Greens seek to protect national parks from states

Nicky Phillips and Tom Arup The Greens will introduce legislation to protect national parks from state government-backed grazing and logging in the Senate on Monday.

Stepping in to stop too much studying

Nicky Phillips Paula Wilson banned homework in her house for a year.

Ads forecast to cloud weather bureau's website

Nicky Phillips Advertisers can now pay to place their ads on one of the government's most popular websites after the Bureau of Meteorology launched its one-year trial of paid advertisements this week.

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Couple vow to cross sea in the name of equality

Nicky Phillips Emma Mansell has wanted to marry her fiancee since the couple met seven years ago.

Thinking about sex all the time becomes an honour

Nicky Phillips THERE are few men who can claim to know the intricacies of sperm like John Aitken.

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Smart country is selling itself short

Nicky Phillips Ian Frazer knows how to prevent and treat herpes - in mice. Next year, the prize-winning immunologist behind the cervical cancer vaccine will scrutinise clinical data to determine whether his vaccine...

Australia blind to the innovation boom - Beattie

Nicky Phillips THE former Queensland premier Peter Beattie says Australia's failure to commercialise its research discoveries meant it was ''blind to its own future'' and would be left behind in this century of...

$652m in health research grants announced

Nicky Phillips A study on children with sleep apnoea and a review of an HIV therapy will be some of the projects funded in the latest round of health and medical research grants announced today.

Billions needed for Australian medical research: review

Bianca Hall and Nicky Phillips Australia should pour up to $3 billion more a year into health and medical research, and work harder to make research findings commercially successful, a major review has found.

Police investigate sex claims against Slipper's accuser

Nicky Phillips, Phillip Coorey JAMES ASHBY, the former staffer of the Speaker, Peter Slipper, is reported to be under investigation by Queensland police over allegations he had sex with underage boys.