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Queensland explores options in draft protected area strategy

Queensland explores options in draft protected area strategy

Science & Environment

The Queensland government hopes to bring more state land under environmental protection and is seeking ways to do it under...

Remembrance for Australia’s last hanged man Ronald Ryan

Remembrance for Australia’s last hanged man Ronald Ryan

Politics & Economy

Fifty years ago today the last person ever executed by an Australian state was hung in Victoria amid a howl...

Senate inquiry calls for end to indefinite detention of the disabled

Senate inquiry calls for end to indefinite detention of the disabled

Social Justice

A senate inquiry into the prisons of Australia has found around 100 people with disabilities are being detained without a...

First female Chief Justice appointed to the High Court in 113 years

First female Chief Justice appointed to the High Court in 113 years

The Law

Long serving High Court judge Susan Kiefel will replace outgoing Robert French as chief justice, becoming the first woman to...

Calls for safe injecting centres amid increased drug deaths

Calls for safe injecting centres amid increased drug deaths

Health

It is now widely acknowledged that the war on drugs has failed. A report released this week by the Global...

No tears as Supertrawler sails away

No tears as Supertrawler sails away

Science & Environment

Dutch Super trawler the Geelong Star has been fishing off the coast of Australia for the last few years. With...

Coalition gets first Double Dissolution Bill through

Coalition gets first Double Dissolution Bill through

Politics & Economy

In the early hours of this morning, the Senate in a slim majority, voted to pass the Fair Work (Registered...

NSW hopes for Indigenous language revival with new policy

NSW hopes for Indigenous language revival with new policy

Communications & Culture

New South Wales will become the first state in Australia to recognise Indigenous languages in law under a new policy...

The next steps to bridging the workplace gender divide

The next steps to bridging the workplace gender divide

Social Justice

The 2016 Workplace Gender Equality Agency Scorecard shows organisations are heading in the right direction but there is still work...

Dodgy Business: The continual collapse and growth of familiar scams

Dodgy Business: The continual collapse and growth of familiar scams

The Law

Pyramid schemes and multi-level marketing have become common place scams. The recent class action law suits against the property investor Pearls...