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President controversially chose to spend Independence Day at Mount Rushmore, which is sited on land previously owned by Native Americans.

China is still looking for ways to engage with PNG, motivated by interest in both its abundant natural resources and key strategic location.

As the global renewables transition accelerates, the future for coal regions has become a big worry.

Mountains were named in the 1800s for despot Belgian king who killed millions in Africa. New name reflects traditional owners.

Qld introduces hefty fines and tough border checks as it attempts to curb infections arriving from Victoria. Police on alert for people-smuggling.

Hong Kong law already contains some offences of this sort, including treason, a disused colonial relic, and terrorism, tightly defined by statute.

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Tensions over border closures are in the news again, now states are gradually lifting travel restrictions to all except Victorians.

China’s security crackdown on Hong Kong – seen by many as illegal – could prompt a mass exodus. Morrison says Australia may accept some of these people.

Analysis and Opinion

Two mums juggling family and business commitments during lockdown find themselves cutely interrupted live on air.

Covid-19 outbreak in Melbourne sparked by isolation hotel secuity guards' poor training and conduct breaches, it has been claimed.

This virus has been found early, and raising the alarm quickly allows virologists to swing into action developing new specific tests for this particular flu virus.

“These ‘hot zones’ will be required to return to Stage 3 Stay at Home restrictions – until at least 29 July,” the premier told reporters

UN body paints a grim picture of the massive losses being suffered by the global tourism industry and the impact on national economies.

The update promises increases for the three services (navy, army, air force), a satellite constellation, a bolstered cyber capability and plans for increased engagement with the neighbourhood.

Adelaide driver loses his appetite when he toots outside a local pizza bar and is slapped with a $250 fine.

These ice shelves buttress the continent’s massive land-based ice cap and play an important role in the assessment of future sea level rise.

Across Victoria, the ongoing spike in coronavirus cases means a range of restrictions are still in place.

Australia’s high-performance research computing infrastructure is led by two centres: the National Computational Infrastructure (NCI Australia) in Canberra and the Pawsey Supercomputing Centre in Perth.

The Australian Tax Office has created a temporary shortcut for claiming running expenses to make it easier.

Prime Minister is to announce today that defence spending will rise to $270-billion over the next 10 years. ADF is to be more high-tech.

List of first 14 countries whose citizens are allowed back into the EU has been released. Australia and NZ on the list. Yanks can stay home.

Now, with a COVID-19 recession, the capacity of the population-serving sectors to maintain jobs, let alone stimulate job growth, is greatly reduced.

The novel coronavirus – SARS-CoV-2 – may have been in Europe for longer than previously thought.

New non-for-profit business has emerged from the brink of newswire’s imminent closure. Some jobs will go, but many will be saved.

Global big-spenders like Coca-Cola and Starbucks say social media platforms, particularly Facebook, are not doing enough to curb hate speech.

“A sophisticated state-based cyber actor” was targeting “Australian organisations across a range of sectors.

39% of all jobs in Australia – 41% full-time and and almost 35% of part-time – can be done from home.

Microplastics are pieces of plastics smaller than a few millimetres, and usually much smaller than that.

One of the concerning things about the 20% rise in Queensland road deaths is that one in three drivers tested has drugs in their system.

The US Presidents keeps playing Stones music at his political rallies. And they don’t like it. So legal action could follow.

The picture of economic recovery painted by Prime Minister Scott Morrison is looking like a mirage.

Australia has had 103 known COVID-19-related deaths, with 21 reported before the end of March.

On June 11, Beijing reported its first new coronavirus case in nearly two months. Over the next two days, the city government swung into action, sealing off certain neighbourhoods.

Shortages of raw materials meant that recycling – then called “salvage” – became a vital part of life on the home front.

There were fears that the tiny 50g rodent may not have survived the Black Summer bushfires. But remote cameras are showing otherwise.

Paige Spiranac isn’t just a looker and a talented golfer. She is also about to halt the spread of the virus in the US with just one tweet.

HomeBuilder does offer a much-needed opportunity to make old homes more energy-efficient.

Federally legislated service standards oblige Australia Post to deliver a letter within the country in no more than four days at a fixed rate (currently A$1.10).

Qantas’ announcement this week of severe job cuts comes as little surprise.

New state and federal laws designed to crack down on activists who trespass on farms – often to gather video evidence of alleged animal cruelty, which is later distributed to the public.

US-based investment firm is the preferred suitor for failed airline. But creditors must still agree to the deal.

Health authorities are testing those who could have been in contact with a TB-infected patient at St Vincent’s Hospital in Darlinghurst.

New records are being set every year, and not just for maximum temperatures, but for melting ice and wildfires too.

The crisis has reignited a long-running debate about the need for an Australian Centre for Disease Control and Prevention.

Man arrested 22 years after unsolved stabbing murder of 71-year-old grandmother in Adelaide in March 1998.

Not long ago the airline was in a healthy financial state and looking ahead to a bright future. Then came the virus.

Australia’s much awarded and trusted national broadcaster has again been forced to make major cuts to staff, services and programs.

The judge-associate relationship is one in which there is a particularly strong power imbalance, held as it is between a senior legal practitioner and someone just entering the profession.