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An Australian scientist will Chair the Science Committee of the new international Future Earth initiative. CSIRO researcher Dr Mark Stafford-Smith has been appointed as the inaugural committee’s Chair, he will be joined by fellow Australian scientist Prof Xuemei Bai who was also named as a member.

Published on: GreenCareer

The next big development in cancer treatments could be just drifting around in the ocean right now. Researchers have identified two new anticancer compounds inside the innocuous sea sponge, which has strong natural chemical defence capabilities.

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In a major coup for the country, Tasmania's southern eucalypt forests and Great Western Tiers have been awarded the highest level of global recognition for environmental value, listing on the UN World Heritage register.

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Freight and logistics giant DHL Global Forwarding has completed work on its $61.6 million facility in Sydney, the massive transport hub is set to open its doors today.

Published on: LogisticsCareer

The transport industry is one of the slowest to adopt new information technologies in its business practices, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

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Following recent reports of ever-increasing rates of dementia in Australia, a joint study between US, Australian, British and German scientists may provide some help to sufferers now and in the future.

Published on: EngineeringCareer

Researchers have created the highest reported drive current on a transistor, using a newly developed monolayer tungsten diselenide channel material.

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Engineers Australia is looking toward a green future for the country’s large-scale industrial works.

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An expert advisory group has warned of safety dangers at at least seven brown coal mines in the Latrobe Valley.

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On-the-spot fines will be issued for OHS breaches in the ACT, with new legislation to take place on Monday July 1.

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Financial woes continue for gold-miners Newcrest. The company has been forced to axe hundreds of local and Australian workers from plants in Papua New Guinea, where half its operations are located.

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Mining contractors Leighton Holdings has sealed the biggest deal in its history, signing on for $1.3 billion in work at Fortescue Metals’ Solomon Hub iron operation.

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The author of an Australian Securities and Investment Commission report into fallen timber company Gunns’ alleged withholding of information from investors has given evidence in court. He says the company’s internal reports were very different from those given to shareholders.

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Health and safety authorities have been forced to close another Australian school, following more reports of exposed asbestos in government buildings.

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The Transport Workers' Union says recent truck crashes are a reminder of the lethal pressures in Australia's most dangerous industry.

Published on: LogisticsCareer

One of the country’s main mining employers has stopped short of assuring his workers their jobs are safe.

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After a year of courting buyers and business reviews, Rio Tinto has decided to shelf the plan to sell off its diamond division.

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The Victorian Government is seeking to consult with transport industry members to develop an improved freight and logistics plan.

Published on: LogisticsCareer

Transport bodies in Victoria and New South Wales have been praised for improvements to level crossing safety, with safety group Tracksafe giving its approval.

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A company with a real niche market in Australia has resumed operations. The country’s only biodiesel producer is jumping on a low Australian dollar and restarting exports.

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The CEO of Engineers Without Borders has been named in one of the industry’s top awards. Lizzie Brown has become one of just eleven women on the 2013 list of Australia’s 100 Most Influential Engineers.

Published on: EngineeringCareer

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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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