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Dozens of assaults on public transport staff have prompted calls for better protection.

Published on: LogisticsCareer

The Abbott Government has been strongly criticised for its refusal to fund public transport projects.

Published on: TradesCareer

Rail workers want authorities to use “spit kits” to identify the saliva of unruly commuters.

Published on: LogisticsCareer

The disappearance of two prospectors in a remote part of Western Australia has prompted a call for more safety gear.

Published on: ResourcesCareer

A man has been charged with fraud after allegedly posing as a nurse for six weeks in a Cape York hospital.

Published on: HealthCareer

Major mining and technology companies will be called on to explain their tax arrangements, with the launch of a Senate inquiry into corporate tax avoidance this week.

Published on: EngineeringCareer

Large-scale particle-smashing can begin again, with the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) firing up after a two year downtime.

Published on: EngineeringCareer

AGL will pay back $785,000 to customers it misled, following a Federal Court ruling last week.

Published on: ExecutiveCareer

Certain industries could be made exempt from the Renewable Energy Target, but the change will not come quickly enough for the Opposition.

Published on: TradesCareer

New rules mean immediate fines will be handed to Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) who breach national standards.

Published on: TradesCareer

The Federal Government has responded to the desperate pleas of Australia’s mental health service providers, extending their funding to the tune of $300 million.

Published on: HealthCareer

Australia’s chief scientist has launched a teaching academy dedicated to excellence and innovation in the teaching of mathematics, science and technology.

Published on: EngineeringCareer

New research shows school gardens can have a positive effect on children’s health, and the environment as well.

Published on: GreenCareer

Tasmania's Education Minister Jeremy Rockliff says there will be no new budget cuts to schools.

Published on: EducationCareer

The Commonwealth has expanded its sanctions against Russia, to display more displeasure at the European giant’s actions in Ukraine.

Published on: FinanceCareer

The Defence Department will cut over one thousand civilian public servants as part of sweeping reforms.

Published on: GovernmentCareer - Federal

The Palmer United Party (PUP) is seeking to sue its former senators, Glenn Lazarus and Jacqui Lambie, for the money spent on their election campaigns.

Published on: GovernmentCareer - State

Australia's spies are “pleased” with the passing of “critical” data retention legislation.

Published on: ExecutiveCareer

The date has been set for corruption commission hearings over an alleged Victorian education fraud ring.

Published on: EducationCareer

The Federal Government is expected to announce the appointment of a top West Australian bureaucrat to a prime European posting.

Published on: ExecutiveCareer

Claimant groups have voted in favour of a landmark $1.3 billion native title deal covering Western Australia's south west.

Published on: GovernmentCareer - Local

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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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