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New Zealand plans social media ban for under-16s

The New Zealand government on Monday announced plans to ban social media for children under 16. The bill would require social media platforms the government deemed "high risk" to take reasonable steps to check that...

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Vaccines rushed to Sydney as outbreak spirals

A health worker dressed in protective gear conducts COVID-19 testing at the St. Vincents Hospital drive-through testing clinic at Bondi in Sydney. -- AFP

Australia tightens border further to curb virus outbreaks

A ferry makes its way into Sydney Harbour as heavy fog floats over the Harbour Bridge. - AFP

Australia's outback hub goes into lockdown

A woman walks in front of the Opera House in Sydney on Wednesday. - AFP

Australia tightens lockdown amid Delta virus outbreak

A woman runs with her dog through Elizabeth Quay in Perth on Tuesday as several positive Covid-19 cases have led to a four-day lockdown of the Perth metropolitan area. — AFP

Australia steps up vaccine push to stem Covid-19 outbreak

A delivery courier wears a face mask on the usually busy Oxford Street in the city centre during a lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus outbreak in Sydney. — Reuters

Millions of Sydney residents in coronavirus lockdown

Tables and chairs sit empty along the water in Circular Quay in central Sydney on the first full day of a two-week coronavirus lockdown to contain an outbreak of the highly contagious Delta variant. - AFP

Two skydivers die after falling from a plane

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Sydney in two-week hard Covid-19 lockdown

A worker cleans public seating outside the Opera House in Sydney after authorities locked down several central areas of Australia's largest city to contain an outbreak of the highly contagious Delta variant. - AFP

Australia battles Delta Covid surge

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Australian scientist speaks to frogs, fears their silence

Professor Michael Mahony holds a Green and Golden Bell Frog inside a laboratory at the University of Newcastle. — Reuters file photo

Residents locked down as virus cluster grows in Sydney

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Unliveable Sydney homes going for millions in realty boom

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Australia angry over UNESCO warning on Great Barrier Reef

The Great Barrier Reef has held World Heritage status since 1981

Ballooning spiders leave Australian region covered in webs

Spiders' gossamer near wetlands in Gippsland, Australia. — Reuters

One of biggest dinosaur species found in Australia

Dr Scott Hocknull and Robyn Mackenzie pose with a 3D reconstruction and the humerus bone of "Cooper," a new species of dinosaur discovered in Queensland. — Reuters
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