New research shows cryptocurrency mining uses a significant amount of water.

The nation's largest ports operator says data belonging to current and former employees was accessed in a recent cyber attack.

The PM has been accused of abandoning a merit-based hiring commitment.

The Australian Tax Office (ATO) has halted its pursuit of historical debts from tens of thousands of taxpayers.

Victoria's government will refund $7 million in taxes collected from electric vehicle (EV) owners after the High Court declared the tax unconstitutional.

Almost $14 billion was spent on Australia's health system response to COVID-19 up until mid-2022, according to a report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.

An investigation by the Integrity Commission in Tasmania has revealed public servants accepting gifts, including sports tickets, dinners, and Coles gift cards.

Inquiries are scrutinising the high profile Optus outage that left some without triple-0 access.

A scarcity of talent could be hampering Australia’s quantum industry.

Backroom fossil fuel deals have cast a pall on the COP28 climate talks.

Australia's gender pay gap has reached a historic low of 21.7 per cent.

Traditional owners are pursuing “no less than” $225 million in compensation over the Northern Territory's largest zinc and lead mine.

Major business lobbies say the Government is trying to rush IR amendments with no consultation ...

Retailers and workers are bracing for a surge in customer abuse as the holiday season approaches.

The latest Australian Government wage deal has sparked union discontent.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has dismissed Mike Pezzullo, the Secretary of the Department of Home Affairs ...

The IEA says oil producers must shift 50 per cent of investment to clean energy by 2030.

The Federal Government says politics could threaten its big gas plan.

Opposition is mounting against plans to store carbon in the Great Artesian Basin (GAB).

Clive Palmer's plans for a “carbon neutral” coal-fired power station in Queensland have hit a roadblock.

The rapid rise of green power could see the planet avoid dangerous levels of warming, a new report says.

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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. 

Even though many of us have been forced indoors, the COVID-19 crisis is eroding our privacy.

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