Donald Trump has handed Elon Musk a central role in a new US Government efficiency drive.

The Federal Government wants to compel tech companies to actively prevent harm to users of their platforms.

The WA Government is seeking to reform senior secondary pathways.

The federal Credential Protection Register (CPR) has intercepted over half a million attempts to use stolen credentials.

Government boards need stronger policies to handle conflicts of interest, an audit finds.

A billion-dollar contract scandal has prompted serious questions about Australia’s Defence Department.

Queensland Premier David Crisafulli’s former training company appears to have claimed government funds for instruction hours that were never provided.

WA Labor’s electioneering, funded by taxpayers, has drawn fire from the state’s corruption watchdog.

The Federal Government says it will release a confidential chapter of the Robodebt Royal Commission’s final report at some point.

Optus has been fined over $12 million for Triple Zero service failures.

New standards are being created to drive diversity in Australia’s tech sector.

The planet is on fire, and 2024 may be the hottest year yet.

Australia has appointed its first anti-slavery watchdog.

A new report takes an in-depth look at Australians’ views on mining.

The UN says much more climate adaptation is needed as global temperatures creep dangerously close to a 1.5°C increase.

New legislation has been introduced to make free TAFE permanent.

Legislation to ban social media access for those under 16 is expected to pass Parliament soon.

A former Home Affairs employee has been given a suspended jail sentence for unauthorised access to records.

Parliament House is still an unsafe workplace, a new report reveals.

A new report suggests Australia’s mental health care system is stretched beyond its limits.

The 29th UN Climate Change Conference, COP29, kicks off in Baku, Azerbaijan this week.

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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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