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Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack says he understands why Adani wanted the names of government scientists who reviewed a crucial plan for its Queensland coal mine.

As some Australian families strive for a plastic-free July others will be rushing to Coles and Woolworths to bag new plastic trinkets for their kids.

The government is pushing back against an expert assessment that Australia's health system is unfair and muddled.

Australian researchers helping to unlock the secrets of anorexia have found genetics play a huge role in the onset of the eating disorder.

An undersea earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 has struck south of Indonesia's Bali, the European earthquake monitoring agency EMSC says, causing minor damage and prompting residents and visitors on the tourist island to briefly flee buildings.

Increased social media use and television viewing are linked to worsening teenage depression, researchers say, and the more time adolescents spend on social media and in front of the television, the more severe their symptoms become.

Billionaire businessman Clive Palmer says he won't be settling a multi-million dollar claim by the liquidators of Queensland Nickel, which collapsed in early 2016 with the loss of hundreds of jobs.

Living healthily with a good diet and regular exercise may help people with a higher genetic susceptibility to dementia to offset the risk of developing it, according to recent research.

Novak Djokovic would rather savour the greatest grand slam Houdini act of his celebrated career than make bold promises about what may lay ahead.

A rise in climate change refugees may force Australia to increase its military patrols of the nation's northern waters.