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Great Barrier Reef faces collapse as El Niño intensifies

QUEENSLAND: Marine scientists have warned that Australia's Great Barrier Reef is facing a severe and widespread bleaching event that could escalate into an "ecosystem collapse," driven by the effects of this...

The Great Barrier Reef, which stretches along the Queensland coast, is the world's largest coral reef system.

New Zealand may rethink virus strategy after Delta spreads

People stand in line outside a grocery store in Wellington. -- Reuters

New Zealand's Ardern vows to stamp out Delta as outbreak widens

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Sydney steps up vaccine rollout as Australia's Covid cases at daily high

People wait in a queue for their Covid-19 coronavirus vaccination in Sydney. - AFP

'Suicidal reproducer' mammal survives Australia fires

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Sydney lockdown fines hiked

Near-empty ferries pass in front of the Opera House in Sydney on Saturday. -- AFP

Growing Sydney outbreak prompts new borders inside Australia

Visitors spend their afternoon at Mrs Macquarie's Point amid an extended lockdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic in Sydney. - AFP

Sydney to tighten Covid curbs, Australian capital to enter lockdown

A health worker takes a swab sample at a coronavirus drive through testing site in the Smithfield suburb of Sydney. - AFP

Australia suffers worst Covid day this year with millions in lockdown

A resident checks her details on a Covid-19 swab test container at a drive-through testing site in western Sydney as Australia's state of New South Wales reported another record day of infections. - AFP

Sydney suffers worst day of pandemic, Victoria state to enter 6th lockdown

Police walk outside a residential building in the southwestern Sydney suburb of Campbelltown after residents were placed in isolation due to reports of Covid infections within the building. - AFP

Man in his 20s becomes one of Australia's youngest Covid deaths

A health worker takes a swab sample from a resident at a Covid-19 drive-through testing site in western Sydney on Wednesday. - AFP

Australia's east coast battles rising Covid cases

Police officers patrol the streets of central business district of Sydney as authorities warned against the anti-lockdown protest. - AFP

Covid-19 cases surge in Sydney as police cordon deters protest

Police conduct a law enforcement operation to prevent anti-lockdown protesters from gathering during a lockdown in Sydney suburb. - Reuters

Sydney police call for military to enforce lockdown

Health workers taking swab samples from residents at a Covid-19 drive-through testing clinic in Sydney. - AFP

Sydney adds four weeks to lockdown as Australia Covid cases rise

Health workers take swab samples from residents at a Covid-19 drive-through testing clinic in Sydney on Wednesday. - AFP

Covid-19 curbs to end in Australian state, continue in Sydney

Mounted police officers patrol at Bondi Beach during a lockdown to curb the spread of a Covid-19 outbreak in Sydney, on Tuesday. - Reuters
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