A touching Australian charity effort has extended the life of one young Timorese boy.

A big campaign has been launched this week to push for an Australian domestic gas reservation policy.

Activists claim to have shut down production at a number of mines in New South Wales, after community groups made a concerted effort to impede Whitehaven Coal.

New investigations have shown just how much money Australia’s biggest companies are avoiding paying in tax.

A new scheme has been launched with the aim of boosting professional development in the day care sector.

A new study shows that twenty-five per cent of first home buyers saved for more than five years before buying their property.

Proposed new laws are aimed at getting more job-seekers to turn up to their appointments with providers.

Experts have analysed just how much freedom Australian citizens have given up to fight the abstract enemy of terrorism.

There are signs of change on proposals which have caused indignation across Tasmania.

Insiders say pregnancy discrimination is widespread in Australian workplaces, and cases of women being marginalised for becoming mothers are on the rise.

Three Queensland researchers have had their work on cutting corruption featured in one of the most authoritative publications in the world.

A speech this week explored the idea that the Northern Territory’s rising prison population has been helping keep the economy in check.

Farmers, industry groups and the Federal Government are all calling for reform of coastal shipping regulations, but the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) says it won’t happen without a fight.

More than forty companies that support the building, mining and energy industries say Federal Government moves could put thousands of jobs at risk.

Insiders say a growing stoush in a WA gas field could be the next flashpoint for tensions between miners and indigenous groups.

Australia’s industrial relations laws could be about to change, with indications that new workplace inquiries and legislation are on the way.

A Victorian corruption hearing has been told that the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) routinely employs bikies to carry out threats and assaults.

Unions say rampant overcrowding at the Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH) has turned deadly.

A new study has shown how much a mobile phone can learn about its user’s lifestyle and mental health.

A group of 63 Australian economists have released a joint statement rejecting the Federal Government’s repeated insistence that the country is facing a “budget emergency”.

A public service insider has trashed the Prime Minister’s attempts to tackle indigenous affairs.

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