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Victoria's North Central Catchment Management Authority's (CMA) has a new chief executive.

Published on: WaterCareer

A letter from a farmer to the NSW Department of Primary Industries shows the incredible strain imposed on people who live on the land.

Published on: GreenCareer

A major chicken company has been fined $80,000 for spilling 1,700 litres of blood into a creek near Newcastle.

Published on: GreenCareer

Coal seam gas company AGL can fire up its Gloucester operations once more, after the EPA cleared away a contamination scare.

Published on: GreenCareer

A new, ecologically-minded trend is emerging on the internet, as activists use digital means to shame wealthy water-wasters.

Published on: GreenCareer

Australian research engineers are working on a system that could vastly improve the efficiency of electric motors.

Published on: EngineeringCareer

Oil giant Chevron has been accused of running an aggressive tax avoidance scheme, depriving local coffers of millions of dollars.

Published on: GreenCareer

Rugby players are helping researchers understand the repercussions of concussion.

Published on: EducationCareer

The High Court has allowed mining giant Rio Tinto to challenge a compensation ruling over a former worker dying from asbestos-related disease.

Published on: ExecutiveCareer

A parliamentary inquiry is looking at claims that lives were put in danger at the Fiskville fire-fighters training centre in Victoria, after reports of a cancer cluster among former workers.

Published on: TradesCareer

The Industry Minister has unveiled 29 new offshore areas for oil exploration at an energy industry conference.

Published on: GreenCareer

The Abbott government is still considering an inquiry into claims that iron industry giants are forcing down prices and driving out smaller rivals.

Published on: ExecutiveCareer

Workshops are being held in New South Wales to teach mobility scooter to safely use roads and footpaths.

Published on: LogisticsCareer

The Transport Workers’ Union says operators who allow unsafe vehicles on to the road should face jail.

Published on: LogisticsCareer

British engineers have printed a radio frequency antenna using compressed graphene ink, in what could be one of the first commercial applications for the high-tech material.

Published on: EngineeringCareer

An Australian expert says the Ebola epidemic has thrown the spotlight on the shortage of health care workers in Africa, with many countries facing major challenges to rebuild.

Published on: GreenCareer

The Federal Government has backed plans for a new medical school in Perth, but the Australian Medical Association (AMA) is not enthused.

Published on: EducationCareer

New data shows that about 1 in every 7 people in Australia report having some form of arthritis.

Published on: HealthCareer

Doctors say the Federal Government is trying to introduce a GP co-payment by stealth.

Published on: HealthCareer

The Federal Government says it will only fund road projects in Victoria if they are of “national significance”.

Published on: TradesCareer

The rebuilding of Christchurch's earthquake-ravaged CBD has been delayed by several years, but residents will soon get a high-tech preview of what’s to come.

Published on: TradesCareer

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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. 

Even though many of us have been forced indoors, the COVID-19 crisis is eroding our privacy.

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