To publish is to make publicly known, and in reference to text and images, it can mean distributing paper copies to the public, or putting the content on a website.

The word publication means the act of publishing, and it also means any writing of which copies are published, and any website. Among publications are books, and periodicals, the latter including magazines, scholarly journals, and newspapers.

In Taxonomy the publicon of the description of a taxon has to comply with some rules.

• It must be published in Latin.
• It must be published on paper.
• The publication must be generally available.
• The date of publication is the date the published material became generally available.

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NEWS.com.au | Western Australia

Household cleaners harm babies
Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:01:00 -0000
PREGNANT women are exposing their babies to household chemicals that may be damaging lung development and causing asthma, a Perth scientist has warned.
WA teachers to be highest paid
Mon, 06 Oct 2008 09:21:00 -0000
WEST Australian teachers will become the nation's highest paid when they receive their next pay packets, Premier Colin Barnett says.
Man charged over nightclub shooting
Mon, 06 Oct 2008 01:16:00 -0000
A 31-year-old man faces charges over a shooting incident outside a Perth nightclub yesterday morning.
Illegal imprisonments 'covered up'
Sun, 05 Oct 2008 02:25:00 -0000
MORE than 1700 people sent to jail in Western Australia after defaulting on fines will have to be compensated for unlawful detention, it was revealed today.

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