A new road safety program targets high-risk young drivers in regional Queensland.

An AI chatbot could improve disaster response with personalised emergency information.

With a state election drawing near, Queensland’s peak local government body wants political parties to come up with a meaningful plan to tackle juvenile crime.

ASIO says youth radicalisation is surging, and social media is fuelling the threat.

Experts have investigated potential flaws in the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability.

A recent study has revealed a psychological bias dubbed the “illusion of information adequacy”.

Professor Matthew Bailes from Swinburne University has been awarded the 2024 Prime Minister’s Prize for Science.

A review has found Australia’s paid family and domestic violence leave scheme is effective but needs broader awareness and stronger support.

A Labor-led Senate inquiry has called for course-level international student enrolment caps to be scrapped.

A new photonic quantum computer has begun operating in Germany.

Scientists have unwound the intricate wiring of a fruit fly’s brain.

Two scientists who uncovered life's hidden instructions have a Nobel Prize.

Machine learning owes much of its power to two physicists who never studied computers.

A new Commission is being created to protect Indigenous children's rights.

The Northern Territory will soon lower the age of criminal responsibility to 10.

The federal government has put up $14 million for new mental health research.

The Australian National University (ANU) has unveiled significant measures to counter a $200 million deficit.

Researchers have discovered the world’s oldest cheese.

Researchers have found that teenagers who sleep less than eight hours per night are more likely to experience psychological distress.

A new report says allowing one-minute phone breaks in class may boost focus and test scores.

Australia's dating apps are getting a safety makeover.

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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. 

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