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Soon it will be common to harvest cells from the body and turn them into tissues needed to treat disease.

A new study could see power stations producing their own biofuel.

Australian researchers say the smell of change is in the air, with a new treatment for the pain of childbirth.

Advisers and small business owners will have to be quick to avoid the pitfalls of changes in accounting practices coming into effect in 2019.

New funding has been provided to help students from rural, remote, disadvantaged and Indigenous schools to close the ‘digital divide’.

Scientific advances underpin $330 billion of Australia’s annual economic output, the Chief Scientist says.

There are excited rumblings in the astronomy world after suggestions our solar system contains a never-before-seen planet.

The chief executive of the City of Perth has been sacked and it has nothing to do with corruption allegations against the mayor, allegedly.

The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) is still up in the air, and has been a major topic during Prime Minister Malclm Turnbull’s trip to the US.

Public servants in the Defence Department walked off their “safety-critical” to protest the long-running public service pay dispute drags on.

The Finance Department says private companies are being asked if they can send Australian Public Service (APS) work overseas.

An official assessment has been conducted on plans to use digital facial recognition as a form of identity check for government agencies.

The New South Wales Government has expanded its Resources for Regions program, but local governments may not be too excited.

Parks Victoria has been cleared of claims it is polluting Melbourne’s Yarra River.

A whistleblower claims Tasmania's airports do not have enough biosecurity staff to avoid the risk of an incursion.

A union rally has urged Victoria’s Premier Daniel Andrews to stay true to his word.

While a litany of compensation claims paint a dark picture of life at the Defence Force, it has been praised for its moves to respond.

The Northern Territory has announced a vital health service funding boost worth $149 million.

Evidence has been found that suggests early humans colonised Asian islands much earlier than previously thought.

In a stunning display of the resilience of life, a small animal that was frozen solid for more than 30 years has been brought back to life and even produced new babies.