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The South Australian Government has called on the public to comment on a consultation paper released last week which will aim to shape the future of the State’s science, research and iinnovation policies.

 

Published on: ResearchCareer

The South Australian Government has announced it has started the national search for the inaugural South Australian Independent Commissioner Against Corruption (ICAC).

Published on: GovernmentCareer - State

Consumer and commercial data intelligence specialists Veda has warned issued a public warning against an over-reliance on credit in this upcoming Christmas season.

Published on: FinanceCareer

The Federal Government has released its first national biodiversity prospectus, setting out the framework for the Government’s investment in biodiversity conservation within the Land Sector Package and sustainable environment stream of Caring for our Country.

Published on: GreenCareer

The Federal Government has announced that five regional organisations and irrigation businesses will share in $100 million in funding to upgrade their on-farm infrastructure in the latest round of the On-Farm Irrigation Efficiency Program. 

 

Published on: GreenCareer

The Asset Owners Disclosure Project (AODP) has released the first ever global change investment index, showing how the world’s biggest investors are managing climate risk.

Published on: GreenCareer

The Climate Institute has welcomed the conclusion of the Doha Climate Summit, saying its agreement towards streamlining negotiations towards a new legally binding agreement by 2015 is a step in the right direction.

Published on: GreenCareer

The CSIRO has announced it has begun work on a new computer model which it says will enable communities and aquaculture industries to better assess the environmental and human impacts on the state’s marine environments.

Published on: GreenCareer

The New South Wales Government has announced it has awarded Macmahon Holdings/Bouygues Travaux Publics Australia the $260 million project to deliver the North Strathfield Rail Underpass project.

Published on: EngineeringCareer

Victoria is continuing to frustrate the Federal Government’s attempts to roll out its planned workplace health and safety harmonisation legislation, despite it being based on Victorian law.

Published on: OHSCareer

Construction of the new $870 million Moorebank Units Relocation Project in Holsowrthy has begun, following the turning of the first sod by Parliamentary Secretary for Defence, Senator David Feeney.

Published on: EngineeringCareer

WorkCover Queensland has announced it will be holding a free forum for employers in the passenger transport industry on 23 January 2013.

 

Published on: OHSCareer

A team of researchers from the University of Queensland (UQ) have teamed up with a group of coal industry experts to develop an online database to deliver a ‘contemporary body of knowledge’ on managing mine site risks.

 

Published on: ResourcesCareer

Freshly rebranded rail haulage company Aurizon has announced it has secured a new performance-based contract with Rio Tinto Coal Australia.

Published on: LogisticsCareer

The nation’s largest rail freight company, QR National, has officially adopted Aurizon as the company’s new trading name.

Published on: LogisticsCareer

Hunter Valley Coal Chain Coordinator’s (HVCCC) Chief Executive, Jonathan Vandervoort, has announced he will be stepping down from the role in January next year.

 

Published on: ExecutiveCareer

Fluctuating resources prices will set in motion a chaotic chain of events unless governments and businesses ‘get to grips’ with a new world order defined by resource politics, according to a new report released by Chatham House.

Published on: ResourcesCareer

The Federal Government has released the annual State of the Cities report card, concluding that while the nation’s major cities remain among the world’s most liveable, they are increasingly affected by extreme weather events.

Published on: EngineeringCareer

One worker is injured every 18 minutes in Victoria, according to new data released by WorkSafe.

 

Published on: OHSCareer

The Federal Government has announced the appointment of Alison Lansley as the new Director of the National Broadband Network Company (NBN Co).

 

Published on: ExecutiveCareer

The Federal Government's National Assessment Plan - Literacy and Numeracy is set to be conducted online, after Education Ministers signed an in principle agreement.

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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