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Australians urged to work from home as COVID hospital cases surge

Authorities look for ways to reduce strain on health system, after more than 300,000 cases reported in last seven days.

Al Jazeera

More Aussies lack access to quality water

Hundreds of thousands of Australians in more than 400 remote or regional communities lack access to quality drinking water, new research shows.

AAP

Why there's nobody left to doubt UFC featherweight champion Alex Volkanovski

UFC featherweight champion Alex Volkanovski is hell bent on securing a second championship belt courtesy of his first fight in Australia in over four years.

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New QIMR Berghofer Sun-D trial to study sunscreen application impact on vitamin D deficiency

A nationwide study investigating whether sunscreen application leads to vitamin D deficiency calls for more participants.

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‘Last frontier’: NBL schedules basketball clash for Christmas Day

National Basketball League chairman says game to be played between Sydney Kings and Melbourne United shows ‘we are a changing society’

The Guardian - AU

Does Australia's harsh asylum seeker policy matter to the average Australian? It depends whether they have to get off the couch

The Albanese government’s turnback of a Sri Lankan asylum seeker vessel just a day after being sworn in suggests it’s business as usual for Australia’s treatment of arrivals by boat.

The Conversation

PM Anthony Albanese echoes CMO Paul Kelly, outlines 'four key' ways to get through this COVID-19 wave

COVID infections are spiking again and the peak isn't expected for another month or so. It's prompted Australia's health chief to say we "need to do things differently".

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Aus Is Facing A Shortage Of Over 300 ‘Essential’ Drugs Including Contraception Diabetes Meds

Australia is facing a shortage of more than 300 medicines including contraception, anti-depressants and hormone replacement drugs.

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Australians urged to work from home as winter Omicron wave swamps hospitals

Australians admitted to hospitals from COVID-19 neared record levels on Wednesday as authorities urged businesses to let staff work from home and recommended people wear masks indoors and get booster shots urgently amid a major coronavirus outbreak.

Reuters

SA rocket missions approved for launch

The federal government has granted approval for two rocket launches from a South Australian facility in coming months.

AAP

Australian supermarket mayonnaises tasted and rated – plus what to cook with them

Not all mayonnaises are made equally. Rosheen Kaul puts 12 to the test, and shares mayo-based recipes for grilled chicken wings and green goddess slaw

The Guardian - AU

Australian Institute of Sport to offer restoration payments, counselling to abused athletes

Thousands of former athletes from the Australian Institute of Sport will be entitled to restoration payments of up to $50,000 if they suffered abuse during their time as scholarship holders at the nation's premier sporting facility.

ABC News

Kings, United in Christmas Day NBL game

The NBL will break new ground in professional Australian sport when the Sydney Kings and Melbourne United play on Christmas Day this year.

AAP

Australian swimmer Isaac Cooper to miss Commonwealth Games for disciplinary reasons after being sent home from camp

Cooper had been set to make his Games debut in four events — the 50m and 100m backstroke, 50m butterfly and 50m freestyle.

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Newcastle Herald

State Of The Environment 2021 report reveals the costs to the continent of Australia's 'progress'

Delayed report shows cost of 'progress'

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New US ambassador to Australia, Caroline Kennedy, will arrive in the country on Friday

Ms Kennedy is a former US ambassador to Japan from 2013 to 2017 under the Obama administration, and daughter of former president John F Kennedy.

AAP

Swimmer Cooper banished from Comm Games

Australia's champion backstroker Isaac Cooper has been sent home from a pre-Commonwealth Games camp for misusing a medication.

The Guardian - AU

Mask mandates ruled out as nation records 90 Covid deaths – as it happened

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Murray hails Celtic-bound Mooy's change in attitude

WHEN Aaron Mooy first arrived in Scottish football at St Mirren in October 2010, it didn’t take long for his new team-mate Hugh Murray to be…

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State of the Environment report highlights mammal extinctions and bushfires as WA worries

The latest State of the Environment report paints a "grim" picture for Western Australia, according to scientists, with mammal extinctions, bushfires and water availability highlighted as key areas of concern.

ABC News

Calls for COVID-19 antiviral medicines to be made more easily available without GP appointment

In some other countries, eligible COVID patients can get antiviral medication from pharmacies without a prescription from a doctor — but that's not the case in Australia, and a shortage of GPs in some areas is making access even harder.

The Guardian - AU

Morning mail: Australia faces Omicron ‘perfect storm’, UK’s record heatwave, Greens meet on climate target

Wednesday: ‘Pretty scary’ hospital admission numbers in several Australian states mean masks mandates will need to return, AMA says. Plus: Australia’s first vulture

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Gold rush era restarts at Mount Freda near Cloncurry after three-decade hiatus

Drilling has started at the Mount Freda gold mine near Cloncurry, a site that hasn't been touched since it was abandoned in the gold crash of the 1990s.

ABC News

COVID-19 cases are rising in the Northern Territory as Australia approaches a new Omicron wave

The Northern Territory recorded 671 cases on Tuesday — the highest daily caseload since February and a dramatic jump from Monday, prompting calls to reinstate mask mandates.

ABC News

Industry says gas from the Beetaloo Basin could solve Australia's energy crisis. Some energy analysts question that claim

The gas industry has its eyes set on developing the Northern Territory's Beetaloo Basin to secure Australia's electricity supply. Some analysts doubt the economics stack up.

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