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The Tasmanian Government’s proposal to take over TasWater may prove too costly for householders.
Published on: WaterCareer

Comcare figures show mental health claims from federal public servants have hit $74 million in a single year.
Published on: GovernmentCareer - Federal

The Federal Government’s attempts to push the public service into regional cities will not work, the Grattan Institute says.
Published on: ExecutiveCareer

A common caterpillar could be the key to reducing waste from the trillion polyethylene plastic bags we use each year.
Published on: GreenCareer

Researchers are looking at the idea of making the clouds above the Great Barrier Reef brighter in order to cool it down.
Published on: GreenCareer

Research has shown that the groundwater at the bottom of the deepest wells is still vulnerable to contamination.
Published on: WaterCareer

The Federal Government could phase out harmful firefighting chemicals.
Published on: GreenCareer

Residents of Tasmania’s Bruny Island are looking for an alternative fresh water supply.
Published on: WaterCareer

South Australia is lining up to become a leader in hydrogen fuel production.
Published on: GreenCareer

Neuroscientists have shown that gut bacteria “speak” to the brain to control food choices in animals.
Published on: GreenCareer

New techniques are allowing high-quality, intricate shapes made of glass to be manufactured using standard 3D printing technology.
Published on: EngineeringCareer

RMIT researchers are testing a high-tech pill that measures gastrointestinal gas.
Published on: EngineeringCareer

Australia’s big sporting codes are scrambling to kill plans to restrict gambling advertising.
Published on: ExecutiveCareer

Public health risk experts have pushed for high-tech solutions to keep beachgoers safe from sharks.
Published on: GreenCareer

Researchers have come up with a cheap, rapid test to identify disease-causing bacteria that have developed resistance to the so-called ‘antibiotic of last resort’, colistin.
Published on: GreenCareer

Unions are preparing for Amazon’s foray into Australia.
Published on: ExecutiveCareer

Federal cyber minister Dan Tehan wants to force telcos to block malware and ransomware travelling across their networks.
Published on: ICTCareer

Mastercard is testing fingerprint-based authentication for credit cards.
Published on: FinanceCareer

Victoria’s Innovation Minister says the state’s long history of IT bungles should be ignored.
Published on: ICTCareer

The ATO may block websites that do not comply with the proposed GST Low Value Goods legislation.
Published on: ExecutiveCareer

Regional Victoria has slammed the NBN rollout.
Published on: ExecutiveCareer

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For the last few weeks we have been bogged down in the very Earthly matters of royalty, budgets, politics, humanity and celebrity - all good prompts to look away, up into the infinite. 

Health authorities, politicians and scientists have been slowly introducing the world to the concept of ‘One Health’ - an all-inclusive approach to health that extends from the human body right through the global environment. 

This year’s Nobel Prizes honour discoveries that unwind our notion of truth, our understanding of ourselves and the human story, the complexities of cells and the very basics of the universe. 

XENOTRANSPLANTATION - sounds like something that would happen to an ill-fated crew member in Star Trek, but it is also a technical term for using non-human parts to treat or enhance our own bodies. 

I am Tim Hall; a red-blooded, beer-drinking, car-driving Australian male who has no interest in watching sports – at least, not the sports played by humans.

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