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Before you go hating HR, ask yourself: what are the alternatives?
A court decision slugging Chevron Australia with a tax bill also reveals the use of an accounting measure that obscures tax paid in Australia.
A fortnight of exams in year 12 can be a stressful time for students. Here’s some tips for parents on how to take control of exam stress.
The social network giant is developing new software that could be used to help personalise learning in schools. It’s a move that should have some worried they could lose business.
This has been Australia’s hottest October on record. And the record-breaking temperatures are at least six times more likely thanks to human-induced global warming.
The retail giant’s attempt to head off Aldi’s growing market share is causing more headaches for shareholders.
Although there are significant challenges to making data within My Health Record useful in the management of a person’s health, the move to make it more open is positive.
There was something unusual about the 2011 earthquake which caused so much damage in Japan. We should now look at other risk zones to see if something similar could happen there too.
The GFC killed off Australia’s timber plantation boom, leaving behind a million hectares of timber. But by recognising the carbon value in these trees, a new industry could grow in place of the old.
For every film, specialists are employed for everything from rigging the lights executing the stunts. The announcement of two major new productions coming to Australia will develop that expertise.
The choice of Adam Goodes as David Jones ambassador is on the pulse, but the concept of a “Face of” is outdated.
Amnesty International believes its evidence shows that Australia organised or directed the crew of an asylum seeker boat to commit the crime of people smuggling into Indonesia.
Right now, teachers across Australia are busy writing up end-of-year report cards for nearly 4 million school students. But what should you do if your child brings home a report you’re not happy with?
Despite perceptions of a divided and troubled nation, social cohesion in Australia actually improved on most measures in 2015, the latest Scanlon Foundation survey finds.
Franchisors exercise a lot of control over their franchisees, but it’s a different story when it comes to store workers.
Changes in temperature and season do affect our health – and not just when the weather turns cold.
As a landowner, can you veto a coal seam gas development? And does the environment minister have the power to say no to coal mines?
Google has lost the latest round in the ongoing defamation case about its delivery of potentially harmful search results.
While Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin openly draws on medieval and early modern history in the worlds of his books, his subversive depictions of witchcraft make his female characters both intriguing and powerful.
Tony Abbott’s Margaret Thatcher Lecture, delivered in London on Tuesday night, provides a fitting epitaph to his government.
The government compels us to do lots of things without any incentive payment, so why should super be any different?
Consumers want to eat eggs that are kinder to hens. But with most laying hens bred for cages and not suited to roaming free, it will take farmers a while to catch up and breed happier chooks.
Australians have come a long way in understanding depression. Most recognise the symptoms and believe in the value of professional help. But anxiety disorders have been left behind.
The Academy says it will withdraw “millions of dollars” from investments in environmentally sensitive activities, primarily in energy and mining companies.