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The 'donation dollar' is legal tender — it can be used like any other $1 coin — but the Federal Government wants you to treat it a little differently. | Continue reading
The arrival of mystery seeds in "silver foil packaging with white labels" sent from Asia to Australian addresses has biosecurity experts concerned about the potential risk to the environment and farm sector. | Continue reading
In a remote archipelago near the North Pole, there is a town where polar bears outnumber humans — and we've just started burying crucial reels of film there. | Continue reading
Amid climbing unemployment, new research shows Australia is lagging behind the world with workplace technology and the future is likely to see more people working in "very low-wage, low-grade, low-tech jobs". | Continue reading
"How to delete Houseparty account" becomes a worldwide trending search term after rumours spread online that the popular new app has been compromised. | Continue reading
Businesses will receive a fortnightly wage subsidy up to $1,500 per employee as part of a $130 billion Federal Government bid to prevent millions of people from losing their jobs to the coronavirus pandemic. | Continue reading
Anyone entering New Zealand from midnight (local time) on Sunday will be required to self-isolate for 14 days in an attempt to combat coronavirus, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announces. | Continue reading
Using Facebook or Instagram to substitute face-to-face contact with family and friends could end up making you more lonely, but the solution might be closer than you think. | Continue reading
If summers feel longer, it's because they are — researchers have crunched the numbers and summers are now longer in all capital cities. In one NSW town, its been extended by 48 days. | Continue reading
Italy has emerged as a coronavirus hot-spot with the highest number of cases in mainland Europe. But I'm not too worried about taking my family there on a holiday next month. | Continue reading
Julian Assange's conversations, including legally privileged meetings with Australian lawyers Geoffrey Robertson, Jennifer Robinson and Melinda Taylor, were secretly recorded inside his London embassy home. | Continue reading
Australia's premier foreign cyber intelligence agency would be enlisted to help track down online paedophiles, terrorists and other serious criminals under a proposal being developed by the Federal Government. | Continue reading