Introduction The 1967 referendum gave the Australian Parliament the Constitutional power to make laws for all Australian people, and to take account of Aboriginal people in determining the population of Australia. From 1967, Indigenous people were counted in the Australian census and included in base figures for Australian Government funding granted to the States and...

The Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) has released a report on Australian Technical Colleges. The report identifies key findings and makes recommendations to assist DEST improve its administration of the Australian Technical Colleges and other grant programmes.

Australia is home to more than one million species of plants and animals,manyofwhicharefoundnowhereelseonEarth.About85percentof Australia’s flowering plants, 84 per cent of its mammals, 89 per cent of its reptiles, 93 per cent of its frogs, 45 per cent of its birds and 85 per cent of inshorefreshwaterfishareuniquetoAustralia. TheStateoftheEnvironment Report(2006)notedthatwhileAustralia’sbiodiversityisofincalculablevalue, biodiversitycontinuestodeclineandfacesongoingpressures

The audit objective was to assess whether the Regional Partnerships Programme has been effectively managed by DOTARS, including the processes by which: applications are sought, received and assessed; Funding Agreements with grant recipients are developed and managed; and the achievement of project and programme outcomes is monitored and assessed.

The objective of this audit was to assess the provision of export assistance and support to new and irregular exporters in rural and regional Australia through the TradeStart program. The focus on rural and regional Australia reflects the priority given by the Government to providing effective business and trade assistance to small businesses and rural...