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Protests are planned to make sure the world does not forget about 200 Nigerian schoolgirls, who have been missing for more than two weeks.

A key business group and some rising Australian entrepreneurs have slammed the way the federal government chooses suppliers for billions of dollars worth of contracts.

ANZ has posted a half-year cash profit of $3.5 billion, beating forecasts by about $3.4 billion.

Australian experts have helped add to the periodic table, confirming the discovery of its latest element.

If teachers or parents want their young children to help out, research shows the choice of words is all-important.

More students need to look at careers in trades and training, if the nation is to tackle its skills shortages.

The university sector will be waiting to hear its funding future, with a number of recommendations to reduce the role of public money.

The federal government may give almost all control of public education to state governments, if it accepts certain recommendations from the recent audit.

An Australian economist says the federal budget crisis does not actually exist, but has been made up to sell broad government cuts.

Amnesty International has slammed the secrecy surrounding Australia’s offshore asylum seeker facility on the island of Nauru.

With women woefully underrepresented in local government nationwide, several councillors have begun to speak out about what it means to be often the only female in regional chambers.

The world's biggest coal port has been sold for $1.75 billion, but residents of the city it serves may have been short-changed.

A Supreme Court ruling has stopped one council from increasing rates on rental owners, which several other regions have already done.

Today is day two of a conference bringing local and state government workers together to improve the efforts of both.

The Palmer United Party has matured from a political curiosity into a proper powerhouse, picking up new members and continuing to annoy the established factions.

The Queensland Premier’s incursions into the state’s legal system have caused some strong concern this week, as he moves to modify the Crime and Misconduct Commission.

A band of roaming metallurgists will visit some of Australia’s most remote schools, burning things, blowing them up and getting students excited about mineral science.

While almost no-one is comfortable with the surprise presence of spiders or other creepy-crawlies, for some people a deep-held phobia can seriously affect lives.

Federal and state governments have not begun to deliver a promised $280 million concessional loan program for farmers.

Western Australia’s shark culling trial ends this week, but the state is trying to extend it for three more years.