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The Australian National University (ANU) has launched its new Food Policy Institute, aimed at helping put food on our plates and improving food security across the globe.

Published on: WaterCareer

The South Australian Government has announced it will commit $100 million to fund to improve road safety across the state in this year’s Budget. 

Published on: EngineeringCareer

The Victorian Government has signed up to the Inter-Governmental Agreement for the Murray Darling Basin Plan’s implementation and an associated funding agreement.

Published on: GreenCareer

Australian children of same-sex couples fare better on average than families from the general population on a number of key measures of health and family cohesion, according to new research from the University of Melbourne.

Published on: ResearchCareer

The Queensland Government is seeking feedback on its recently released 30 Year Water Strategy discussion paper.

Published on: GreenCareer

The Victorian Government has announced it has met with national and international organisations interested in the delivery of stage one of the East West Link.

Published on: EngineeringCareer

The Victorian Government has unveiled a new campaign aimed at getting younger employees to speak up if they’re unsure about the safety of their workplace.

Published on: OHSCareer

The ACT Government has committed a total of $17 million for the construction of a light rail service for the Canberra in its 2013-14 Budget.

Published on: EngineeringCareer

The Australasian Railway Association (ARA) has slammed the NSW Rail, Train and Bus Union for using ‘fear tactics to prevent productivity’ after the New South Wales Government announced the rollout of full-automated rapid transit driverless trains.

Published on: LogisticsCareer

The Queensland Government is calling for community feedback on Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed $1.76 billion Byerwen Coal Mine, north of the Bowen Basin.

Published on: GreenCareer

The Victorian WorkCover Authority (VWA) and WorkCover NSW have teamed up to deliver a joint safety project with local construction businesses to raise awareness of the similarities of safety legislation on either side of the border.

Published on: OHSCareer

The Federal Government has announced the latest series of job workshops for sacked Queensland public servants, with the first one kicking off in Brisbane before heading north.

Published on: HRCareer

The Queensland Government has passed new legislation through State Parliament that changes the definition of a worker for workers’ compensation purposes.

Published on: OHSCareer

The Federal Government has come out in support of calls for the establishment of a code of conduct between independent automotive repairers and car manufacturers to allow repairers access to crucial data needed to service modern cars.

Published on: EngineeringCareer

Queensland organisations will share in over $500,000 in funding to implement innovative programs aimed at making the state’s workplaces safer and healthier. 

Published on: OHSCareer

The Federal Government has announced the formation of the country’s first National Asbestos Exposure Register.

Published on: TradesCareer

The nation’s residential construction sector has stagnated, with the recent GDP figures showing now growth in the industry in the March 2013 quarter, according to the Housing Industry Association (HIA).

Published on: TradesCareer

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has released a new paper outlining potential legislative avenues used to regulate the use of near field communications (NFC) devices.

Published on: ICTCareer

The Queensland Government has released new training and skills plan which it says will see significant investment directed towards essential courses and qualifications.

Published on: TradesCareer

The Queensland Government has announced it will make ‘ICT open and accountable like never before’ after announcing its new IT dashboard.

Published on: ICTCareer

The Northern Territory has launched its new $3.95 million Creating Opportunities for Resource Exploration initiative aimed at assisting mineral and petroleum explorers make the ‘next major discovery in the Northern Territory’.

Published on: ResourcesCareer

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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. 

I am Tim Hall; a red-blooded, beer-drinking, car-driving Australian male who has no interest in watching sports – at least, not the sports played by humans.

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