Play at Melbourne Park starts at 11am in Melbourne, 12am GMTAndy Murray and tennis world react after Novak Djokovic deportedAny thoughts? Email or tweet @mike_hytnerAustralia’s prime minister Scott Morrison – as indeed pretty much every politician in t…
Tonga volcano eruption: Pacific tsunami damage unclear as ash blankets island nation
Conditions hinder communications from towns believed to have been inundated by waves as New Zealand sends first surveillance flightA thick blanket of ash from a huge undersea volcanic eruption has covered the Pacific Island nation of Tonga, contaminati…
NSW and Queensland allow close contacts of Covid cases to work as states face food shortages
‘Critical’ or ‘essential’ workers who are asymptomatic no longer required to self-isolate if job is essential for growing, manufacturing or transporting foodGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingClose contacts of people with Covid-19 wil…
Covid news live: Schools in England face staffing crisis as Brazil’s Bolsonaro criticises plans to vaccinate young children
Schools in England are ‘teetering on the edge’ with 36% struggling with staff absence rates in excess of 10%; Brazilian president says he will not vaccinate his 11-year-old daughter as infection rates soarNovak Djokovic not being held ‘captive’ and fre…
Super poo: the emerging science of stool transplants and designer gut bacteria
As more people turn to faecal transplants for their health benefits, researchers in Adelaide are harnessing the power of high-quality poo in new treatments that can simply be swallowedGood poo donors are so hard to find they’re sometimes called “unicor…
The pandemic has allowed us to see so much. What will we do with our newfound clarity?
From government systems to family units to our own psyches, the pandemic brought revelation. What will we change?A retreating ocean is often the first sign of a tsunami. The water along the shoreline is dragged back dramatically, exposing parts of the …
Australia’s New Year’s Eve may be a damp squib as revellers make their own Covid decisions
People wind back plans as epidemiologists warn big night could become a super-spreader eventFollow our Covid live blog for the latest updatesVaccine rollout tracker; cases and data trackerOfficially the new year parties in Australia’s largest cities wi…
In Australia’s climate wars, delay and deception are the new denial | Ketan Joshi
Now that they can no longer pretend the climate crisis isn’t real, big emitters and their enablers are making all of the right noises – and taking none of the right actionsFor climate change in Australia, 2021 was the year of the bullshit absolution na…
Covid news live: almost 1,000 people sent wrong test information in Sydney; Omicron grounds nearly 1,200 more US flights
Another 995 people sent wrong Covid test information by Sydney’s St Vincent hospital; NSW records 6,234 new Covid cases and Victoria 1,999 as Australia braces for post-Christmas rise; Omicron surge grounds more US flights over Christmas weekend; China’…
‘Turn the planes around’: Māori leader says New Zealand should block Australian deportations
Chair of National Māori Authority says country should adopt John Howard’s playbook or risk sparking local gangland wars between deported criminalsGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingA prominent Māori leader has called for a dramatic re…