Keeping warm this winter could depend on the age of your home. Australia’s national science agency, the CSIRO, revealed newly built homes were more airtight on Tuesday after testing the air flow in more than 200 apartments and detached houses across five states and territories. But the...
Australians could continue to have their data stolen in record numbers unless action is taken to boost the nation’s cybersecurity workforce, a report warns. The call to action from security services firm StickmanCyber followed an analysis of Australian employment data showing the nation had fewer than...
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...