Programs and Initiatives

The state is grappling with the loss of hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding towards major road projects, while gaining more than $2b towards the North-South Corridor.

Dozens of infrastructure projects across the country have been scrapped by the federal government in an effort to contain spending.

In a NSW first, a Young Mayors program saw 1,400 high-schoolers vote in the first-ever underage preferential vote in the state. The result: these youthful visionaries now have the ear of Wollongong City Council.

What is the Indigenous Voice to Parliament hoping to fix? If the referendum passed, would it make it easier for these programs to get a national rollout, or just bureaucratic red tape that gets in the way?

The ACT government has tabled its latest budget, at a time of rising prices and growing pressure on households. Here's a guide to what's in it.

The new Australian Centre for Evaluation will be tasked with examining whether government programs work — before they are rolled out. Imagine how much good it could do if it's allowed to, writes Peter Martin.

New data reveals that, while remote regions have attracted the highest average plan value, participants in those postcodes spend less due to restricted service provision.

Kerry Schofield was commended for his service in Vietnam but as his son Damien grew up, he could see how it had changed their relationship.

Professor Penny Jane Burke has dedicated her career to improving access to university for marginalised communities and has just been appointed a UNESCO chair in equity, social justice and higher education. 

Exercising, having fun and opening up to each other. How these young men in Alice Springs are learning tools to deal with life's challenges.

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet has announced a new university-linked medical program aimed at better supporting doctors in the NSW Health System.

People over 65 with disability are locked out of the scheme. They instead fall under the aged care system, which advocates say has failed them.

Transporters say the Tanami Road has deteriorated further since this footage was captured in June

Controversy provoked a social media storm in Vanuatu after its High Commissioner to Australia claimed seasonal workers faced death threats in a bitter employment dispute in regional Queensland.

The Queensland Government is chartering workers in from the Pacific Islands in a bid to address the labour shortage that could lead to fruit and vegetables going unpicked.

The executives received Cartier watches as a reward for clinching a deal between the postal service and major banks.

The federal government has released its Technology Roadmap to help Australia cut emissions with satirists Mark Humphries and Evan Williams launching it.

For years Centrelink aggressively pursued debts under a scheme dubbed robodebt. But the scheme was unlawful, forcing the government to refund more than $700 million and apologise. So you might be surprised to learn the agency is still agressively pursuing debts, even as the worst recession in nearly a century starts to bite.

The US President acknowledged that he would deny extra cash to the agency, which Democrats say is necessary to process an expected surge in mail-in ballots ahead of the November election.

Jo Viney from Phillip Island is one of 15 Victorians growing their business thanks to a program for entrepreneurs with disabilities.