The Federal Government says it will establish a national anti-corruption body, the Commonwealth Integrity Commission.

The Federal Government has accepted recommendations for new measures to guard religious freedom.

Australia could be on track to meet its Paris 2030 emissions reductions because of a loophole.

The Department of Defence has released a report into PFAS contamination at RAAF Base Edinburgh.

Labor has accused the Federal Government of “stacking” the Fair Work Commission (FWC).

Protests across the nation have called on the Government to stop Adani’s Carmichael mine going ahead.

Medicare will soon cover treatment for tens of thousands of Australians with severe eating disorders.

The competition regulator has issued a report on Google, Facebook and Australian news and advertising.

Australia’s first two Lockheed Martin F-35As are landing at their new home on Monday.

Labor has failed to oppose the Morrison government’s encryption bill.

A new survey has found senior public servants believe the APS is unprepared for tech advances.

CSIRO says its new satellite will help lift the veil on our extreme environment.

New evidence shows extreme mental health suffering on Nauru due to ...

The business sector wants the Federal Government to abandon its “big stick” approach to energy legislation.

The Federal Government has announced changes to its controversial school chaplains program.

Adani faces a new legal challenge over its plan to pump billions of litres of water ...

Labor appears to be resisting the Government’s call to back its decryption bill.

Australia’s main grids are on track to get three-quarters of their electricity from renewables by 2030.

The Federal Government is moving forward on its anti-slavery bill.

Students across the country have gone on strike and held protests over the lack of political action to address 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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