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2021
2021 Acreage Release: have your say
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19 January 2021
Consultation is now open on potential areas to be included in the 2021 Acreage Release. Submissions are welcome until 8 March.
Government leads the way to reduce payment times
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18 January 2021
Annual Pay On-Time Survey Performance Report for 2019-20 reveals that government agencies pay over 90% of low value invoices within 20 days.
The Beetaloo Strategic Basin Plan released as part of the gas-fired economic recovery
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14 January 2021
The Australian Government has released Unlocking the Beetaloo: The Beetaloo Strategic Basin Plan to accelerate exploration and development of the Northern Territory’s Beetaloo Sub-basin.
Purra goes to space with NASA and SpaceX
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5 January 2021
The Australian Space Agency had precious cargo onboard Crew Dragon Resilience in the form of its toy space kangaroo named Purra.
2020
Preparing for the end of the Brexit transition period
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23 December 2020
At 11pm GMT 31 January 2020 (10am AEDT 1 February), the United Kingdom (UK) formally ceased to be a member state of the European Union (EU)