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Australia has avoided having the Great Barrier Reef listed as an endangered world heritage site by UNESCO, despite concerns about climate change-fuelled damage to the ecosystem’s corals.At a World Heritage Committee meeting chaired by China on Friday night, and after a concerted lobbying effort by the Australian government, delegates voted to

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Australia has avoided having the Great Barrier Reef listed as an endangered world heritage site by UNESCO, despite concerns about climate change-fuelled damage to the ecosystem’s corals.At a World Heritage Committee meeting chaired by China on Friday night, and after a concerted lobbying effort by the Australian government, delegates voted to

Content warning: This article contains reference to suicide.Abdullah Sediqi found his confidence through sport, but he is battling a tragedyInstagram/abdullahsediqitkd68Abdullah Sediqi has been a fighter all his life. The Afghanistan native took up taekwondo as an eight-year-old, supported by his number one fan; his mother.”She would push me even when I wanted

Content warning: This article contains reference to suicide.Women incarcerated in Western Australia have been given access to the first dedicated mental health unit inside the state’s prison system.A 29-bed unit opened on Friday at WA’s largest women’s jail, Bandyup Women’s Prison, to address the complex mental health needs of women behind bars.Bandyup

Prime Minister Scott Morrison says the national COVID-19 vaccination rollout won’t be overhauled to answer a plea for help from authorities in New South Wales amid the state’s worsening outbreak.NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian on Friday morning said the situation in Greater Sydney constituted a “national emergency” and called for a

Samoa has its first female prime minister after a three-month electoral deadlock and political crisis was broken by the courts.The Pacific nation went to the polls on 9 April, with the Faatuatua ile Atua Samoa ua Tasi (FAST) party claiming victory over the Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP).On Friday, the

Prime Minister Scott Morrison says the national COVID-19 vaccination rollout won’t be overhauled to answer a plea for help from authorities in New South Wales amid the state’s worsening outbreak.NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian on Friday morning said the situation in Greater Sydney constituted a “national emergency” and called for a

There are renewed calls for companies that accrued billions of dollars in JobKeeper payments despite their businesses not suffering a downturn in revenue to pay the money back.The federal government’s $1,500 a fortnight wage subsidy program was announced last March for businesses hit by COVID-19 lockdowns to contain the virus. But

A group of 150 human rights groups and Olympians has penned an open letter on the eve of the Tokyo Games to the International Olympic Committee, calling on the bloc to allow athletes to perform protests on the podium.In a five-page letter, the signatories urged reform of Rule 50 in the Olympic Charter

The state of Mississippi on Thursday urged the US Supreme Court in a major case set to be argued in its next term to overturn the landmark 1973 ruling that recognised that women have a constitutional right to obtain an abortion.Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch, a Republican, said in papers

Rasha Daniel has lived in Fairfield in Sydney’s west for 16 years since migrating to Australia from Iraq. She has devoted most of her spare time to volunteering in the area. The mother of three embodies the focus on community Fairfield is known for.”I love to help others and do things.