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Building products giant James Hardie may have doubled its revenue this year, but the company’s toxic past keeps knocking numbers down.

Some authorities say the federal government's plan to diminish financial advice laws will cost half a billion dollars a year for consumers.

University students continue to vocalise their discontent at planned uni fee hikes, and now one senior academic has changed sides on the debate.

The latest report has shown some encouraging gains from attempts to close the gap in Indigenous education.

Young people are being swayed by the “relaxing” and “fun” image of a dangerous smoking device, and researchers say it must be addresses in order to cut future addictions.

China has given its local governments a small power boost, letting them sell and repay their own bonds for the first time.

Some West Australian councils are now considering legal action over their forced merger.

Some Victorian Councils are concerned that a new website for comparing rates and other performance measures will make certain regions look bad.

With no meaningful federal option, state governments are being urged to create better protections for whistleblowers.

The Federal Government’s inquiry into the economic future of the northern half of Australia has been touring the region, talking to various groups about the path to a successful tomorrow.

There is very little support around for Queensland Premier Campbell Newman’s latest legal moves, which critics say are designed to spare his government the embarrassment hitting the LNP in New South Wales.

As the tough federal budget continues to take a bashing, a new report may show how government businesses can find some more room to move.

The architect of Australia’s significant education funding reforms has lamented their deterioration, just a few years after being put in place.

The Federal Government says it will review a draft World Heritage Committee decision, which rejects an application to delist some Tasmanian forests.

Many rue the idea of having to leave the comfort and convenience of urban living for work in regional areas, with many having to be paid considerably more to “go rural”.

Some leading figures in the Australian research community say the $20 billion “medical research future fund” is a good idea, but will not work unless the policy-makers start listening to scientists.

The world’s polluted atmosphere means plants are becoming less nutritious, and risk losing some key ingredients altogether.

Very few people would consider their office a bastion of good mental health, nor would they say it is the best place to learn how to calm issues of the distressed mind, but a recent study suggests this may in fact be the case.

Depression in mothers often hits hardest several years after giving birth, new research shows.

Grandparents are frequently roped-in to provide informal child care to their grandchildren, many say they are happy to do it, but research shows they get the short end of the stick.