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Coal pit closed seven years ago is still emitting as much climate pollution as 33,000 cars, Conservation Foundation claims.

An estimated 540,000 of the 720,000 adults locked down on such payments don’t get the $200 per week because they didn’t have paid work ahead of the lockdown.

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First step is to speed up the vaccination process to ensure everyone is at least partially vaccinated to reduce the risk of the Delta variant.

Jack Grealish has become the first £100 million footballer in Premier League history with his move from Aston Villa to Manchester City.

The summer of 2021 is shaping up to be one of the hottest ever recorded, as scorching summer temperatures fry the rainforests of the Pacific Northwest and wildfires ravage the Siberian Arctic.

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Thirty percent of unvaccinated American adults say they’re waiting for the COVID-19 vaccines currently authorized for emergency use to be officially approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic depends on sustained investment in health care and social services.

Australia lags many of its peers when it comes cleaner-energy electric vehicles. Will making the cars and infrastructure cheaper ease the problem?

Australia’s official policy on vaccines is that they be voluntary and free. But the federal government hasn’t shut the door completely on employers pursuing mandatory policies of their own.

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A combination of vaccinations, public health measures and global determination to combat the disease all make eradication feasible.

Scientists are becoming more and more concerned with the emergence of a syndrome termed “long COVID”, where a significant percentage of sufferers of COVID-19 experience long-lasting symptoms.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)‘s sobering “code red for humanity” report comes on the heels of months of devastating weather events around the world.

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The Murray-Darling Basin is Australia’s biggest agricultural region, producing almost 40% of the national food supply during the growing season from April to September.

Paradoxically, the political aims that prompted Blinken’s stark warning were exactly the opposite of those of the Israeli government’s recent statement.

Just 12 percent of office workers are present in Melbourne’s CBD, the lowest level since late 2020. Retailers and hospitality sector suffering.

Morrison is comfortable keeping the argument on 2050 anyway, knowing the date is as abstract and intangible to many voters as the dangerous build-up of atmospheric carbon dioxide is visible to the naked eye.

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Wilbee the Bumble Bee is in trouble. Aussie researchers are trying to help by creating an early warning system for beekeepers.

Australia’s medical regulator has provisionally approved another COVID-19 vaccine, Moderna, for use in Australia.

The UK government has announced that all 16 to 17-year-olds will be offered a first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in the coming weeks.

Two big takeover battles in the UK are a sign of the times: supermarket chain Wm Morrisons and respiratory medicines group Vectura are both the subject of bids in the billions of pounds by private equity firms

End-to-end encryption is technology that scrambles messages on your phone and unscrambles them only on the recipients’ phones, which means anyone who intercepts the messages in between can’t read them.

Loss of livelihoods and irreversible damage to land and marine ecosystems is on the cards for some Pacific nations due to climate change and Covid.

Of all the troubling news in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report out on Monday, one warning will surely generate the most headlines: under all scenarios examined, Earth is likely to reach the crucial 1.5℃ warming limit in the early 2030s.

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The Government has imported an initial consignment of the drug Sotrovimab. But, as yet, there is no approval for its use in this country.

Australians who live abroad and return to Australia (even if it is to see family) will not automatically be able to leave again unless they meet narrow grounds for an exemption.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have been repeatedly harmed by policies and decisions that drive systematic dispossession, disempowerment, overincarceration and poverty.

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In last week’s Essential poll, 47% of those who have not yet been vaccinated said they would be willing to get the Pfizer vaccine, but not AstraZeneca.

The Olympic movement, which has been called “the most complicated sports event in the world,” will have to dramatically rethink its current strategy and economic model to stay relevant to its partners and fans.

Ice that survives the summer melt season endures for another winter. Some ice even survives several summers before finally melting.

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Detectives have released new information they believe may help them solve the mystery of a1991 restaurant fire that left a man dead.

Australian scientists have identified some of the few benefits of lockdowns: Young kids sleep more and adults are less drowsy

The World Health Organization has called for a moratorium on COVID vaccine booster programmes until at least the end of September in order to prioritise vaccines for low-income countries.

To be the best of the best, Olympians and Paralympians sometimes resort to using peculiar methods to achieve even the most minute gains in their fitness and performance.

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Ten years on from the Arab uprisings, Tunisia has often been presented as a rare success story.

A wildfire burning in hot, dry mountain forest swept through the Gold Rush town of Greenville, California, on Aug. 4, reducing neighborhoods and the historic downtown to charred rubble.

Unveiling of Health System Indicators framework is a ‘new way of thinking’, according to the country’s Health Minister.

Having a baby brings enough stress and uncertainty without having to deal with a pandemic. Added to that is the difficult decision to have a recently developed vaccine or not.

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More than 20,000 small business and home loan banking customers have had to be given assistance as impact of Aussie lockdowns grows.

One reason dietary supplements are so popular is the perception they’re harmless. But like all drugs, there are many potential dangers from taking vitamins and minerals.

We learned this week of the tragic death of a 27-year-old man from Sydney who had COVID-19. This follows a 38-year-old woman who died from the virus last month.