Australian Government News

Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, the Hon. The Government is helping dairy farmers to lower their energy costs by providing $1 million in funding to improve energy efficiency in dairy farms. 'Dairy Australia will provide energy efficiency advice to dairy farms, including on-farm energy efficiency assessments at over 900 farms.

Parliamentary Secretary for Defence, Dr Mike Kelly, today announced a call for papers for the 8 th International Lessons Learned Conference, which will be hosted by Australia in Sydney from 3-6 December 2012. Parliamentary Secretary for Defence, Dr Mike Kelly, said I am very pleased Australia is hosting this important conference in 2012. The focus of the 2012 International Lessons Learned Conference is on transitions this will provide civil-military practitioners from around the world with a dedicated forum in which to discuss and debate what we have learned from conducting peacemaking operations such as those in Afghanistan, Iraq, Solomon Islands and East Timor, as well as disaster response missions in Haiti, Pakistan and Indonesia.

The ACMA today released its first paper in the review of the radiofrequency spectrum between 1427.9 and 1510.9 MHz (the 1.5 GHz mobile band). This band was previously identified by the ACMA as one of a number of candidate bands for mobile broadband services in its earlier discussion paper, . The relatively low usage of the 1.5 GHz mobile bandespecially in areas where there is high demand for mobile broadband servicesand nascent moves to standardise the band internationally for mobile broadband services, mean it is timely to consider options for its replanning.

The National Relay Service (NRS)s first film, Quiet Signs of Love , has won the award for Best Short Film (hearing directors category) at the First Rome Deaf Film Festival, Cinedeaf!. The ACMA congratulates the films producers . It features a vibetrack - a soundtrack that focuses on vibrations for deaf audiences.

The Australian Communications and Media Authority has given a formal warning to , following an investigation that found that it breached the Telecommunications Act by failing to provide accurate customer records to the Integrated Public Number Database (IPND) Manager. Lycamobile has provided the ACMA with details of a range of process improvements it has put in place to capture its customer data, and has cooperated fully with the ACMA during the investigation. The ACMA has had an in place for a number of years.

Immigration outreach officers will visit Nhulunbuy on May 21 to discuss upcoming significant reforms to the skilled migration program. The departmental officers visiting Nhulunbuy will conduct a seminar and also be available for brief individual appointments with employers and employees to answer their questions about skilled migration. The department will conduct seminars on skilled migration visa options in the following location, date and time:.

Parliamentary Secretary for Pacific Island Affairs Richard Marles is visiting the Solomon Islands province of Malaita today to see how Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI) supported projects are helping strengthen local law and justice facilities. Mr Marles will visit several RAMSI projects in Malaita Province, including Auki Magistrate's Court, which was constructed with joint RAMSI-Solomon Islands Government funding, and Auki Correctional Centre, one of RAMSI's key infrastructure projects. 'Australia has helped deliver real achievements in Malaita, such as supporting the upgrade of Kilufi hospital, helping young Malaitans get an education through budget support to Malaita's primary and junior secondary schools, and performing maintenance work on 235km of roads,' said Mr Marles.

Over 100 research and demonstration projects across the country will share in $72.5 million as part of the Gillard Government's first round of Filling the Research Gap and Action on the Ground grants. Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Senator Joe Ludwig, announced the funding at the Queensland University of Technology's site in Samford, near Brisbane, today and said this investment will help farmers and land managers lower greenhouse gas emissions and access new sources of farm income. 'This work will take the research from the lab to the farm,' Minister Ludwig said.

Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, the Hon. The Government is helping dairy farmers to lower their energy costs by providing $1 million in funding to improve energy efficiency in dairy farms. 'Dairy Australia will provide energy efficiency advice to dairy farms, including on-farm energy efficiency assessments at over 900 farms.

Parliamentary Secretary for Defence, Dr Mike Kelly, today announced a call for papers for the 8 th International Lessons Learned Conference, which will be hosted by Australia in Sydney from 3-6 December 2012. Parliamentary Secretary for Defence, Dr Mike Kelly, said I am very pleased Australia is hosting this important conference in 2012. The focus of the 2012 International Lessons Learned Conference is on transitions this will provide civil-military practitioners from around the world with a dedicated forum in which to discuss and debate what we have learned from conducting peacemaking operations such as those in Afghanistan, Iraq, Solomon Islands and East Timor, as well as disaster response missions in Haiti, Pakistan and Indonesia.

Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, the Hon. The Government is helping dairy farmers to lower their energy costs by providing $1 million in funding to improve energy efficiency in dairy farms. 'Dairy Australia will provide energy efficiency advice to dairy farms, including on-farm energy efficiency assessments at over 900 farms.

Parliamentary Secretary for Defence, Dr Mike Kelly, today announced a call for papers for the 8 th International Lessons Learned Conference, which will be hosted by Australia in Sydney from 3-6 December 2012. Parliamentary Secretary for Defence, Dr Mike Kelly, said I am very pleased Australia is hosting this important conference in 2012. The focus of the 2012 International Lessons Learned Conference is on transitions this will provide civil-military practitioners from around the world with a dedicated forum in which to discuss and debate what we have learned from conducting peacemaking operations such as those in Afghanistan, Iraq, Solomon Islands and East Timor, as well as disaster response missions in Haiti, Pakistan and Indonesia.

Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, the Hon. The Government is helping dairy farmers to lower their energy costs by providing $1 million in funding to improve energy efficiency in dairy farms. 'Dairy Australia will provide energy efficiency advice to dairy farms, including on-farm energy efficiency assessments at over 900 farms.

Parliamentary Secretary for Defence, Dr Mike Kelly, today announced a call for papers for the 8 th International Lessons Learned Conference, which will be hosted by Australia in Sydney from 3-6 December 2012. Parliamentary Secretary for Defence, Dr Mike Kelly, said I am very pleased Australia is hosting this important conference in 2012. The focus of the 2012 International Lessons Learned Conference is on transitions this will provide civil-military practitioners from around the world with a dedicated forum in which to discuss and debate what we have learned from conducting peacemaking operations such as those in Afghanistan, Iraq, Solomon Islands and East Timor, as well as disaster response missions in Haiti, Pakistan and Indonesia.

Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, the Hon. The Government is helping dairy farmers to lower their energy costs by providing $1 million in funding to improve energy efficiency in dairy farms. 'Dairy Australia will provide energy efficiency advice to dairy farms, including on-farm energy efficiency assessments at over 900 farms.

Parliamentary Secretary for Defence, Dr Mike Kelly, today announced a call for papers for the 8 th International Lessons Learned Conference, which will be hosted by Australia in Sydney from 3-6 December 2012. Parliamentary Secretary for Defence, Dr Mike Kelly, said I am very pleased Australia is hosting this important conference in 2012. The focus of the 2012 International Lessons Learned Conference is on transitions this will provide civil-military practitioners from around the world with a dedicated forum in which to discuss and debate what we have learned from conducting peacemaking operations such as those in Afghanistan, Iraq, Solomon Islands and East Timor, as well as disaster response missions in Haiti, Pakistan and Indonesia.

Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, the Hon. The Government is helping dairy farmers to lower their energy costs by providing $1 million in funding to improve energy efficiency in dairy farms. 'Dairy Australia will provide energy efficiency advice to dairy farms, including on-farm energy efficiency assessments at over 900 farms.

Parliamentary Secretary for Defence, Dr Mike Kelly, today announced a call for papers for the 8 th International Lessons Learned Conference, which will be hosted by Australia in Sydney from 3-6 December 2012. Parliamentary Secretary for Defence, Dr Mike Kelly, said I am very pleased Australia is hosting this important conference in 2012. The focus of the 2012 International Lessons Learned Conference is on transitions this will provide civil-military practitioners from around the world with a dedicated forum in which to discuss and debate what we have learned from conducting peacemaking operations such as those in Afghanistan, Iraq, Solomon Islands and East Timor, as well as disaster response missions in Haiti, Pakistan and Indonesia.

Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, the Hon. The Government is helping dairy farmers to lower their energy costs by providing $1 million in funding to improve energy efficiency in dairy farms. 'Dairy Australia will provide energy efficiency advice to dairy farms, including on-farm energy efficiency assessments at over 900 farms.

Parliamentary Secretary for Defence, Dr Mike Kelly, today announced a call for papers for the 8 th International Lessons Learned Conference, which will be hosted by Australia in Sydney from 3-6 December 2012. Parliamentary Secretary for Defence, Dr Mike Kelly, said I am very pleased Australia is hosting this important conference in 2012. The focus of the 2012 International Lessons Learned Conference is on transitions this will provide civil-military practitioners from around the world with a dedicated forum in which to discuss and debate what we have learned from conducting peacemaking operations such as those in Afghanistan, Iraq, Solomon Islands and East Timor, as well as disaster response missions in Haiti, Pakistan and Indonesia.