‘Things aren’t going back’: Australia braces for step-up in China’s Pacific push
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The Australian government is bracing for China to step up its push to expand influence in the Pacific, with a senior figure privately conceding Canberra has a lot of work to do to regain lost trust and strengthen regi...
NSW premier labels Blockade Australia protesters ‘bloody idiots’ as Sydney police make 12 more arrests
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Twelve more Blockade Australia climate protesters have been arrested over the group’s mass disruption campaign in Sydney’s CBD. Around 40 people from climate group Blockade Australia congregated in Sydney’s Hyde Park ...
Britain is being hit by a new wave of Covid – so what do we do now?
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Britain is now going through its third major wave of Covid-19 infections this year. According to the ONS Infection Survey released last week, about 1.7 million people in the UK are estimated to have been infected in t...
Warnings of mental health crisis among ‘Covid generation’ of students
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The pandemic has had a lasting legacy on the mental health of the “Covid generation” of students, exacerbating rates of anxiety, depression and self-harm and resulting in a “significant rise” in young people strugglin...
Australia ‘ill-prepared’ for food insecurity driven by war and climate crisis, former defence leaders say
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Australia is badly prepared for food insecurity fuelled by the climate crisis and war, former military leaders have warned. A new report, to be released on Tuesday, describes Australia and the Asia-Pacific as a “disas...
Shanghai reports no new Covid cases for first time since March
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China has reported no new Covid-19 infections in Shanghai for the first time since March, as the country’s latest outbreak subsides after months of lockdowns and other restrictions. China is the last major economy com...