Adding khaki to the emergency response gives an extra dimension to the ‘war’ on Covid, but is fraught with possible long-lasting repercussionsThe New South Wales government’s eventual decision to accept troops to enforce Covid-19 public health restrict…
Sky News Australia banned from YouTube for seven days over Covid misinformation
Digital giant issues strike after channel posted videos denying the existence of Covid and encouraging people to use discredited medicationFollow our Covid live blog for the latest updatesVaccine rollout tracker; get our free news app; get our morning …
From wild herbs to feral pigs: should we manage invasive species by eating them?
It’s been called ‘invasivorism’. Is it an environmentally friendly diet or a feel-good distraction?For three decades, Phil Mather has harvested olives from feral trees around South Australia. Mather, a landscape gardener, began hand-picking the fruit a…
Jess Fox a fitting victor in Olympics arena she has dominated for so long | Kieran Pender
Having fallen just short at three consecutive Games, Australia’s slalom queen finally struck goldIn London it was silver. In Rio it was bronze. In Tokyo it was bronze.For so long, Olympic gold has eluded Australia’s slalom queen Jess Fox. But after wai…
Chinese takeover of UK’s largest computer chip maker ‘may be blocked’
Post-Brexit trade advisor Tony Abbott ‘heartened’ by review into takeover of Newport Wafer FabBoris Johnson may block a Chinese-owned company from purchasing the UK’s largest producer of semiconductors, a senior government adviser has suggested, as the…