An Australian betting empire faces court over alleged money-laundering blind spots.

Meta Platforms has reached a $50 million settlement over the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

Australia and Singapore have signed a potentially pivotal agreement to advance safe and ethical AI.

The Albanese Government has detailed reforms to the higher education system.

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has unveiled its first-ever national estimates of the LGBTI+ population.

ASIC is taking Binance Australia to court for allegedly leaving investors unprotected.

The Albanese Government has unveiled a new initiative aimed at making Australia a global leader in artificial intelligence (AI).

Millions in funding has been provided for research projects that link Australian scientists with international peers.

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

Australian courts seem to see fairness as optional, but draw the line at outright exploitation.

Tourism is booming, but so are its greenhouse gas emissions.

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 Coalition’s nuclear energy plan promises billions in savings - but skips the fine print.

Australia's mining sector is getting a green makeover with US$75 million in CEFC funding.

Rio Tinto is investing $2.5 billion to significantly expand its Rincon lithium project in Argentina.

Two major contractors face allegations of price fixing on Defence contracts.

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

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

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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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