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Tennis star Naomi Osaka has lit the Olympic cauldron at an opening ceremony that no-one could have imagined before COVID, officially kickstarting a Games that will also be unlike anything in history. In a dark and empty stadium which would normally seat 68,000 people, Tokyo marked a milestone with no

The United States has carried out air strikes to support Afghan government forces who have been under pressure from the Taliban as US-led foreign forces carry out the final stages of their withdrawal from the country. Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby told reporters the air strikes were in support of Afghan

Australia has succeeded in its all-out effort to have a UNESCO committee delay a decision declaring the Great Barrier Reef an ecological disaster zone. The postponement can’t now be listed as a World Heritage site “in danger” until 2023, with Australia only required to file a progress report to UNESCO

Reaching the Paris climate target will not only save the earth from catastrophic climate change it will also create eight million jobs by 2050, new research shows. Not all countries are set to benefit, though. Australia is likely to see job losses due to its reliance on exporting fossil fuels

It’s the 200th edition of The Ferguson Report! Thank you so much to all the readers and The New Daily for your support and snickers! BEZOS & BRANSON ACHIEVE THE POSSIBLE:  ‘AMAZON VIRGINS IN SPACE!’ The 1950s B-grade movie Amazon Virgins In Space! has been remade with two middle-aged billionaires

Mal Meninga and Michael Maguire want Rugby League’s World Cup postponed as 72 hours of crisis meetings loom over whether to play the tournament following Australia and New Zealand’s exits. Furious World Cup officials will meet with representatives of the remaining 14 nations this weekend, as they weigh up what

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Thousands of affordable homes, some costing as little as $100 a week, could be built in inner-city Sydney within four years at no extra cost to the taxpayer, new research from the University of Sydney has shown. Rather than dampening housing prices, COVID has seen them skyrocket, and without drastic

Of late, with the Delta variant proving itself to be almost sneakily contagious – and the rise of mystery cases and ‘fleeting contact’ – wearing a mask when out and about is a must. But new research serves as a reminder that masks can bring about injury or side effects

A perfect storm of problems has sent electricity prices soaring over the last three months, in what the regulator called a “dramatic turnaround”. The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) said on Friday that the mainland wholesale electricity price skyrocketed to $95/megawatt hour (MWh) over the June quarter, rising 156 per

German prosecutors are demanding stiff penalties for three Daimler employees at the centre of the latest chapter of a scandal that has rocked the German auto industry. A spokeswoman for prosecutors in the southwestern German city of Stuttgart announced on Friday that the matter concerns suspected fraud and centers on

Just before the Audit Office released its scathing indictment of the commuter car parks program, Australia quietly added the auditing profession to our skills shortage list. These two events really sum up the Morrison government – an outfit obsessed with tactical politics, wholly uninterested in governing, and contemptuous when it