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Research shows one in seven New South Wales children are now living in poverty.

Researchers say science education could soar with the help of high-altitude balloons.

Councils nationwide are celebrating the ALP's proposal to direct revenue from the first two years of the fuel excise indexation, about $1.1 billion, towards additional Roads to Recovery funding.

There is push on for Victoria’s Latrobe City Council to mark itself as a strong advocate of same-sex marriage.

Many New South Wales councils have refused to put forward merger proposals by the State Government’s June 30 deadline, and are outraged at a lack of consultation.

Hundreds of jobs will be axed at WA’s Department of Agriculture, with plans to cut the workforce in half in coming years.

Authorities say Tasmanian healthcare will become a laughing stock if the interim chief executive of the new Tasmanian Health Service (THS) keeps her role.

Victoria's first female governor has been sworn in, and given a pledge to continue her vital advocacy.

The United Nations' World Heritage Committee will not place the Great Barrier Reef on its “in danger” list.

Australia’s new Border Force has come online, after the former Customs and Border Protection departments were merged into Immigration.

A group of 40 former health workers contracted to work in immigration detention facilities have dared the Federal Government to charge them for reporting abuse and mistreatment.

Researchers are calling for the introduction of internationally recognised principles to guide gambling research.

Coles has been ordered to refund more than $12 million to its food and grocery suppliers, after the ACCC found they were forced to pay extra to join the Coles supply chain.

A new study has found that more than one in ten complaints of sexual harassment at work are reported by men.

A leading authority in Australian aquaculture says state governments could help develop new fish farms.

Experts from Australia and the US are coming together to find the best lessons from harsh droughts.

Victoria's first wave power unit is ready to be dropped into water off the state's south-west coast later this year.

Australian scientists have completed Victoria’s first ever stocktake of blue carbon hot spots, revealing millions of tonnes of stored carbon, which is at risk of being returned to the atmosphere unless conserved.

Qualified approval has been granted to the ACT's enlarged Cotter Dam, the Murrumbidgee pipeline and spillway upgrade plans, despite auditors spotting foreseeable delays and a cost blowout.

A central Queensland federal MP says Fitzroy River water projects would be obvious choices for the new northern Australia plan.