Ruth Higgins appointed as next Solicitor-General
Ruth Higgins SC has been named as the next Solicitor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, the first woman to hold the role.
Dr Higgins is a highly experienced
Read more7 April 2026
Sci-fi increasingly shapes the real world of discovery
By Anna-Sophie Jürgens and Shao-Jie Jhou
The relationship between science and pop culture often looks like a one-way street: scientific discoveries inspire films,
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Ichthyosaur expert Dean Lomax joins Dinosaur Week
Internationally renowned palaeontologist Dean Lomax will visit Australia for the first time to take part in Queensland Dinosaur Week.
Dr Lomax is a British scientist,
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Retiree income scheme is little known and underused
By Katja Hanewald
For many Australians, most of their retirement wealth is tied up in their home.
A simple, well-designed program to tap into those trillions in home
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Moon mission team sets record for manned space travel
The astronauts on NASA’s Artemis II test flight around the Moon have passed the record for the farthest distance travelled by a manned space mission.
The crew of four
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My four crazy career decisions that paid off
By Shane Rodgers
I’ve made plenty of career decisions over the years that had people telling me I was crazy.
Yet somehow each one took my career and life on a better
Read more6 April 2026
Scott McLeod appointed as extra Supreme Court judge
Experienced barrister Scott McLeod KC has been appointed as an additional Judge in Queensland’s Supreme Court.
The appointment marks the first increase in the number
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Olivia Dean continues remarkable chart success
Olivia Dean is continuing to dominate the Australian singles chart with Rein Me In (her duet with Sam Fender) rising from number two to number one last week.
The song
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Harmful ‘plastic rain’ is falling onto forests
“Plastic rain” has been found to be falling onto forests as high concentrations of microplastics accumulate in the atmosphere.
Researchers at TU Darmstadt in Germany
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Why has it taken so long to go back to the Moon?
By Domenico Vicinanza
At 13:24:59 Central Standard Time on December 19, 1972, the Apollo 17 command module splashed down in the Pacific Ocean, about 350 nautical miles
Read more6 April 2026