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Ongoing lockdowns, particularly in New South Wales, have put a significant dent in local passenger numbers, airline group says.

Almost any article you read about Section 230 reminds you that it contains the most important 26 words in tech and that it is the law that made the modern internet. This is all true, but Section 230 is also the most significant obstacle to stopping misinformation online.

Treasury modelling released on Tuesday puts the cost of Australia-wide lockdown at $3.2 billion per week.

The A$39 billion (US$29 billion) that Twitter founder Jack Dorsey’s digital payments company Square is paying to acquire Australian upstart payments outfit Afterpay is the biggest takeover deal in Australian corporate history.

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New energy technologies can be highly complex. It’s not always clear what differentiates one solar panel product from another.

Retail losses are continuing to mount, as Retailers’ Association calls for more Government support for struggling sector.

The basic defence of constitutional monarchies came from the British writer Walter Bagehot 150 ago. He argued for a separation between the ceremonial and the actual holders of power. It is summed up in the expression “the Queen reigns but does not rule”.

Government accepts recommendation of Technical Advisory Group that vaccines should be available to children in certain circumstances.

Australia’s top economists have overwhelmingly rejected cuts to either permanent or temporary migration as a means of restoring lost wage growth.

Online games have already partly substituted for the things COVID-19 has affected — sports events, concerts and music festivals, parties and weddings.

Olympians are often seen as the epitome of human performance, with incredible physical and mental strength.

Governments and universities are planning for the recovery of our international student market once Australia can start easing border closures that have had huge impacts on universities and the economy.

If global civilization were to implode due to climate change and other factors, NZ is the best placed to survive, academics theorise.

For many people, the past year has led to an increased appreciation for our fragile natural world.

Industry employer body and union warn that restarting construction is at risk unless key workers can travel freely despite lockdowns.

While handling stress is important, a vital part of enhancing an athlete’s resilience, and thus performance, is also recognising when they reach a point that a decision like Simone’s has to be made.

Mark Zuckerberg wants to reinvent Facebook. He has been telling analysts and journalists that he wants the company to lead the way to a completely different internet.

The UK continues on its path to economic recovery from COVID. According to the latest survey data from the Office for National Statistics, the proportion of companies seeing their turnover reduced by COVID in July 2021 was just 29%, compared to 65% in June 2020.

The decline of the high street has been hollowing out British town centres in recent years. When pubs, community centres, libraries and banks close, it adds to a sense of local decline.

Nine outlets selling takeaway liquor have been hit with bans over concerns that locals have created a kind of beachside pub crawl.

Earlier this month National Cabinet released a four-phase COVID response plan. It wasn’t so much a plan – it had no dates and no thresholds – but more a back-of-the-napkin thought bubble. It was sensible, but vague.

Liverpool mayor worries that deploying ADF soldiers to Greater Sydney hotspots sends wrong message and will be counterproductive.

One thing the COVID-19 pandemic has not changed is the need for employee training and skills development. Although lockdowns have reduced access to offices and increased job insecurity, they have provided the time and opportunity for building skills. Demand for professional development has grown.

Back in 2019, more than 11,000 scientists declared a global climate emergency. They established a comprehensive set of vital signs that impact or reflect the planet’s health, such as forest loss, fossil fuel subsidies, glacier thickness, ocean acidity and surface temperature.

Australian farmers have proven their resilience, rebounding from drought and withstanding a global pandemic to produce record-breaking output in 2020-21.

Entrepreneurship might appear to be a daunting endeavour. The duration of effort, money, and risk necessary, on the other hand, varies depending on the type of business plan undertaken.

Small Pacific Island states depend on their commercial fisheries for food supplies and economic health. But our new research shows climate change will dramatically alter tuna stocks in the tropical Pacific, with potentially severe consequences for the people who depend on them.

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Researchers from the University of Queensland say assertions are ‘scaremongering’ and should not deter people from being vaccinated.

In mid-July 2021, a bipartisan and ideologically diverse group of senators proposed a new bill that, if passed, would dramatically shift the relative amount of power the president and Congress have over U.S. military operations.

An airborne citizen-science program is helping researchers to keep track of whale mums and calves along the NSW coast.

Israeli reaction to Ben & Jerry’s announcement on July 19, 2021, that it would no longer sell its ice cream in Palestinian territories occupied by Israel.

With less than half the United States population fully vaccinated for COVID-19 and as the delta variant sweeps the nation, the U.S. surgeon general issued an advisory that called misinformation an urgent threat to public health.

Stablecoins are a type of cryptocurrency linked to an asset like the U.S. dollar that doesn’t change much in value.

To protect more of the region without losing Miami’s vibrant character, there are ways to pair the strength of less obtrusive hardened infrastructure with nature-based “green” solutions.

Draft report from the country’s Commerce Commission says consumers and local suppliers are being disadvantaged by a lack of competition.

Can we find alien technology? That is the ambitious goal of the Galileo Project, launched this week by Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb with substantial private financial backing.

Aim is to have Covid health pass, developed by global aviation body, in place for when regular international flights resume.

As NSW on Wednesday extended its lockdown for another month and the federal government shelled out more money, it was as if we were back in 2020 and Victoria’s long incarceration.

Hospitals in the UK are seeing a rise in children suffering from severe respiratory infections. This includes an unseasonal surge in an infection called the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), in children as young as two months old.

Brazil’s Atlantic Forest is one of the most biologically diverse places on Earth. Roughly one in every 50 species of plant and vertebrate land animal lives there and nowhere else.

Sydney feels like it is going through COVID Groundhog Day right now. And not just because many are having to cope with being confined to home or struggling to stay on top of homeschooling.

Employer group says new extension set to have a broad impact state-wide and further afield. But several relief measures welcomed.

First thing in the morning, or come 11 o'clock, countless Australians anxiously wait for the daily COVID-19 case numbers, trying to understand whether their outbreak is under control, and how much longer they will be in lockdown.

Back in 2019, more than 11,000 scientists declared a global climate emergency. They established a comprehensive set of vital signs that impact or reflect the planet’s health, such as forest loss, fossil fuel subsidies, glacier thickness, ocean acidity and surface temperature.

The Census of Population and Housing is held every five years in Australia — and counts every person and household in Australia. But this is the first time the count will be held during a global pandemic amid lockdowns and rising health and economic impacts of COVID-19.

On Wednesday the update for June quarter is likely to show prices climbing at an annual rate three times as high — somewhere between 3% and 4%, which will probably be another reason you won’t believe them.

Super-sized light trucks have landed in Aotearoa New Zealand. Eight out of the ten top-selling passenger vehicles are now utes or SUVs, with two-thirds registered for personal use.

Predictability about how restrictions are triggered and enforced will improve confidence in the management of outbreaks, says Business Council.