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The Queensland Government is forging stronger ties with a nearby oceanic neighbour; the nation of Papua New Guinea.

Published on: HealthCareer

A Labor party stalwart and one of Federal Parliament's longest serving members has announced his retirement.

Published on: GovernmentCareer - Federal

Politicians are defending a push for more pay, with one MP saying higher salaries might draw better people to politics.

Published on: GovernmentCareer - State

RMIT University has been awarded more than $4.7 million in grants to foster collaborative research.

Published on: EducationCareer

The Clean Energy Finance Corporation has made its first foray into the wind sector, putting up $50 million for Victoria’s MacArthur Wind Farm.

Published on: GreenCareer

A reptile showdown in the top end is ending in a win for cane toads; the pest species is decimating dwarf freshwater crocodile populations in northern Australia.

Published on: GreenCareer

Budget cuts have taken a bite out of one of Australia’s top research bodies.

Published on: EducationCareer

The remote town of Bedourie may soon be known for more than its eponymous ovens - the town has been named as the site of some of the best drinking water in Queensland.

Published on: WaterCareer

A parliamentary committee in New South Wales as heard commercial interests are more important than the environment, in the allocation of water.

Published on: WaterCareer

Research in the US has sought to pinpoint the exact effects and possible dangers of natural gas drilling near drinking water supplies.

Published on: GreenCareer

Desalinated water and recovered groundwater have prevented Perth’s dams from going offline during a dry and sunny winter.

Published on: GreenCareer

An Australian-lead trial could lead to a breakthrough vaccine treatment for malaria, one of the world’s deadliest diseases.

Published on: HealthCareer

Researchers from the Australian National University have teamed up with CSIRO scientists in an effort to survey global foliation data spanning nearly thirty years.

Published on: GreenCareer

CSIRO has announced a new leader for its water research initiatives, with the appointment of Dr Carol Couch as Director of the Water for a Healthy Country National Research Flagship.

Published on: WaterCareer

Retail workers’ unions are pushing for a pay rise for young workers, with an effort to bring adult pay rates to 18-year-olds.

Published on: HRCareer

Bicycles make up an incredible 24 per cent of traffic on London streets at rush hour, a survey has found.

Published on: GreenCareer

Unwise water wastage is the enemy of the state of Victoria, with a new billing scheme to punish those who don’t keep a cap on water use.

Published on: WaterCareer

The Federal Government has announced a $1.6 million grant for innovative projects to increase employment opportunities for people with disabilities.

Published on: TradesCareer

A Fair Work Pay Equity Unit has been formed to address the pay gap between men and women, with men being paid around 17.6 per cent more for the last twenty years.

Published on: HRCareer

An Industrial Relations inquiry has been called in NSW after revelations of a troubling irony; WorkCover NSW may be rife with workplace bullying.

Published on: GovernmentCareer - State

A new survey has revealed restlessness in Australia’s young work force, with more Gen Y’s taking flight for jobs overseas.

Published on: EducationCareer

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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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