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Entrepreneurs at Australia's largest startup hub have welcomed the Turnbull government's innovation ...

Santa isn't the only busy one: families outsource decorating of the tree

For some families, decorating a Christmas tree is a tradition done while bopping to Jingle Bell ...

The faster, cheaper way of sending money overseas

Australians are wasting millions of dollars by sending money overseas via the big four banks ...

Kurdish fighter Ashley Dyball tried to join the Australian Army

Australian deported home after fighting with Kurdish forces against Islamic State is under ...

Cash on the attack: New figures show 'wildly inflated' union action

Figures reveal stop work participation at each agency. And it's low, prompting accusations of union ...

'Only bishops' could refer child abuse allegations to police

Only bishops could refer child abuse allegations they discussed within a Catholic Church committee, ...

Science

Bacterial body clocks mimic sleep and activity in humans

Microbes created in the laboratory that synchronise their metabolisms could lead to new biological ...

Victorian Labor in Supreme Court action against whistleblower

The Victorian ALP's branch-stacking scandal has deteriorated into a bitter legal row with party ...

MLC: School council 'working on stability'

The school council of a Sydney private girls' school says it is "actively working on stability for ...

Koko Makura's journey in pictures

Nothing much seems to fluster Koko Makura thankfully. For most of this year, the eight-year-old ...

Editorial

Wrecking ball Trump still in the running

Donald Trump may just be the most sneered-at American on the planet after calling for Muslims to ...

Battle for 40,000 public servants

Union showdown at Defence and ATO as rebellion outvoted at Finance.

Public servants' second bite at cherry

Reforms will boost non-ongoing workforce and strip final approval for senior executive payouts.

'Nobody would wish to emulate it'

ObamaCare architect Ezekiel Emanuel says Australia's health system is heading for a showdown.

Auditor-General slams NSW Department of Education as enrolments surge

The number of students in Sydney's northern suburbs has surged 20 per cent over the past decade.

Australians rally behind toddler at risk of genital mutilation but she's 'still not safe'

Australian law and policy is to protect children here and abroad and Australians are rallying ...

Why you shouldn't buy a hoverboard for Christmas

The hottest gift under Australian Christmas trees this year may actually set your house on fire.

Thawley's message to public service

Departing secretary outlines threats to public service-government relationship and to Australia.

Politicians, top bureaucrats win 2% pay rise

Federal politicians, judges and top public servants will receive a 2 per cent pay rise next month ...

'The students are in tears, the teachers are in tears'

The principal of a private Sydney girls school has been forced to write to parents after a social ...

Australian greyhounds exported to Asia receive a 'death sentence': Animals Australia

The report said up to 30 Australian greyhounds were being shipped to Macau every month to replace ...

Our six deadly sins: now sleeping in could send you to an early grave

A surprise finding from a University of Sydney study has linked increased mortality to longer ...

Next-gen water condom 'like human skin'

Researchers are using brain scanning technology to test the "pleasure" attributes of the next ...

ACCC takes action against college over allegedly forged signatures

The ACCC will pursue NSW Empower Institute for $90 million in taxpayer funding after it alledgedly ...

ACT scores well on preventable admissions to hospital

The ACT boasts one of the lowest rates of preventable hospitalisations in the country, according to ...