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Growing COVID numbers add to stress of economic headwinds

Pandemic planning for the long haul

Newcastle Herald

Calls for quick rethink of COVID strategy as Omicron peak looms

A leading virus expert has called for a rethink of Australia's COVID-19 strategy as the country prepares to go through another wave of cases during winter.

Newcastle Herald

Calls for employers to allow working from home as 75 Covid deaths recorded – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

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Murray-Darling Basin critical for Australia's future, water advocates say, and time is running out

The Murray-Darling Basin has dictated human history in Australia, but now experts fear we are in a "water emergency" — and we don't have much time to act.

ABC News

The Loop: Australia's environment in bad shape, former MPs charged, and a 'universal' COVID vaccine?

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ABC News

Disability inclusion plan update for Broken Hill arrives, but was 'long overdue' say advocates

After years of travelling throughout Australia, Dr JR Mitchell says his town is "one of the most inaccessible in Australia" and the disability advocate wants further action.

ABC News

Morning mail: ‘Shocking’ environment scorecard, fake Aboriginal souvenirs, health staff under Covid pressure

Tuesday: New report reveals many Australians ecosystems are showing signs of collapse. Plus: why Home & Away beat Neighbours in soap battle

The Guardian - AU

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This is Australia's most important report on the environment's deteriorating health. We present its grim findings

Climate change is exacerbating pressures on every Australian ecosystem and Australia now has more foreign plant species than native, according to the highly anticipated State of the Environment Report released today.

The Conversation

'That patch of bush is gone, and so are the birds': a scientist reacts to the State of the Environment report

Australia’s State of the Environment Report was finally released today – and its findings are a staggering picture of loss and devastation.

The Conversation

COVID drugs in Australia: what's available and how to get them

With COVID case numbers expected to rise in Australia over the coming weeks and months there is significant concern the numbers of severely sick patients may overwhelm hospitals.

The Conversation

Why China's challenges to Australian ships in the South and East China Seas are likely to continue

Last week it was reported an Australian warship had, in early July, been closely followed by a Chinese guided-missile destroyer, a nuclear-powered attack submarine, and multiple military aircraft as it travelled through the East China Sea.

The Conversation

Holy Woman's fleshy, feminist spiritual pilgrimage is a warning against religious coercive control

Louise Omer is on a global, but highly personal quest: from Australia to Ireland, Mexico, Sweden, Bulgaria and Istanbul. From Istanbul to Scotland, Italy, Germany, Morocco. And finally, to the cool waters of Džbán Lake in the Czech Republic.

The Conversation

Foot-and-mouth outbreak in UK resulted in 6 million animals being euthanased

An Australian vet recalls his time working in the United Kingdom during a foot-and-mouth disease outbreak more than 20 years ago, when 6 million animals were euthanased.

ABC News

The real world rugby power rankings right now as All Blacks in full-blown crisis and Wales sold short

We assess the new world order after a thrilling sequence of summer internationals

Wales Online

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Fossil-fuel vehicle ban risks driving up prices, outlawing utes, industry warns

It was unclear whether there would be enough affordable electric vehicles available by 2035, the Australian Automotive Dealer Association said.

ABC News

Long COVID cases set to grow as more people fall through the cracks of support

Up to 100,000 people could be suffering severe long COVID within the next three months. Another 300,000 people could have some limitations on their daily activities.

ABC News

Everyone over 30 can now get a fourth COVID-19 vaccine. Here's a state-by-state breakdown of how and where to get the 'winter shot'

Fourth COVID-19 vaccinations are available for all Australians over the age of 30. Here's how and where you can get yours.

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Petrol prices could soon fall to $1.85 but diesel remaining high

Petrol could fall below $1.85 a litre as global prices for crude oil slide. But are retailers passing on the falls?

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World's first 'sand battery' can store heat at 500C for months at a time. Could it work in Australia?

The world's first commercial "sand battery" stores heat at 500C for months at a time. So how does it work, and should we build them in Australia?

AAP

History-making Kerr joins Mbappe on cover

Australian football icon Sam Kerr has become

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Majority of Australia's environment in 'poor' state as Labor blames the Coalition for decade of 'inaction and wilful ignorance'

Climate change, mining, pollution, invasive species and habitat loss are outlined in the five-yearly report that has been released, with Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek laying the blame squarely at the feet of the previous government.

The Guardian - AU

Nobel prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz calls for windfall profits tax in Australia

Tax is a ‘no-brainer’ after companies’ huge profits during Covid but corporate influence makes it ‘politically difficult’, Stiglitz says

The Guardian - AU

Letter urges Victorian parents to send children to school in masks as Covid surges

While masks remain optional in schools nationwide, authorities in several Australian states have strengthened requests for action

The Guardian - AU

Climate action is fighting back against big polluters. We don’t need to end Australia’s climate wars – we need to win them

There is no ‘peace’ to be brokered with fossil fuel companies who stand to make billions. Effective policy is to threaten their gains

The Guardian - AU

‘It’s like a gladiator match’: why Home & Away beat Neighbours in the battle of the Aussie soaps

As Neighbours airs its last episode, a decades-old rivalry between Erinsborough and Summer Bay finally comes to an end. But insiders say the beginning of the end came a long time ago

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