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The ASX has released a revised draft of the Listing Rule Guidance Note 8 that would seek to provided listed companies with clear, more detailed information to assist them understand and comply with their continuous disclosure obligations.

 

Published on: ExecutiveCareer

Survival rates for Victorian children diagnosed with cancer have hit an all time high, according to new research released by Cancer Council Victoria.

 

Published on: HealthCareer

The Federal Government has announced the formation of a bi-committee to advise on the future of constitutional recognition of local government.

Published on: GovernmentCareer - Local

The Queensland Coordinator-General has announced the release of an environmental impact statement (EIS) for the $4.2 billion South Galilee thermal coal project as part of the Alpha coal mine in Central Queensland.

Published on: GreenCareer

The Monash University has announced renowned researcher and legal consultant Professor Bryan Horrigan as its new Dean of the Faculty of Law.

Published on: EducationCareer

The Victorian Government has released the results of a study into the effectiveness of side airbags at the Australian Performance Vehicles (APV) Tech Centre in Melbourne.

Published on: LogisticsCareer

WWF Australia has come out swinging at the Queensland Government’s recent changes to coastal protection laws, saying they risk irreparably damaging the Great Barrier Reef, warning that it could soon be put on UNESCO’s World Heritage Danger list.

Published on: GreenCareer

Over 1.7 million women had a screening mammogram through BreastScreen Australia in 2009-10, with 1.3 million being in the 50-69 year old target group according to a report released by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW).

Published on: HealthCareer

The Federal Government has released its annual report into the state of Australian children, concluding that children from low-socioeconomic families are significantly less likely to believe in their educational potential.

Published on: EducationCareer

The Federal Government has released a new online research tool for students wanting to find about student payments, including Youth Allowance, Austudy and ABSTUDY.

Published on: EducationCareer

The Murray-Darling Basin Authority has announced it will increase releases of water from the Meneindee Lakes to the Lower Darling River as of Friday this week.

Published on: WaterCareer

The Queensland Water Minister, Mark McArdle, has said that there are no plans by the Government to act on easing the State’s water restrictions.

Published on: WaterCareer

The Tasmanian Government has announced it will push the current retail energy price determination will be rolled forward to next year to ensure power price rises are controlled.

Published on: GovernmentCareer - State

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has initiated Federal Court proceedings against Hewlett-Packard Australia (HP) over alleged contraventions of the Australian Consumer Law.

Published on: ICTCareer

Queensland irrigation farmers will now have control of the installation of water meters on their properties under changes announced by the State Government.

 

Published on: WaterCareer

The South Australian Government has announced it is seeking feedback on new rules for clear and consistent standards of behaviour in the State’s 68 councils.

Published on: GovernmentCareer - Local

A student who’s novel approach to developing a vaccine that could render chlamydia a harmless bacteria is just one of the country’s recently named top science students at the 2012 AusBiotech/GSK Student Excellence Awards.

Published on: EducationCareer

The Western Australian Government has announced an expansion of the Mining Industry Advisory Committee in a bid to promote greater representation from the sector.

Published on: ResourcesCareer

Sydney Water has made a call for tenders to naturalise a one kilometer stretch of river bank along the Cooks River as part of a multi-million dollar project to improve stormwater management in the area.

Published on: GreenCareer

A survey conducted by Melbourne Water shows that people are increasingly using their toilets as aquatic rubbish bins, with cotton wool and sanitary items regularly making their way passed the S bend.

Published on: WaterCareer

The Queensland Government, University of Queensland the CSIRO have announced the launch of the new Northern Beef Research Alliance (NBRA).

Published on: ResearchCareer

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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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