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To be innovative, companies need to employ people with a wide range of technical and non-technical skills, a new study has found.
Mobilising and organising large numbers of voters makes for a powerful political force, and as a tool for change in democracies. Its use is not limited to ‘elites’.
Many adults who have a lifelong problem with migraines first experience them in childhood or adolescence.
As the new Australian parliament takes the reins, health groups are moving to ensure the new health minister addresses a major health threat in this term of government: climate change.
To understand how some creatures evolved, you need to see how their brain developed over millions of years. That’s now possible thanks to some clever use of scanning technology.
The ageing population is only a relatively small contributor to the growth in hospital admissions.
Tragic and violent events are increasingly being live streamed to the world. Are we learning something from these graphic visuals – or are we wallowing in voyeurism and confirming our prejudices?
There’s a wider trend towards linking the energy and climate portfolios, and not before time – the race is on towards a low-carbon economy, and joined-up policy gets faster results.
Plagiarism in public life is an ugly slight upon the intelligence and the trust of an audience.
At long last, Australia has a government that is prepared to introduce real-time disclosure for political donations – a crucial change that lets voters make an informed choice at the ballot box.
Where Russia broke the cardinal rule of doping – don’t get caught – the anti-doping regime has broken a cardinal rule of nature: don’t poke the Russian Bear.
How has the wealth of Australian households changed over the last 15 years?
Household incomes and wealth have remained stagnant since 2009.
Business Briefing: The hurdles, pitfalls and payoffs of investing in Indonesia
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When it comes to doing business in Indonesia, some Australian businesses have a lot to learn.
The blockchain just doesn’t do what most people seem to think it does.
Lack of public awareness and stigma associated with bed-wetting in older children means few seek professional help despite successful treatments being available.
Australia needs a clear bipartisan vision of its role in the world and a strategic agenda for the long-term national interest.
It is generally thought that science helps good ideas triumph over bad. But one old and oft-refuted idea that questions why we are who we are, and do what we do, refuses to die.
Graffiti and street art are not just a backdrop in Pokémon Go but also a template for how to navigate urban space. Indeed lovers of street art have long played their own kind of multi-player game, with sites and rewards hidden across the city.
For birds migrating to the top of the world, the warming climate could severely contract the available space they have to breed.
Australia will face stiff competition from other countries, such as the US and UK, so it must have a clear strategy for how to deepen its engagement with India’s higher education sector.
Will merging the environment and energy portfolios result in joined-up thinking, or one set of ideas steamrollering the other?
Curing HIV – or at least achieving long-term remission – is possible, under the right circumstances.
The reputation of Australia’s winemarkers is at risk because of the way taxes and subsidies distort the industry.