The Federal Treasurer says further increases to the pension age are inevitable, and that people should “work as long as they can”.

Analysts have ranked Australia poorly in terms of internet access, affordability and investment.

A native title agreement has been signed to allow deepwater port to go-ahead in WA.

The United Nations refugee agency says it continues to get no response from the Australian government for its questions over the asylum seeker ‘turn back’ policy.

Primary school students will be encouraged to assess their place in the universe, the nature of existence and the morality of human behaviour, when some Victorian school introduce ethics classes this year.

Japan will hunt whales again, after it announced a ‘redesign’ of its ‘scientific’ slaughter.

International authorities are coming together to develop solutions to the risks in one of the world’s most dangerous workplaces.

The Australian Labor Party is set to take on a new form with less union involvement and backroom dealings, if leader Bill Shorten has his way.

There is speculation this week that the Federal Government will look to axe a major water policy advisory body in the effort to cut costs.

A key employers’ lobby group has accused various unions of receiving big payoffs by selling expensive yet inferior income protection insurance.

Some of the most expensive schools in the country are forking out massive sums for new works to attract the next generation of well-off students.

Millions will be made after Trade Minister Andrew Robb’s visit to Abu Dhabi, signing a deal to sell Australian uranium to the United Arab Emirates.

Padbury Mining is refusing to break its silence on the identity of the $6 billion backer for a bid to build the Oakajee port and rail project.

It is all but inevitable that humans will create an Artificial Intelligence capable of outdoing to the human brain, and Stephen Hawking says we should be better prepared.

One of the main organisers of a recent major film festival says movie companies need to embrace internet distribution and stop lashing out at digital ‘pirates’.

A hotly-anticipated tech company’s float on the stock market has missed expectations.

Federal Attorney-General George Brandis says ignoring people who deny climate science is “medieval”.

Russia has waived about $10 billion of North Korean debt in exchange for a gas pipeline through the secretive country to South Korea.

Australian public broadcaster the ABC has been given permission to broadcast its Australia Network content to the entire Chinese population.

A recent conference has heard of a shift in China, re-tooling its education sector to produce the science and technology that will fuel the future.

The City of Perth is looking at bringing back laws to make begging a crime, as numbers on the street increase.

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