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The Victorian Government has announced the summer works program for the Regional Rail Link, which is due to include new tracks, new signals and tunnel strengthening will be carried out over the quieter summer holiday period, Minister for Public Transport Terry Mulder said.

 

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A new report released by the Victorian Government appears to show a marked increased in the number of teachers entering hard-to-staff subjects, such as maths and science.

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The Victorian Government has announced it has granted planning approval for the $500 million expansion to Melbourne’s Chadstone Shopping Centre.

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The Victorian Government has announced its new Environmental Partnerships Initiative, aimed at promoting greater collaboration between government, business, industry and community groups in environmental conservation efforts.

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The Tasmanian Government has announced the State will be hosting the National Road Safety Forum next year following a meeting of Australian Infrastructure and Transport Ministers in Pert last week.

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The Tasmanian Government has officially opened the $191 million Brighton Bypass to motorists, months ahead of schedule.

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Australian businesswomen are significantly more likely to attribute their successes to the effort of a team than their male counterparts, according to new research released by Telstra.

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The National Transport Commission (NTC) has released a new discussion paper that suggests the uptake of new technology that would allow vehicles to ‘talk’ to each other could cut the road toll by as much as 25 per cent.

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The Queensland Government has moved to reassure prospective TAFE students that it’s ‘business as usual’ for the state’s vocational education and training provider.

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RMIT has opened it’s new $80 million centre for design research and training, aimed at increasing cross-disciplinary collaboration with industry in Australia and on the international stage.

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The Obesity Policy Coalition (OPC) has released comprehensive research from investigations into Australia’s self-regulatory system for food marketing.

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The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHRMC) has convened a discussion panel of leading H5N1 bird flue experts to discuss research to assist the Asia Pacific’s response to future epidemics of the disease.

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The New South Wales Government has announced a $20,000 competition aimed at encouraging the commercial development of apps for smartphones and tablets aimed at improving the health system and patient outcomes.

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The Victorian Government has announced it will allocate a further $40 million in capital grants to be shared between 92 services throughout the state.

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The Federal Government has announced it is set to join the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol.

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The Federal Government has welcomed news that a number of jurisdictions will now work co-operative to fund additional medical internship training private and public hospitals.

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The Western Australian Government has handed a $500,00 cheque to Telethon 2012, as well as $1 million in funding for a new child and adolescent health research program.

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The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has launched court proceedings against TPG Internet in the Federal Court over alleged failures to give customers access to the Triple Zero emergency call service.

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A panel of leading international experts on wireless devices and health will discuss the latest global research on the safety of devices such as mobile phones and phone towers at the Science and Wireless public workshop at Swinburne University of Technology.

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The National Broadband Network Co (NBN Co) has unveiled the next local government areas that will receive the fixed wireless service.

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The National Broadband Network Co (NBN Co) has announced the rollout of fibre optic cable in Coffs Harbour, forming part of the widespread rollout of the service in the area.

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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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