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Labor party branch members are set for their first ever say in who should be the ALP’s leader, after Anthony Albanese and Bill Shorten both nominated for the post. The contest will run for around a month…
A new test could help doctors better understand which prostate cancers are likely to remain slow growing and could be managed with surveillance only, potentially sparing thousands of men from unnecessary…
It’s no secret that many children and teenagers see themselves as immune to the risk of accidents and injury. Now, new research suggests that pointing out the positive aspects of avoiding risky behaviour…
Former treasurer Chris Bowen has made a public bid to “shadow” his old job in opposition. Ruling himself out as a contender for Labor leader, Bowen told a news conference he would be available to the new…
Tony Abbott has won government with a decisive majority but the Labor party has avoided the rout that it had feared. A victorious Abbott told the Liberal faithful “Australia is under new management; Australia…
Tony Abbott is set to clinch a strong victory at today’s election, according to a Nielsen poll that shows the Coalition leading 54-46% in two-party terms, a 4% swing since the 2010 election. Labor’s primary…
The Coalition would slash Australia’s foreign aid program by a massive $4.5 billion over the forward estimates, to finance its nearly $5 billion infrastructure plan to build roads, bridges and freight…
One of The Conversation’s most popular writers and columnists, evolutionary biologist Professor Rob Brooks, has won a 2013 Eureka Prize for his work on science communication. The annual Australian Museum…
Young children living in remote Indigenous communities have long been known to suffer from iron deficiency and anaemia at many times the rates found among other Australian children. Now a new report shows…
The proportion of Australians drinking 20 or more standard drinks in a single session has grown in the last decade, and the amount the heaviest drinkers are consuming annually is also on the rise, a new…
The world’s coral reefs will quickly dissolve if greenhouse gas emissions continue on current trends, a new simulation has found. Greenhouse gases cause the ocean to become warmer and more acidic, which…
Ever been woken in the wee hours by the bip-bip-bip of a smoke alarm that wants its batteries changed? App developer Marcus Schappi had, and he saw a way to use broadband technology to fix it. “When smoke…
Kevin Rudd has pitched to the “battler” vote and small business at a campaign launch in which he declared Labor was “now engaged in the fight of our lives” but could prevail next Saturday. Rudd told an…
The government claims to have found a $10 billion hole in the opposition’s $31.6 billion savings package. Labor bases its figure on material prepared before the caretaker period by Treasury, the Finance…
Researchers have discovered the earliest evidence yet of humans living in the Bolivian Amazon, putting the first known human habitation of the region at about 8000 years earlier than was previously thought…
The global burden of death and illness attributable to mental disorders and illicit drug abuse has risen steadily in the last 20 years, two new studies have shown, but experts say policy is not keeping…
Australia is approaching a “care tsunami” in which more people will find themselves juggling work with care of children and the elderly but experts have warned that neither major party has proposed adequate…
The Coalition has released a package of additional savings, bringing its total savings put out so far to $31.6 billion. Savings announced by shadow treasurer Joe Hockey and finance spokesman Andrew Robb…
Australia will be the first country in the world to display publicly specimens of Guanlong wucaii, a relative of Tyrannosaurus rex that helped confirm the link between dinosaurs and birds. The specimens…
Kevin Rudd has questioned whether Tony Abbott has the “temperament” to deal with foreign issues, notably the Syrian crisis. The Prime Minister said Abbott lacked a background in foreign affairs and had…
A proposal to move some or all of the Garden Island naval base fleet from Sydney has been slammed as too costly and a blatant bid to shore up Labor support in Queensland. In a speech to the Lowy Institute…
The amount of solar radiation passing through Earth’s atmosphere and reaching the ground globally peaked in the 1930s, substantially decreased from the 1940s to the 1970s, and changed little after that…
Long term unemployed young people could receive up to $6500 if they held down a job for two years, under an initiative announced by Tony Abbott today. Under a job commitment bonus payment people aged 18…
Travelling baby boomers, grey nomads and younger, adventure-seeking families are driving a rapid resurgence in caravan registrations at a time when traditional caravan park spots are in consistent decline…