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Hobart has the only capital city airport in Australia without any permanent AFP officers, after they were pulled out this week.

Published on: GovernmentCareer - Federal

Immigration Minister Scott Morrison has denied trying to sweep extra roles into his portfolio as he sets up the Australian Border Force.

Published on: GovernmentCareer - Federal

There will be plenty of issues to mull over when representatives from across Queensland’s local government sector converge next week.

Published on: GovernmentCareer - Local

The New South Wales Government has backed down on a proposal to slash the amount that can be spent on political advertising.

Published on: ExecutiveCareer

The West Australian Government has finally released details of planned council mergers, but the Local Government Association says it is just the start.

Published on: GovernmentCareer - Local

There is concern over big gaps in government reports on how often Australians' private internet and phone records have been accessed by law-enforcement, and one city council is becoming the poster child.

Published on: ICTCareer

A stand-off over wages continues in the Tasmanian public sector, and the Government is also being accused of trying to water-down an important anti-corruption office.

Published on: HealthCareer

A new paper has described some details of a genome-editing system that is quickly becoming the global standard.

Published on: ResearchCareer

The student who leaked details of the Prime Minister’s daughter’s “secret” scholarship faces up to two years jail.

Published on: EducationCareer

Australia’s chief of corporate regulation says Australia is too soft on corporate criminals and under-resourced to deal with rampant white collar crime.

Published on: ExecutiveCareer

The Bureau of Meteorology has released the Australian Groundwater Explorer - a new online groundwater data tool that gives a comprehensive picture of Australia's groundwater resources.

Published on: GreenCareer

Robots and rivers have formed an unlikely connection, coming together for the benefit of human education.

Published on: GreenCareer

Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce has released a green paper on agricultural competitiveness, listing 27 dams and irrigation projects that may warrant Commonwealth involvement.

Published on: WaterCareer

State and federal governments have put up $350 million for big water projects in New South Wales.

Published on: WaterCareer

Australian researchers say sea levels did not move much in the last few thousand years, until recently.

Published on: GreenCareer

New tools will help beach towns get ready for more destructive weather.

Published on: GreenCareer

Evidence of sexual intercourse has been found deep in our ecological history, uncovered by a local palaeontological private eye.

Published on: GreenCareer

A new study says skilled migrants are enjoying better jobs and higher levels of employment thanks to a shift in policy.

Published on: TradesCareer

Physicists at ANU have built a tractor beam that uses a laser to repel and attract objects.

Published on: EngineeringCareer

In a world first, a man with a severed spinal cord has been able to walk again.

Published on: HealthCareer

The Victorian Government has put up an interactive online map for plotting mining and exploration leases.

Published on: GreenCareer

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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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