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The Australian construction industry may be facing a critical shortage of surveyors, with skilled workers retiring at a faster rate than new ones are being trained.

Published on: TradesCareer

Fewer Australians are dying of heart attacks, the latest Heart Foundation report has found.

Published on: HealthCareer

As the DisabilityCare program is rolled out nationwide some kinks have yet to be worked out in the provision of help to Indigenous communities.

Published on: HealthCareer

India is introducing the world’s largest subsidised food plan next month; it will offer life-saving grains to around 810 million people.

Published on: HealthCareer

The British Government is waiting to see whether plain packaging on cigarettes in Australia has worked before similar legislation is introduced in the UK.

Published on: HealthCareer

Three Melbourne tradies have been praised for their courage and quick-thinking after chasing down and apprehending a burglar.

Published on: TradesCareer

A recent study has shown the practice of posting school results to an online database for comparison may not actually improve academic performance.

Published on: EducationCareer

Greece has been thrown another financial lifeline, with the EU and the International Monetary Fund agreeing to a $9.5 billion deal to spare the country from defaulting on debts.

Published on: FinanceCareer

The man tasked with launching the National Broadband Network is stepping down. NBN Co. chief Mike Quigley has announced he is retiring from the company and corporate life.

Published on: ExecutiveCareer

It seems a misplaced word is all it takes to upset the balance of the global financial market, if you are the Chairman of the United States Federal Reserve.

Published on: ExecutiveCareer

Queensland Premier Campbell Newman has announced an independent committee will be set up to deal with State MP's salaries, after outrage over a planned 42 per cent increase to politicians' pay.

Published on: ExecutiveCareer

Clive Palmer has said there is no doubt he will operate a lucrative new port in Western Australia, following reports the Federal Government was being pushed to revoke his license.

Published on: ExecutiveCareer

The Federal Agricultural Minister has signed off on a new emergency loans system for Queensland farmers, ending months of squabble and debate about funds for floods and fires.

Published on: FinanceCareer

A principal in Western Australia is facing court on charges he burned down a school and the building that replaced it, in order to cover up a range of credit card frauds and thefts.

Published on: EducationCareer

Yahoo’s CEO must be doing something right; during the year Marissa Mayer has had the job employee satisfaction has hit a five-year high.

Published on: ExecutiveCareer

A man described as one of Australian media acquisitions’ “best closers” is stepping down, leaving a significant void in the Nine Network.

Published on: ExecutiveCareer

A former investigator for the Australian Securities and Investments Commission and the National Australia Bank may be looking to return to this side of the Tasman, after completing his contract with New Zealand’s financial watchdog.

Published on: ExecutiveCareer

Troy Resources executives may not be all smiles after a friendly takeover of Azimuth Resources.

Published on: ExecutiveCareer

A Federal Government group has been formed to advise the National Archives on a project dealing with the forced adoption and relocation of thousands of Australians from around the country.

Published on: GovernmentCareer - Local

The Chief Minister of the Northern Territory says he is holding out for an education deal that will not push the Territory further into debt.

Published on: EducationCareer

Perth is Australia’s most expensive city to live in and 10th worldwide, according to a new report.

Published on: GovernmentCareer - State

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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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