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Unions are warning that Tasmanian teachers face a particularly difficult year, and the Education Minister says it is not his fault.

Published on: EducationCareer

Some local computer scientists have developed a new digital assessment tool that is causing a stir among educators.

Published on: EducationCareer

Key figures on Australia’s financial landscape met this week to work on solutions for the industry’s gender equality problem.

Published on: ExecutiveCareer

Industry superannuation funds say consumers do not make rational choices, and banks should not be allowed to bid for workers’ futures.

Published on: FinanceCareer

The European Central Bank (ECB) no longer allow Greek banks to use government debt as collateral for loans.

Published on: ExecutiveCareer

Cursive writing lessons will be replaced with typing classes in Finland, raising questions about the future of handwriting.

Published on: EducationCareer

Authorities are warning that there is no cheap fix for asbestos contamination across New South Wales schools.

Published on: TradesCareer

Rupert Murdoch’s grip on the family empire may be slipping, while News Corp profits slide down too.

Published on: ExecutiveCareer

Japan is considering forcing workers to take five compulsory paid holidays per year, in a bid to lessen the toll from rampant overworking.

Published on: ExecutiveCareer

Fijian prime minister Frank Bainimarama has called for a new national flag, ditching its current colonial symbols.

Published on: GovernmentCareer - Federal

Australia has a new High Court judge, with the swearing-in this week of Justice Geoffrey Nettle.

Published on: GovernmentCareer - Federal

The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) is snooping around for new recruits.

Published on: GovernmentCareer - Federal

Cuts, reforms and changes of government can mean  headaches for public servants nationwide, especially when it comes to dealing with sensitive data.

Published on: GovernmentCareer - State

Former New South Wales Labor minister Eddie Obeid has been ordered to hand over his passports, as prosecutors fear he will flee to Lebanon.

Published on: GovernmentCareer - State

A delicate dance continues this week between tens of thousands of public servants and the departments they work for.

Published on: FinanceCareer

New South Wales councils have put out a list of demands (and polite suggestions) ahead of the March 28 state election.

Published on: GovernmentCareer - Local

Strong opposition has risen up against an SA Government plan to cut pensioner concessions on Council rates.

Published on: GovernmentCareer - Local

The local government sector has mourned the passing of a former politician with special relevance to councils nationwide.

Published on: GovernmentCareer - Local

The partly-elected Queensland Labor party faces a long wait to see if it can form a government on its own, as minor parties put out the price of their allegiance.

Published on: GovernmentCareer - Local

One council is looking to buy some prime waterfront real estate for the cost of a dollar.

Published on: GovernmentCareer - Local

Three leaders of the public sector have been nominated as finalists in the 2015 Women’s Agenda Leadership Awards.

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. 

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

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