Kevin Rudd to unveil $125m fund for health and medical research
Focus will be on regenerative medicine in scheme aimed at taking Australian breakthroughs from the lab to the patientLabor will commit to a $125m investment fund for health and medical research,...
View ArticleBitcoin now 'unit of account' in Germany
Germany's ministry of finance has recognised Bitcoin, meaning it will be able to tax users or creators of the virtual moneyGermany's ministry of finance has formally recognised the digital currency...
View ArticleThe best news pictures of the day
The Guardian's award-winning picture team rounds up the most eye-catching images
View ArticleDavid Miranda detention: a betrayal of trust and principle | Editorial
This subverted the benefit of the doubt that liberal democracies ask for whey they arm themselves against terrorismLong before the partner of the Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald was detained at...
View ArticleTV needs more female personalities, says Sandi Toksvig
Broadcaster says programme environments such as Mock the Week don't lend themselves to females who are not aggressiveBroadcaster Sandi Toksvig has lamented the lack of female TV personalities on quiz...
View ArticleAncient Egyptian beads are oldest iron objects found
The beads, beaten out from pieces of meteorite more than 5,000 years ago, now among objects at Petrie Museum in LondonBlackened and corroded beads have turned out to be the oldest objects made in iron...
View ArticleReaction to the detention of David Miranda at Heathrow airport – as it happened
White House says US was given 'heads up' before the detention of David Miranda at Heathrow airportAndrew SparrowGlenn GreenwaldAdam GabbattBen Quinn
View ArticleWhat's on offer for young Australians this election? Apparently nothing |...
Brendan Churchill: Politicians should look beyond the 'likes', tweets and shameless selfies and engage with Gen Y voters in a more meaningful wayBrendan Churchill
View ArticleMartin Rowson on David Miranda's detention – cartoon
Partner of Guardian interviewer of whistleblower Edward Snowden held for nine-hour interrogation at Heathrow airportMartin Rowson
View ArticleAre you a first time voter? We want to hear from you | Helen Davidson
Australian election 2013: Helen Davidson: Guardian Australia wants to hear your thoughts on the federal electionHelen Davidson
View ArticleEgypt: massacre of police raises fears of growing jihadi activity in the Sinai
25 conscripts executed in Sinai desert after days of bloodshed in which hundreds of Muslim Brotherhood supporters have diedEgypt has pledged to hunt down an armed group that killed 25 policemen in the...
View ArticleEgypt: Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohammed Badie reported detained
Officials say the supreme leader of the Brotherhood was captured in the early hours of TuesdayEgyptian authorities escalated their crackdown on deposed president Mohamed Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood by...
View ArticleSame-sex marriage in New Zealand: 9am the perfect time to say I do
NSW couple who won tourism competition among the first to marry as law change comes into effectNine o'clock on a Monday morning might not be the most obviously romantic time of the week, but avowals of...
View ArticleThe Coalition’s climate change policy: it's the public, not polluters, who...
Lisa Caripis: The shortcomings of the Direct Action Plan are striking. If the Coalition is serious about tackling climate change, then it must offer voters a credible alternative to the carbon...
View ArticleGirlfriend of shot Australian Chris Lane says loss is unbearable
Sarah Harper plans trip to Australia for funeral of baseball player shot dead in US in random attack on FridayThe girlfriend of an Australian baseball player shot dead in a random attack in the US says...
View ArticleElection time in Greenway: it’s the boats, stupid – video
In our new video series, Sophie McNeill travels to the marginal seats of western Sydney to take the temperature
View ArticleTattooist reacts to new laws - video
Tony Cohen, owner of the Illustrated Man tattoo parlour in Sydney, reacts to incoming regulations in New South Wales which require tattooists to be fingerprinted and go through criminal checks to gain...
View ArticlePhilippines swamped after days of torrential rain
At least seven people reported dead after more rain falls in 24 hours than in catastrophic 2009 typhoonSome of the Philippines' heaviest rains on record fell for a second day on Tuesday, turning the...
View ArticleElection 2013: Joe Hockey starts to define Coalition cuts – politics live blog
Shadow treasurer says he does not believe in austerity, but says Coalition is looking at making savings in all areas except defence, health and medical researchPaul OwenKatharine Murphy
View ArticleSony PlayStation 4 to launch November 15 in US
Tech rival Microsoft to release Xbox One some time in November as competition increases in run-up to ChristmasSony has had more than 1 million preorders worldwide for its new PlayStation 4 console, the...
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