A severe shortage of early childhood educators is pushing Australia’s care sector to the brink.

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

Over $10 million is being provided for grassroots programs to support Australia's most vulnerable communities.

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

A majority of Australians now support supervised injecting facilities, according to new research.

NSW’s Liverpool City Council is set to be suspended after courts confirmed the council's alleged dysfunction warranted intervention.

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

A new offshore wind zone has been declared off WA.

Queensland is cracking down on crocodile encounters with tougher penalties.

A NSW dam has been shut down after PFAS chemicals were found in its water.

A new federal funding split has not gone over smoothly.

Victorian police are set to resume industrial action this week.

The WA Premier has criticised some of the state’s major energy suppliers.

The AER is weighing the future of Basslink.

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

The New South Wales police commissioner wants to keep officers away from mental health incidents.

Tech upgrades are set to improve emergency response services in NSW.

The NACC commissioner has reflected on the watchdog’s first year, while others criticise its direction so far.

Before being rolled in an election over the weekend, the former NT Government had been facing serious calls for an investigation of its water plan approvals.

A new review outlines a critical moment for the Great Barrier Reef.

State and territory taxpayers could soon fund a larger share of major infrastructure projects.

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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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