Government
has reappointed the Deputy Director and three members of the Classification
Board.
Ms Margaret
Anderson has four years’ experience as Deputy Director and has been reappointed
until 24 July 2020.
Full-time
members, Mr Jarrah Rushton has been reap...
9 August 2017Today we announce the Government has accepted all recommendations of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security in its advisory report of 30 June on the Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2016.Extensive industry consultation has contributed to th...
9 August 2017
The
Turnbull Government’s online gambling reforms passed the Senate today.
The
passage of the Interactive Gambling Amendment Bill 2016 (the Bill) will see a
crackdown on illegal offshore providers, the clarification of the law in relation
to ‘click to call’ in-play betting a...
1
August 2017
The Turnbull
Government has appointed Ms Vicki Coltman, Ms Sarah Davies and Ms Fiona Jose to
the Council of the National Museum of Australia (NMA) on a part-time basis for
three year terms.
Ms Coltman has
a wealth of experience in the business and arts sectors. She is a Dir...