Australia, one of the world’s largest gas exporters, is poised to begin importing natural gas.

RBA Governor Michele Bullock says persistently high inflation continues to strain Australian households.

ASIC has released updated misconduct reporting guidelines for administrators.

The CPSU says significant parts of the community will not be recognised in the upcoming census.

A new report shows the growing international success of First Nations trade and tourism businesses.

The Commonwealth is working on support for those excluded from the NDIS.

NSW is shaking up its $42 billion procurement system, demanding agencies prioritise local businesses or explain why not.

ASIO wants better access to encrypted chats.

New funding has been opened to funnel kids into defence STEM jobs.

Despite being keen for new retail technologies, Australian consumers appear to fear and mistrust them.

The Federal Government has outlined new “guardrails” for businesses’ use of AI.

Mobile phones do not cause brain cancer, a major WHO-backed study confirms.

A new offshore wind zone has been declared off WA.

Australia’s new environmental watchdog could end up baring blunt teeth.

A new federal funding split has not gone over smoothly.

Fallout from the CFMEU crackdown continues.

A Sydney businessman has been jailed for bribing an ATO official to slash millions off his tax bill.

A new review will assess the effectiveness of Australia’s Family Court system.

Australia is launching its $1 billion push to turbocharge local solar manufacturing.

Experts have reviewed the extreme staff turnover in remote health services.

New stats suggest Australia is facing an overdose crisis.

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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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