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Australia may get to vote on which measures, if any, should be applied to stem the flow of money pouring into poker-machines around the country.

DHS cuts require clear view from at least three offices

A local report has accused Centrelink’s national boss of racking up excess costs, while the department sacks hundreds of workers.

Stats show slippage on equality drive

Statistics show one bureaucratic base is a fair way from hitting its Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employment targets, and may be filling low-level jobs just to boost numbers.

Big dig confirmed; there will be mud

Dredging has been approved that many believe will condemn the Great Barrier Reef to silty strangulation.

Stats stacked to break belief in lefties

David Bowie, Kurt Cobain, Abraham Lincoln and Leonardo da Vinci would not have been any less talented if they had been born right-handed, according to new research from two Australian universities.

Survey shows range of reasons to keep kids from jail

A new study has shown the compounding risks for young people in trouble with the law.

Alibaba buys truck access to internal market

One of the largest beneficiaries of the online shopping boom is spending $400 million on logistics to grab a hold of the central Chinese market.

Big works awarded for innovation and other aspects

A recent awards night has highlighted the success of many engineering, logistics and other built environment firms, praising the hard work of thousands during billions of dollars worth of infrastructure projects.

Logistics hub selling for boosted cheesy bid

Murray Goulburn is looking to trade trucks for cheese, bringing in experts to look at selling its logistics facility for more funds to bid on Warrnambool Cheese & Butter.

Big fine for false brew of cancer-curing tea

A GP has been charged and will now have to give a consent form to all his patients, after falsely claiming he could cure cancer with green tea.

Big stores vow to wind back unhelpful offers

The representative body for Australia’s smaller and independent service stations says the end of shopper dockets would be good, but they are not the only thing making the fuel market uneven.

Efforts coalesce to combat Coalition carbon plan

Broad opposition is forming to combat attempts by the Federal Government to introduce a ‘Direct Action’ policy to deal with climate change.

Long play could bring rapid technological progression

One billionaire has made a strikingly optimistic investment, banking on an invention which does not yet exist.

New hospital split forming, clinical services kept public

There has been some word on the public-private arrangement planned for the new $1.8 billion Sunshine Coast University Hospital.

Billions in fines show shadowy hands at work

Anti-trust regulators have fined six big banks A$2.5 billion for their role in rigging international interest rates, with an ongoing investigation to shine a sliver of light on the unknown mechanisms underlying global economies.

Consideration is the best way to easy retrenchment

An award has been given for a research project looking at how new jobs, the journey to work and the meaning of home play a role for men adjusting to being fired.

Difficult decisions have random basis

Crossroads are common on the path of life and everyone has different motivations for the direction they choose, but a new study suggests many of our choices are made by random fluctuations in the brain.

Experts say 'bird-brained' may be a good thing

Everybody knows someone with the memory of a goldfish or the grace of a boar, but it is important to note that we are animals too – and for the most part not that much smarter than our biological neighbours.

Finding the switch to keep on trucking

Some people are capable of incredible feats of perseverance and motivations, while others give up as soon as the going looks tough – but what if a switch in the brain could be flipped, causing an individual to anticipate a challenge and possess a strong motivation to overcome it.

Selling money to make money to give money away

Anyone wishing to re-enact the favourite past time of Scrooge McDuck may soon get their chance, with a Swiss bank auctioning-off a pile of 8 million coins.