Australia’s flood insurance sector has failed to protect policyholders, a new inquiry reveals.

Qantas looks like it will have to pay millions after illegally sacking 1,700 workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tasmania’s Integrity Commission says it is under-funded, under-staffed, and overdue for reform.

Right-leaning public figures dominate the online hate speech scene, researchers reveal.

Former NSW Labor Minister Ian Macdonald is appealing his 14-year prison sentence for corruption.

The NSW Parliament has launched an inquiry into modern slavery risks.

The 2024 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) is on in Samoa this week.

Wholesale energy prices experienced sharp ups and downs this past quarter.

Rio Tinto is breaking ranks to back environmental reforms that its rivals oppose.

Australia’s birth rate has plunged to its lowest level ever, raising alarm.

The Albanese Government is cracking down on business practices it says are hurting consumers.

ANU has asked staff to sacrifice pay while cutting more jobs.

Australians are fed up with tax dodgers, and the ATO is cashing in.

Commonwealth Bank has been fined $7.5 million for breaching Australia’s spam laws.

Tasmania's role as an Antarctic gateway may be secure, but newly-funded wharf upgrades come with strings attached.

Australia’s latest defence plan promises billions in spending and thousands of jobs.

Experts have conducted a deep analysis of tech risks in Australia, commissioned by the federal government.

Australia’s critical infrastructure now has a cyber survival guide.

Digital payment outages in Australia are lasting longer.

Temporarily exceeding global climate targets could trigger lasting, irreversible damage, scientists warn.

Australian emergency medicine workers are increasingly alarmed by climate change.

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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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