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There has been some concern about security in the medical community after a report found nurses and clinicians storing photographs of patients on personal devices.

A coronial inquiry into the deaths of three newborns in homebirths has prompted a push for heavy punishments to be created for unregistered midwives, which could include jail time.

A new technique is allowing researchers to screen cells for mutations and diseases in months rather than years.

Scientists at the University of Queensland have achieved quantum teleportation within an electronic chip, transmitting an atom instantly from one place to another.

New statistics from the ABS say illegal drugs add about $6 billion to the Australian economy every year, with cultivation shaping up as a rapidly-mushrooming domestic market.

Two of the hottest names in fashion will have a bit more cash to burn soon, with Myer announcing it will complete its buy-out of Sass & Bide worth about $30 million.

The stoush over the value of the Dell computer brand seems to have subsided, with reports shareholders have finally agreed to a $US24.9 billion buyout offer put forward by founder and CEO Michael Dell with venture group Silver Lake Partners.

Queensland’s big man of mining has cleared up his $90 million tax dispute and is ready for the possibility of taking up a role in federal government.

An astounding discovery has shown massive underground water supplies beneath a remote region of Kenya, normally plagued by drought.

Twitter is going public, the social media mammoth made the announcement in the only appropriate way overnight – condensing the news into a punchy 135-character tweet.

A new study has suggested students who read for pleasure are heading for much higher marks than their peers.

Former Prime Minister Julia Gillard has taken on a new role as an honorary professor of History and Politics at the University of Adelaide, saying she is excited at the new challenge.

Many members of Western Australia’s education sector are continuing to direct their outrage at the state’s premier and education minister, with reports this week the government is looking to axe hundreds of teachers’ positions in the next year.

Some schools may be considering CCTV cameras to protect staff from rampaging parents.

The chief executive of a key regional Victorian training centre has quit, her outgoing message said there were still big hurdles on the road ahead.

Internet video-chats are helping some Australian schools revive Asian language classes, and helping students connect across cultural and geographic boundaries.

Transformative may be the best word to sum up last weekend’s election and the resulting streams of acceptance, concession, pledging and promising.

The resource sharks are circling a proposed offshore petrochemical plant near the Northern Territory.

As reported earlier this week; a program in the Northern Territory has seen prisoners sign on as labourers in a salt mine – now union officials say the prisoners and local workers are being stitched-up by award rates.

Coal companies in Queensland are sticking to their single plan, looking to dredge more of the Gladstone Harbour and build the fourth gas export plant on Curtis Island.