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COVID-19 testing has two purposes. The first is to confirm a diagnosis so that medical treatment can be appropriately rendered. The second is to do surveillance for tracking and disease suppression.

In Outback Queensland, Kevin and Carol are in big strife and barred from the only watering hole in town.

Road transportation is a major consumer of fossil fuels, contributing 16 per cent of all human-caused greenhouse gas emissions, which warm up the Earth’s atmosphere and cause changes to the climate.

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New Zealand’s Prime Minister shows that a soft, emotionally mature touch does not indicate weakness, say experts.

For a long time, richer developed countries have been underwriting the costs of climate change in poorer developing countries, leaving them reliant on Western solutions to their climate-related issues.

Stronger Indigenous languages are more than a standalone target. Every policy area needs to consider the language backgrounds of the people affected.

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The COVID-19 crisis has led many to argue that the current crisis has exacerbated the inequalities inherent in the current economic order.

This recession is the result of the forced hibernation of large parts of the economy in order to reduce the spread of COVID-19.

Territory’s Health Minister expects no quick end to tight border controls as more Qld hotspots are added to list.

COVID-19 has shown how damaging ill-health can be for the economy. But it has also shown how measures that benefit health (lockdowns) can be seen as bad economic prosperity.

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Authorities go doorknocking and find that more than a quarter of the people who should be at home aren’t there.

State revenues are heading in the same direction, so many U.S. cities will need to rely on help from the federal government.

Several months into the COVID-19 pandemic crisis, lower-income families are struggling to pay their energy bills.

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Certain crimes, such as robberies and sexual offences, have declined dramatically, while others, such as online fraud, have been on the rise.

The ACCC has previously found Google and Facebook’s failure to pay for news content is eating into the advertising revenues which fund journalism.

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Fire experts release plan with 165 recommendations to avoid more Black Summer disasters. Extinguishing blazes early is critical, plan says.

The emergency response to Victoria’s COVID-19 crisis has been ramped up today with AUSMAT teams now working alongside defence force and hospital nurses in aged care homes.

Victoria has today achieved another grim record, with 723 new cases of COVID-19 and 13 deaths.

The Morrison government has finally unveiled the long-awaited new National Agreement on Closing the Gap.

Most countries have a staple food: native, fast-growing and easy-to-store plants high in carbohydrates.

This week’s annual Australia-US ministerial (AUSMIN) talks took place within the fraught context of a world growing in enmity and anxiety — but no longer economically.

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If you use your essential worker status to smuggle drugs across borders we will arrest you, police say.

The actions of a few obnoxious ‘Karens’ had made it a difficult time to be a real-life Karen. Domino’s thinks some comfort food may help.

Sweden’s policymakers did introduce restrictions to limit the spread of COVID-19 infection, but they tried to do so in a way that minimised the effects on people and companies.

From August 1, if the federal government has its way, Medicare will stop paying for GPs to interpret common heart tests called electrocardiograms, or ECGs.

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The many manifestations of climate change — including heat waves, droughts, water stress, more intense storms, wildfires, mass extinction and warming oceans — all get progressively worse as the temperature rises.

Pair alleged to have lied on border declaration test positive, raising Queensland Covid-19 alert as scramble to trace contacts begins.

The WA government closed its border to everybody other than “exempt travellers” from April 5 to limit the spread of COVID-19. Palmer was refused an exemption to enter WA in May and responded by filing a constitutional challenge to the laws authorising the border closure.

Britain says UK travellers cannot return from Spain without undergoing quarantine. Spanish PM claims flawed reasoning.

Governments all over the world still mostly rely on the use of GDP for economic planning and to set monetary and fiscal policy.

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Fast-food lovers in Melbourne are falling foul of Victoria’s tough lockdown regulations. And it’s proving to be a costly meal.

Australia’s consumer watchdog is suing Google for allegedly misleading millions of people after it started tracking them on non-Google apps and websites in 2016.

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On the eve of this week’s Australia-US ministerial (AUSMIN) talks, Payne and Reynolds penned a largely proforma opinion piece in The Australian newspaper.

Strong team. More jobs. Better economy. So say the National Party’s campaign hoardings.

Tough new border regulations that will make it more difficult for SA residents to get home kick in overnight.

The University of Oxford recently published promising news about the results from the phase one/two trials of the vaccine it is developing for COVID-19.

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Eight known incidents so far this year. Criminals have netted more than $3-million from the scam, say police.

The Democratic National Convention is approaching — in virtual form — and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden will present his pick for vice president to the delegates for their affirmation.

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On the surface, COVID-19 is a lung disease. The SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus infects cells of the respiratory tract and can cause life-threatening pneumonia.