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Microplastics are pieces of plastics smaller than a few millimetres, and usually much smaller than that.

Restaurants, pubs and cafes have been among the first places to which people have flocked for some respite from social isolation.

The picture of economic recovery painted by Prime Minister Scott Morrison is looking like a mirage.

Australia has had 103 known COVID-19-related deaths, with 21 reported before the end of March.

In the early hours of the morning, we learned Australia and New Zealand won their historic joint bid to host the FIFA 2023 Women’s World Cup.

On June 11, Beijing reported its first new coronavirus case in nearly two months. Over the next two days, the city government swung into action, sealing off certain neighbourhoods.

Shortages of raw materials meant that recycling – then called “salvage” – became a vital part of life on the home front.

While football has since restarted (albeit in an eerie, spectatorless fashion), for Eurovision fans there’s nothing but a discoball-shaped hole and a wait of a whole year.

HomeBuilder does offer a much-needed opportunity to make old homes more energy-efficient.

Federally legislated service standards oblige Australia Post to deliver a letter within the country in no more than four days at a fixed rate (currently A$1.10).

Qantas’ announcement this week of severe job cuts comes as little surprise.

New state and federal laws designed to crack down on activists who trespass on farms – often to gather video evidence of alleged animal cruelty, which is later distributed to the public.

The aftermath of Hillsborough also produced an agenda for nationwide stadium modernisation, a moment when the game itself in England was completely reconstructed and repackaged.

The digital model is the twin of the real infrastructure. Wireless sensors on the structure transfer performance data to our computer.

Most mortgage lenders don’t really want to repossess your house. It’s costly, time-consuming and stressful.

New records are being set every year, and not just for maximum temperatures, but for melting ice and wildfires too.

Vitamin D is essential for maintaining overall health, especially for bones, teeth and muscle.

CHRIS’S KITCHEN | From the kitchen of Gordon Ramsey, CHRIS ARKADIEFF shows us a perfect light lunch for those summer days with this recipe for fresh crab on toasted sourdough bread.

The crisis has reignited a long-running debate about the need for an Australian Centre for Disease Control and Prevention.

Apple’s newest updates may be early signs it is, in fact, looking to get back on the map as a “business model innovator”.

Australia’s much awarded and trusted national broadcaster has again been forced to make major cuts to staff, services and programs.

In the late 1970s, after the prices paid for American and European art became a political issue, the Fraser government placed restrictions on the price the gallery could pay for international art.

The judge-associate relationship is one in which there is a particularly strong power imbalance, held as it is between a senior legal practitioner and someone just entering the profession.

We asked people about their behaviours and beliefs around four single-use plastic items: bags, straws, coffee cups and take-away containers.

Over the past week, there have been more than 150,000 new cases per day on three separate days.

In response to COVID-19, the federal government increased Medicare-funded telehealth services, including making telephone consultations available for the first time.

Joel Schumacher, who has died aged 80 in New York, never won an Oscar.

The death of Constable Matthew Hunt will inevitably lead to a reexamination of police firearm policies.

Major losers from the pandemic include the ride hailing apps: Uber, Grab (in South East Asia), Ola (India) and Didi Chuxing (China). Quite simply, people are not taking taxis.

Google revealed its plans to acquire Fitbit Inc. for US$2.1 billion last November.

Australia has been plagued with two decades of wars over climate policy.

Victoria accounted for 83% of new cases across the country over the past week (up to June 21).

Mercury is a toxic element that damages human health and the environment, even in low concentrations.

COVID-19 doesn’t spell the end of the centralised office predicted by futurists since at least the 1970s.

Australian officials “did not comply” with its requirements in relation to the Sustainable Rural Water Use and Infrastructure Program.

Indigenous people avoid mainstream health care or receive substandard care when they do.

Wildlife sightings are increasing, air quality is improving and carbon emissions are dropping.

Pokémon Go sent hundreds of millions of players wandering the streets in search of virtual monsters.

COVID-19 is not just a risk for people with diabetes – it may actually cause diabetes.

CHRIS’S KITCHEN | Butter has one simple ingredient — cream. From the kitchen of Gordon Ramsay at Claridge’s, CHRIS ARKADIEFF shows us how to whip up the perfect batch with fresh Jersey cream.

Coal miners came across them while digging in the Walloon Coal Measures at Rosewood, near Ipswich and Oakey, north of Toowoomba, Queensland.

The Australian government’s investment roadmap for low-emissions technologies promises more taxpayers’ money to the gas industry.

Federal Court judgment raises serious questions about the limits of ministerial decision-making.

The federal government will fund an extra 39,000 university places by 2023.

The market for plastic packaging is projected to grow by 5.5% in 2020.

For hundreds of years, rich countries in the north have exploited natural resources and human knowledge in the south.

Facebook is saying it does more good than harm to journalism and news media businesses.

Damage to rivers and wetlands, including fish kills and algal blooms, has featured prominently in the news.

Australians are being asked to present “clearance certificates” before returning to childcare, school or work after illness.

China, Denmark and France recommend social distancing of one metre; Australia, Germany and Italy recommend 1.5 metres, and the US recommends six feet.