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SPECIAL FEATURE: In the four scenarios where the epidemic goes global, Australia’s GDP which in the 12 months to December grew just 1.7%, would suffer a hit in the first year of between 2% and 7.9%.

Attorney-General Christian Porter said it was important for Australians to understand the use of certain powers may become necessary in the months ahead.

Photographer GLENN ASHER-GORDON quickly found himself wedded to the Galapagos Islands, a sanctuary for some of the world’s most unique wildlife.

“There are some challenging months ahead and the government will continue to work closely based on the best possible medical advice to keep Australians safe,” says prime minister.

If Julian Assange does win the extradition fight and ends up deported to Australia, his lawyers have expressed concern the US could make a new extradition request.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: There was resentment among Nationals at Morrison being seen to push Bridget McKenzie under the bus over the sports grants, not least because they felt his office had more involvement than it admitted.

But Barnaby Joyce is unlikely to give up his ambition, and having a restive Matt Canavan on the backbench will be unhelpful for McCormack.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: The real reason Scott Morrison cancelled his Hawaii trip was to postpone a secret tryst with a controversial Indian mogul, writes TESS LAWRENCE.

Reports revealing McKenzie had approved a grant to a clay target shooting club without publicly disclosing her membership of it have been referred to the prime minister's office. The opposition continues to call for her resignation or sacking.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: The prime minister's Monday salvo against the NSW environment minister over the response to the bushfire disaster was gratuitous and inept.

The bushfire crisis almost certainly explains the crash in Morrison’s ratings, with opposition leader Albanese now the preferred prime minister, according to poll.

SPECIAL FEATURE: Climate change is making extreme events even more severe, resulting in unprecedented conditions that are rewriting our nation’s history.

'This crisis has been unfolding for years'. NASA images reveal a ravaged continent.

SPECIAL FEATURE: I should have twigged straight away. At 8am the sky was a gruesome orange-black, the surrounding bush freakishly quiet. Our mobile phones had no signal. Outside, my car was coated in soot.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison met with angry locals of bushfire ravaged Cobargo, and it didn't go well.

Worn with small variations across Egypt, Rome, Greece, sub-Saharan Africa, India, China, Korea, Japan and some Latin American cultures, the shoe was designed to protect the sole while keeping the top of the foot cool.

The “instagrammability” of a destination is a key motivation for younger people to travel there - even if filters and mirrors have been used to create a less than realistic image.

Australians spent $400 million on unwanted Christmas gifts last year. There must be a better way.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: Scott Morrison has refused to meet calls for a national summit or a COAG meeting on the fire effort, but he is no longer able to gloss over the climate debate.

SPECIAL FEATURE: 2019 may go down as the most disrupted year in global politics since the fall of the Berlin wall in 1989. The likelihood is that 2020 will be worse, and bloodier.

Lambie had indicated previously that her vote for the repeal would be conditional on the government meeting a condition which she would not specify. She suggested security matters were involved.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: In a deeply tragic irony, the two victims who lost their lives to a man who made a mockery of their idealism were assisted by two others who appear to have genuinely benefited from prison rehabilitation programs.

OBITUARY: Along with Germaine Greer, Barry Humphries and Robert Hughes, Clive James was known as part of an elite group of “brilliant creatures” that emerged out of Australia at a cultural moment of change in the mid 20th century.

Westpac is accused of 23 million breaches of the anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing law, with the alleged breaches include transfers of money to the Philippines for child sex exploitation.

SPECIAL FEATURE: Negative stereotypes associated with mental health issues were once a matter of shame and embarrassment, only to be discussed quietly in fear of being branded as “weak”.

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OPINION & ANALYSIS: The aspirations for our diplomacy must be upgraded beyond the bare minimum. Ten years on from Diplomatic Deficit, Australia must resist the magical thinking that foreign affairs and trade somehow happen by themselves.

Attorney-General Christian Porter singled out Market Forces in a Monday statement that said he was co-ordinating advice across several portfolios on what could be done to protect resource businesses from such activism.

‘It is inevitable that Australia will make more decisions that China doesn’t like,’ said Labor's Penny Wong.

SPECIAL FEATURE: Not to put a damper on things, but Australian food hasn’t always made us happy little Vegemites.

Cardinal George Pell’s malevolent crusade against Pope Francis remains as vigorous as his disdain and notorious self-professed disinterest for victims of child sex abuse, writes TESS LAWRENCE.

SPECIAL FEATURE: Let’s stop spreading nonsense about how lazy Australian accents are and all these cultural cringe-tinged myths.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: Though the call between Trump and Morrison does not indicate any Australian government wrongdoing, it shows how the PM’s bromance with the president brings its political embarrassments.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: Morrison bypassed the climate summit, so he won’t be able to give his daughters a first-hand description. But they may have opinions.

Why would anyone 'shiver their timbers'? There’s no shortage of special days throughout the year. Some, like International Literacy Day, speak to important issues in society. Others, like Speak Like a Pirate Day, speak to our inner dag.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: While fire is a normal part of Australia’s yearly cycle and no two years are alike, what we are seeing now is absolutely not business as usual.

KRIS GRIFFITHS attends three consecutive weekend festivals and finds the summer scene as alive and vital as ever

OPINION & ANALYSIS: As Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise - an outcome supported by government policy - the continued downward trajectory of the Great Barrier Reef is inevitable.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: We should not have one model of special protection for religious faith and a lesser model of protection for all other people.

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SPECIAL FEATURE: Save for a successful appeal in the High Court, Pope Francis will likely expel Pell from the priesthood. The family of the second survivor is suing him and or the church for civil damages, as may others.

Scott Morrison describes the “the bacon and eggs principle” where “the chicken is involved, but the pig is committed”.

SPECIAL FEATURE: What influences movements in exchange rates? And more, what makes them ‘volatile’? That word gets thrown around a lot in the foreign exchange space, but what does it mean?

OPINION & ANALYSIS: Nigel Farage is due to make a return to Australia at this weekend’s CPAC event, alongside Tony Abbott, Raheem Kassam and other right-wing speakers.

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SPECIAL FEATURE: Australia’s rate of inter-ethnic relationships shows Australia is an open society that embraces its vibrant ethnic and cultural diversity.

Bring back the 'tash! So often the greatest moments in Ashes cricket history have been accompanied by a sensational moustache...

OPINION & ANALYSIS: In describing his view towards the public service Morrison, who loves a good slogan, has produced a new one, “Respect and expect”.

If you're a traveller who spends your time reflecting on the fact that your carbon footprint melts thousands of pounds of glacier ice, keep reading.

Do you remember the Pokémon Go craze in 2016 and charging round the streets of your town or neighbourhood, trying to collect as many Pokémons as possible? To say the game caught on would be an understatement and now its creators are looking to do it all over again ― ...