The Business Council of Australia (BCA) has declared South Australia the best Australian state for doing business.

The ACT Government has been ordered to pay $265,000 in damages after a tribunal found it unlawfully discriminated against a former public servant over her “irrelevant” criminal history.

The Supreme Court of Victoria has dismissed a class action lawsuit against pharmaceutical giant Bayer.

The Victorian Government has unveiled a plan to halve the number of state business regulators by 2030.

The Federal Government has awarded a $2.3 billion detention contract to the Australian arm of a company linked to controversy in the US.

The law has caught up with fraudsters who siphoned millions from taxpayers.

Australia's job market is shrinking at the bottom, leaving the vulnerable stuck.

A survey conducted of NT paramedics union has found 88 per cent lack confidence in the leadership of St John Ambulance NT.

A proposed tax will target big tech companies to fund Australian journalism.

The Albanese Government has unveiled a new Regional University Study Hub in Longreach, Queensland.

The government’s $3 billion in student debt relief has kicked in.

Bill Shorten says Services Australia has made significant progress in repairing the damage from the Robodebt scheme.

A review of the Queensland Police Service (QPS) has revealed an entrenched system of racism, sexism, and exclusionary practices.

Workplace safety remains elusive for young LGBTQ Australians, as harassment runs rampant.

Woolworths' warehouse strike has ended, but not before shelves and patience ran dry.

BHP says Australia's mining future hinges on rocks, reforms, and racing against global rivals.

After less than 18 months of operation, Australia's $368 billion submarine agency is under review.

Katy Gallagher says cutting APS jobs is easy politics, but disastrous for public service delivery.

The ANAO wants happier, healthier staff - and a bit more creativity too.

Students will soon have a new legal ally in disputes with their universities.

The CPSU has raised urgent concerns about AI eroding fairness in public service recruitment.

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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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