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- Science
- 08/12/2025
- 09:30
Monash researchers uncover ancient genetic switch that lets plants grow, adapt and survive
A team of scientists from Monash University has identified a single gene in a land plant that could help explain how plants first evolved the ability to grow continuously, a key trait that allowed them to colonise dry land and shape life on Earth. Published in Current Biology, the study focuses onMarchantia polymorpha, a liverwort whose ancestors diverged from flowering plants more than 400 million years ago. Despite its small size, this humble plant harbours a genetic mechanism that appears to have been critical for the early evolution of land plants. The gene, called MpARF2, acts as a master regulator…
- General News
- 08/12/2025
- 09:14
Social Media Ban, UNSW Experts Available for Comment
The Australian Government’s new restrictions preventing people under 16 from accessing social media platforms will come into effect on 10 December 2025. The changes require platforms to implement age-verification measures and enforce minimum age requirements. UNSW experts are available to comment and provide context and analysis on the technical, social, economic and policy considerations of the new rules. UNSW Business School Professor Barney Tan, Head of School, School of Information Systems and Technology Management, UNSW Business School, is available for comment. Prof. Tan can comment on the governance and societal impacts of digital technologies, including how policy and regulatory interventions…
- Government WA
- 08/12/2025
- 09:00
Report exposes WA’s runaway rents, sparking renewed calls for rent caps
Western Australian renters are paying an extra $20,000 per year in rent compared to four years ago according to a new report, prompting renewed calls for rent caps to stabilise out-of-control rent rises. The report released by the WA Make Renting Fair Alliance looked at rent increases across the state’s 59 lower house electorates since 2021 and found: WA’s median weekly rent has more than doubled to $716, up from $339 in 2021 The average household is paying $377 extra per week, or $19,622 more each year WA has gone from most electorates having median rents around $400 per week…
- Finance Investment, Taxation
- 08/12/2025
- 09:00
TPB announces compliance priorities with a focus on integrity
The Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) has announced its 2026 compliance priorities to provide greater transparency and clarity to the tax profession. By publishing these priorities for the first time, the TPB aims to promote integrity, support voluntary compliance, and strengthen community confidence in the tax profession. These priorities complement the TPB’s enduring focus areas, which remain central to its compliance approach. In outlining the priorities, TPB Chair, Peter de Cure AM emphasised that they reflect the TPB’s commitment to identifying and addressing behaviours that undermine community trust in the tax profession. Mr de Cure said, ‘Our compliance priorities highlight the…
- Medical Health Aged Care, Seniors Interest
- 08/12/2025
- 08:56
Men and women may need different medications to avoid broken bones
A new international study, published in Osteoporosis International and led by Monash’s Centre for Medicine Use and Safety (CMUS), investigated the risks of a…
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- Education Training, Food Beverages
- 08/12/2025
- 08:39
Hospitality Hiring Frenzy Hits: The Skills You Need Right Now
Key Facts: Australia's hospitality sector faces peak demand from November to March, driven by holidays and celebrations, creating high demand for skilled workers The…
- Contains:
- CharitiesAidWelfare, Entertainment
- 08/12/2025
- 08:30
Canberra Called to Lace Up for Relay For Life 2026
Key Facts: Cancer Council ACT's Relay For Life returns for its 27th year in 2026, aiming to raise $400,000 for local cancer initiatives The…
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- Banking, Environment
- 08/12/2025
- 08:18
Banks neglect to count the emissions from deforestation linked to their finance
Australia’s big four banks are likely to be drastically underreporting the emissions from the deforestation they finance, as they all fail to track, manage or disclose the extent of deforestation occurring in their loan portfolios. New analysis by the Australian Conservation Foundation estimates emissions from land clearing events on 77 agricultural properties financed by ANZ (including Suncorp), NAB, Commbank and Westpac over the four years to 2024. The analysis found this deforestation, which destroyed wildlife habitat, released more than 7.5 million tonnes of carbon that had been stored naturally in the landscape. These emissions were produced from 19,286 hectares of…
- Government Federal
- 08/12/2025
- 08:00
CHA backs government’s private health funding reform
Catholic Health Australia (CHA) said the Government's proposal to introduce a Private National Efficient Price (PNEP) for private hospital funding is a long-overdue reform that has the potential to deliver fair, transparent and sustainable funding for essential care. CHA Interim CEO Kathy Hilyard said decisive action on the PNEP would address long-standing problems in the private hospital system which, for too long, has operated under fragmented, opaque, and inefficient funding arrangements. “A nationally consistent price for private hospital care is a much-needed reform that will put our member hospitals on a more sustainable footing,” Ms Hilyard said. “The current system,…
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