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After cancelling exams on March 18, the government confirmed that the bedrock of the process for awarding grades would be teacher assessments, placing every student in every exam centre in rank order for each subject.

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In recent years, the notion of an insect apocalypse has become a hot topic in the conservation science community and has captured the public’s attention.

Bureau of Statistics visitor arrival figures show 28% drop for 2019-20. Decline in student arrivals even more dramatic.

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Large 200 000-panel solar farm will create significant financial and energy savings. Equivalent to decreasing coal usage by 60 000 tonnes.

The world produces around 359 million metric tons of plastics each year. Nature cannot address the amount of their disposal at a speed fast enough to prevent harm to living beings.

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The first case in a chain of infections is popularly called “patient zero”. However, “patient zero” is not a very precise term.

In this recession, unlike in previous ones, governments have chosen to help pay salaries to keep workers in work rather than pay unemployment benefits when they laid off.

Freedom of the press is enshrined in Hong Kong’s Basic Law but has suffered in recent years from political and economic pressure and resultant creeping self-censorship, which is reflected in the territory’s poor recent performance in press freedom indices.

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New Zealand’s biggest city must remain on Level 3 lockdown for another 12 days, Prime Minister announces.

Social enterprise gives up on single-use bottled water after 12 years, saying the product should not exist.

Diagnostic testing, which is used in medical settings to determine whether someone is infected with the coronavirus, is costly, slow and overstretched in the U.S.

The COVID-19 pandemic has radically affected the American economy, reducing spending by American households on materials goods, air travel, leisure activities as well as the use of automobiles.

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Global business travel has largely ground to a halt during the pandemic. Experts have been raising the alarm that this is the death of business travel as we know it, arguing that it will be a long time before the virus is really gone and that business people have become...

The normalisation of diplomatic ties between Israel and the United Arab Emirates has variously been described as a “breakthrough” and an important staging moment towards a comprehensive Middle East peace.

MP and envoy for Australia’s great natural wonder is concerned that spending cuts will lead to further damage for Great Barrier Reef.

It’s hard to recall a time when we didn’t nervously await the announcement of Victoria’s daily COVID-19 case numbers each morning.

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Police will allege the bomb was part of a drug gang vendetta that went wrong. Those in custody are aged 17-20.

According to senior counsel assisting the commission, Peter Rozen, QC, federal authorities had no COVID plan specifically for aged care, always potentially a major risk area.

Coined by Australian economist Bill Mitchell and popularized recently by Democrats like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to fund programs such as the Green New Deal, MMT holds that a country with its own currency can spend almost unlimited sums of money.

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COVID-19 has curtailed the activities of millions of people across the world and with it, greenhouse gas emissions.

The past financial year has been one of the most volatile on record for stock markets, yet almost every Australian super fund has delivered similar returns.

Month-long campaign planned to incentivise vehicles back into the city centre to boost CBD’s struggling businesses.

The return of COVID-19 community transmission, with Auckland back in a level 3 lockdown and the rest of New Zealand at level 2, raises real questions about New Zealand’s upcoming general election.

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Fine of $10 000 for ‘complete disregard’ of required measures, says NSW Liquor and Gaming Authority.

On Tuesday, Vladimir Putin announced Russia was the first country to register a vaccine offering “sustainable immunity” against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

Virgin Atlantic’s rescue deal is something of a watershed in how companies can escape insolvency.

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On the evening of Saturday July 25, the MV (Merchant Vessel) Wakashio grounded on coral reefs in the south-east of the Indian Ocean tropical island of Mauritius.

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has announced Kamala Harris as his running mate for the 2020 election — the first woman of colour to appear on a major party ticket.

The RSV Nuyina icebreaker is on its way to the Netherlands for final fitout and sea trials. It is expected in Hobart in 2021.

COVID-19 restrictions in Victoria have had a marked effect on how and where we spend our time. For many people, home has become the workplace, and for most school-aged children, home is also the classroom.

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Four new cases of community infection have been verified in Auckland, with authorities perplexed as to the source.

The Turkish lira hit its weakest ever level against the US dollar on August 7, trading at 7.36 at one point, having lost nearly 20% of its value since the beginning of the year.

Media coverage of disasters follows a broadly similar trajectory, even though the disasters themselves might take very different forms.

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New South Wales planning authorities relied on flawed evidence when backing a highly controversial coal seam gas project that may endanger critical water supplies, farmland and threatened species, our analysis has found.

This old and playful maxim is typically not true: often the stock market is a good proxy for the economy and a very good indication of what will happen to it.

US-based McDonald’s is suing its former global chief executive over claims he never revealed multiple affairs with employees.

In response to the increasing number of people having a hard time coping with the pandemic, the Victorian government yesterday announced an additional A$59.7 million in funding for mental health services.

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Family has campaigned for 30 years for Teddy Sheean’s exceptional bravery and ultimate sacrifice to be recognised with highest honour.