Whooping cough has been declared an epidemic in the heartland of the American anti-vaccine movement.

A Chinese court has ruled in favour of workers who were fired for going on strike, and incredible move for the nation’s labour laws.

Australians were scammed out of $89 million last year, with the latest stats showing the digital con-jobs fleecing thousands of people every year.

British architects have unveiled their plans for set of massive Chinese skyscrapers, one of which would feed renewable energy into the other.

Science has added some data to the observable trend that coolness in high school does not last.

Payday lenders clearly target cash-strapped residents in poorer suburbs, a new study has shown.

Experts will discuss the economic goldmine that is the brain at a talk in Sydney this week.

Thousands of union workers and supporters have descended to the streets of Melbourne to voice their outrage at what they see as a heavy-handed federal budget.

A former chief minister of the Northern Territory will lead the latest efforts to draw more economic value from the northern half of Australia.

One expert has slammed the New South Wales Government’s plan for a partial sale of the electricity network.

A mystery has taken wing in Western Australia, after dozens of elite athletes went missing mid-race.

The Treasurer has mounted an impassioned defence of the Federal Budget, in an address to business associates at the Sydney Institute.

Several issues have combined to reduce the level of corporate social responsibility in Australia, a study says.

The Federal Government has released another green paper covering some ideas for development in the northern half of Australia.

Aboriginal artists will work on a powerful new sculpture, formed out of the remnants of recent exploitation.

One US company wants to create a world of ‘start-up’ governments, which hold sovereignty in floating cities on the ocean.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott has defended Australia’s role in a multinational spy information-sharing network, and will never apologise for “doing what’s necessary”.

The brother of Australia's Customs and border protection chief Michael Pezzullo will be sentenced on corruption charges today, over allegations he sold prescription drugs within his brother’s department.

BHP Billiton says it will hitch its wagon to China’s rising economic star, as the nation moves from a construction-led economy to a consumption power-house.

The future of human transport could come from a new building in the UK, with the launch of a centre aimed at catapulting mobility into a new era.

A building in Norway has become the world's first to be renovated to produce more energy than it consumes.

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