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The Business Council of Australia wants a serious overhaul of higher education.
Birmingham lifts language bar
The Federal Government has announced new English language requirements for foreign tertiary students.
Report reveals worst places for girls' education
South Sudan has been named as the world’s wort place for girls to receive an education.
Worldwide waistlines rise
There has been a ten-fold increase in the number of children and adolescents with obesity since 1975.
Abbott backs anti-science line
Former prime minister Tony Abbott says that if the world is getting warmer, it’s a good thing.
Climate change impacts coastal dolphins
A new study has warned of the effects of major climate events on local dolphin populations.
UTAS bargaining could halt results
University of Tasmania (UTAS) students are being caught up in industrial action over pay and conditions.
Health spend tops 10% GDP
Australian health expenditure topped 10 per cent of GDP for the first time in 2015-16, new data shows.
Pesticides appear in most honey
Three-quarters of honey worldwide contains traces of neonicotinoid pesticide, an international study finds.
Surgeon slams mesh scare
Media reports about vaginal mesh lawsuits have scared people off procedures that could improve their health ...
Big prize for microscopic advance
Three experts have received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their work on the cryo-electron microscope.
Call for support for kid witnesses
Experts say we need to know more about the effects on children when one of their parents kills the other.
Defence aims at maths minds
The Defence Department wants to recruit Australia’s top new mathematicians.
Unions complain about silent audit
Unions say there has been a lack of transparency over an audit into Tasmania's largest vocational education and training provider.
Agriculture emissions underestimated
Research says global methane emissions from agriculture are larger than previously estimated.
Mental exercise effected checked
Research suggests regular exercise of any intensity can prevent future depression.
New details on Earth's heartbeat
Australian researchers have uncovered new details on the major magmatic pulses beneath the planet’s surface ...
Nobel goes to gravity find
Three physicists have won a Nobel Prize for the discovery of ripples in space-time known as gravitational waves.
Scientist wants smoking ban
An Australian health expert says smoking should be banned entirely, replacing cigarettes with superior alternatives.