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Another technology is being tried as a potential replacement for silicon in computer processors, with scientists creating a CPU made from carbon nanotubes.

A report says the figures behind the construction of the site for the 2022 FIFA world cup have been working their people to death, and will have to answer for a significant toll by the time the stadiums are complete.

The European Central bank’s monetary policy is “an expansive monetary policy and it will remain expansive as long as necessary,” according to its Executive Board member Joerg Asmussen.

The massive wholesale trade website Alibaba has defended its unusual command structure, which has also led to it likely being floated on the US Stock Exchange, rather than the Hong Kong equivalent.

School administrators in remote New South Wales have responded to comments by Education Minister Adrian Piccoli that they were in an “appalling” and “disgusting” condition.

Legislation which allows faith-based schools in Tasmania to refuse enrolment for students of opposing faiths has been tightened.

Two senior education bureaucrats have left the South Australian department in the wake of the Debelle inquiry.

Teaching staff at Deakin University are nearing the end of re-negotiations with management after industrial action to increase pay and secure better contracts.

The University of Canberra has pledged to provide housing for all first-year domestic students as well as all international students from next year.

New research shows children who nap in the afternoon perform better on visual-spatial tasks when they wake up.

Reports today say as many as six of the senior members of the Greens’ party have quit, but leader Christine Milne says it is not a sign of instability.

The South Australian Government says the Office of Consumer and Business Services found it has been overcharging builders for their licenses for nearly two decades.

The Prime Minister has announced that Warren Mundine will take the lead on the government’s Indigenous Advisory Council.

The South Australian Government has laid out plans to put aside millions of dollars a year for future spending.

Some concerns from the public sector over the new Federal Government’s widespread departmental shake-up may have been temporarily quelled.

Workers in the public sector can expect harsh consequences if they choose to air work grievances on social networks, according to a senior official.

The Coalition government has revealed some of its taste in departmental leadership, appointing two new heads from the same university and who were initially hired by the same senior public servant.

Allegations of bullying and misuse of funds have led to the sacking of the Wangaratta Council, with a bill to dismiss the entire pack passed this week.

A recent ‘mistake’ in a regional council’s definition of mining land could have implications for local, state and parliamentary relationships around the country.

Residents of the tiny Tiwi islands, 80km north of Darwin, are reportedly thrilled to get a new connection to the mainland.