Energy poverty involves low-income households restricting their energy consumption by avoiding certain activities like showering, spending high proportions of their income on energy and, sometimes, being unable to pay bills.
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Read moreAustralian death records underestimate the association between heat and mortality at least 50-fold and chronic heat stress is also under-reported.
Read moreThe Deaf Society and Deaf Services reports enrolments in Auslan courses have risen by more than 400% since the pandemic began. They attribute this directly to COVID and the increased visibility of signing on the national stage.
Read moreNew study shows how the Covid-19 pandemic is ‘dramatically exacerbating inequalities in the world of work’ in the UK.
Read moreAustralia Day used to be an obvious and uncontroversial occasion for brands to endear themselves to Australian consumers. No longer.
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Read moreOmbudsman for small enterprises says situation around public liability insurance must change or more businesses will fold.
Read moreSchool is back for 2021, and some students will get extra help this year. Students who fell behind in their learning during the COVID-19 lockdowns of 2020 will be eligible for extra tutoring in Victoria and New South Wales.
Read morePandemic measures reduced the overall amount of electricity used by 6% in 2020, to the lowest level since 1983. When you look at usage per person the fall in recent years is even more extreme.
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Read moreNeonicotinoids, the most commonly used pesticides in the world, were banned in the EU in 2018. More than 99,000 people petitioned the UK government to support the ban amid a wealth of scientific evidence linking this group of chemicals to poor health in bees, from the reduced production of bumblebee...
Read moreThe challenge of bringing the world’s best tennis players and support staff, about 1,200 people in all, from COVID-ravaged parts of the world to our almost pandemic-free shores was always going to be a big ask.
Read moreJust a week after it stopped flying to Australia’s three biggest cities, Emirates has announced a reversal of the decision.
Read moreChanges in the genetic code of viruses like COVID-19 occur all the time but most of these mutations don’t have any effect on how the disease spreads or its severity.
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Read moreBeleaguered travel agents are receiving one-off Federal grant payments in an effort to keep the Covid-hit industry afloat in Australia.
Read moreFour key providers have been appointed to help with the implementation of the national Covid-19 vaccination program, government announces.
Read moreDecember retail sales rose by more than nine percent versus the same period in 2019, says Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Read moreQatar may be the smallest of the Gulf states – but it’s the richest. So when, hours after the agreement, foreign minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani talked about the possibility of the country’s sovereign wealth fund investing in Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states, his hint would have been...
Read moreThe 51st World Economic Forum starts on January 25, but with a major difference. Whereas this is famously the annual gathering at the Davos ski resort in Switzerland of global leaders from business, government and civil society, this year’s event will take place virtually because of the pandemic.
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Read moreWhereas GM crops typically contain the DNA of two different species, gene editing is more precise and allows scientists to tweak the DNA of a single species by itself. Today, many plant scientists see a clear difference between first-generation genetic modifications and the “new plant breeding techniques” of gene editing.
Read moreOverlapping disasters struck parts of England and Wales in January as Storm Christoph battered communities which were already suffering from the effects of a prolonged period under lockdown. It was the first time in recent memory that the UK authorities were required to address two such huge events at the...
Read moreEther, which runs on a technology system known as the ethereum blockchain, is worth over ten times the price it was when it bottomed during the COVID market panic of March 2020. And the cryptocurrency is still only five years old. In part, this remarkable rise in the value is...
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Read moreIrish fast-fashion retailer Primark has no plans to sell its clothes online. This is despite the company warning that lockdown store closures could cost it losses of more than £1 billion. The retailer has shut 305 of its 389 global stores – including 190 in the UK.
Read moreAldi expanded quickly. By mid-2003 it had 38 stores in New South Wales and six in Victoria. By 2011, it had 251 stores. By early 2013, more than 280, and had expanded to Canberra.
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Read moreWetlands such as mangroves, swamps, lakes and lagoons bear the brunt of much storm damage to coast, helping protect us and our infrastructure. But over the past 300 years, 85% of the world’s wetland area has been destroyed. It’s clear we must urgently preserve the precious little wetland area we...
Read moreWith the spread of COVID-19 steadily worsening in Japan since the onset of winter — daily records for infections and deaths continue to be broken — the fate of the Tokyo Summer Olympics is again very much in doubt.
Read moreScientists are preparing for the day – hopefully far in the future – when NZ’s biggest city will suffer a volcanic eruption.
Read moreFor millions of children, being dragged to a museum is a singularly painful experience, marked by time standing still rather than history coming to life – as it does in the film “Night at the Museum”, starring Ben Stiller.
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Read moreBorder Force is cancelling visas and removing foreign nationals from the country for serious breaches of Covid-19 regulations.
Read moreIn the past 25 years of the record, six of the years were cooler than normal and 19 were warmer than normal. That’s a ratio just over three to one in favour of warm years.
Read moreOn Wednesday this week, the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere was measured at at 415 parts per million (ppm). The level is the highest in human history, and is growing each year.
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Read moreThe inventor of the World Wide Web, Tim Berners-Lee, has raised concerns that Australia’s proposed News Media and Digital Platforms Mandatory Bargaining Code could fundamentally break the internet as we know it.
Read moreRecovery of America’s damaged standing will come from success in putting out the fires that are not just in the US: saving lives and vanquishing a virus, committing to a secure environment, tackling the inequities and divisions in the way of justice for all.
Read morePair who attempted to smuggle 9.5 -million cigarettes into the country are sentenced to almost five years in prison.
Read moreAs cases climbed in Australian cities in 2020, many students did their schoolwork from home. Australia, including Victoria, came out of lockdowns at the end of last year. But due to outbreaks in New South Wales and Queensland over Christmas and New Year, that impacted on Victoria, restrictions remain in...
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Read moreDr Ashley Bloomfield points to the 850-year-old ‘flu virus as an example of the difficulties of total eradication of Covid-19.
Read moreWe will not be able to put the COVID-19 pandemic behind us until the world’s population is mostly immune through vaccination or previous exposure to the disease.
Read moreWhile there are many reasons why a person may choose to go vegan, health is often cited as a popular motive. But although vegan diets are often touted as being “healthier” in the media, this isn’t always reflected by scientific research.
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Read moreMasks, which when worn correctly are highly effective in reducing transmission, are already compulsory in indoor public places in the UK. There is talk of making them mandatory in some outdoor settings, as is currently the case in Spain. Perhaps the UK should follow France and require people who are...
Read moreCommissioner Kenneth Hayne delivered 76 recommendations to reform the industry in February 2019. Almost two years on, the government has yet to implement 44 of those and turned its back on five key reforms – including curbing irresponsible lending practices.
Read moreGrowers in southern Queensland the latest to express concern as incentive programs attract only 500 applicants for thousands of seasonal jobs.
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Victoria, Australia's second most populous state, displays a fervent devotion akin to a cult when it comes to Australian Rules...
Australia's markets have experienced noteworthy changes in recent years, including the growth of online casinos and cryptocurrencies.