South Australia and Maryland have formalised a significant collaboration aimed at developing the skilled workforce needed for the AUKUS program.

A lizard-inspired building system may prevent full-scale collapses.

The Mining and Energy Union has accused Rio Tinto of risking workers' safety following a train derailment in Western Australia.

Work Health and Safety (WHS) ministers have agreed on moves to address the rising concern of silicosis among workers.

A green iron manufacturing facility in central Queensland is set to proceed thanks to federal government tax incentives for renewable hydrogen.

New degrees in planning and surveying aim to address a critical skills shortage.

EDO analysis has uncovered widespread greenwashing in major Australian sectors.

The Victorian Government is set to introduce new legislation to better protect customer-facing workers ...

Oil and gas producers have expressed relief after the Albanese government reached an agreement with the Greens.

The Queensland Government has announced a major expansion of Stanwell's Central Queensland battery energy storage system.

The conduct of the Environmental Defenders Office in a court case with Santos has been reviewed.

A Federal Court ruling allows coal and gas projects to continue ignoring the impacts of their emissions.

Moving to a five-day work week seems to help construction worker wellbeing.

The Federal Court has increased penalties against the CFMEU.

The United States shale oil industry faces lawsuits and regulatory actions over alleged collusion to manipulate prices.

A provider has been suspended over substandard black lung testing for coal miners.

Electricity distributor Powercor has been ordered to pay a $2.1 million fine after failing to maintain vegetation around power lines.

While Labor has put the focus back on gas, the Coalition is holding on to its nuclear ambitions.

Victoria is continuing its move away from household gas.

The Albanese Government wants to broaden Australia’s skilled workforce in clean energy sectors.

ANZ says it is restricting oil and gas financing.

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For the last few weeks we have been bogged down in the very Earthly matters of royalty, budgets, politics, humanity and celebrity - all good prompts to look away, up into the infinite. 

Health authorities, politicians and scientists have been slowly introducing the world to the concept of ‘One Health’ - an all-inclusive approach to health that extends from the human body right through the global environment. 

This year’s Nobel Prizes honour discoveries that unwind our notion of truth, our understanding of ourselves and the human story, the complexities of cells and the very basics of the universe. 

XENOTRANSPLANTATION - sounds like something that would happen to an ill-fated crew member in Star Trek, but it is also a technical term for using non-human parts to treat or enhance our own bodies. 

I am Tim Hall; a red-blooded, beer-drinking, car-driving Australian male who has no interest in watching sports – at least, not the sports played by humans.

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