It's been a great start to the year for Australian hotels, with many being selected as 'world's best'.

Last year, four Australians set out to drive from Tasmania to Darwin without once stopping for fuel at a regular service station.

The University of Technology Sydney is offering a complimentary airport shuttle service for new international students arriving between 30 January and 14 February 2012.

Each year Australia celebrates the achievement and contribution of eminent Australians through the Australian of the Year Awards, profiling leading citizens who are role models for all. A University of Melbourne engineering student is among those honoured in 2012.

Hunter TAFE is looking to make businesses greener and more environmentally aware with the introduction of two new sustainability diplomas.

Shoppers on Sydney’s busy George Street have been named the politest in the world.

Tourism Australia has surpassed two million fans on Facebook, making it the most popular tourism destination page on the planet.

Australia’s education institutions are working hard to promote an environmentally friendly approach to education in every sense.

Physicists from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) have invented the world's narrowest conducting silicon wire – 10,000 times thinner than a human hair – with the same capacity to conduct electricity as a traditional copper wire.

Marine biologists have encountered the world's first hybrid sharks off Australia's east coast, a sign that the predators may be adapting to climate change.