Cancer. Heart disease. Pregnancy and fertility problems. Impaired learning. Mental illness. Debilitating infectious diseases. It’s a grim but incomplete list of the multitude of human health threats fossil fuels pose. But doctors fear Australians are yet to fully grasp what the ongoing use of coal, oil and...
A multi-billion dollar manufacturing boost will set up Australia’s economy for decades, the prime minister says. As debate continued in federal parliament on the government’s signature Future Made in Australia policy, Anthony Albanese said it would be the catalyst for investment not only at home but...
Australians are outliving people from other high-income English-speaking countries, a study suggests. People from Australia have a lower death rate for certain cancers and from heart and lung diseases, researchers say. They also have fewer deaths from drugs or alcohol. The study, published in the journal BMJ Open,...
Plans to raise the age from criminal responsibility beyond 12 in Victoria are being thrown into doubt. The state government is persisting with raising the age to 12 but has become reticent to reaffirm a previous pledge to lift it a second time as the state...
Australians are being urged to upgrade their mobile phones and check their medical devices as public safety concerns delay the 3G network shutdown. Telstra and Optus jointly announced the 3G closure would be pushed back to October 28. Both telcos had been preparing to switch off from...
The south east Queensland region has recorded its busiest ever weekend on public transport almost 10 days after a six-month trial of 50c fares was rolled out by the government. Patronage on public ferries, buses and trains has cost just half a dollar since the trial...