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The NSW Government has announced the final lockout laws that were still in place across Kings Cross, Oxford Street and Sydney’s CBD have been abolished, writes Andy Young.

The COVID-19 pandemic revealed essential weaknesses in mental health systems and intensified existing inequities, highlighting the need for a comprehensive assessment of policy responses and ...

When it opens on Monday, the new Sydney Fish Market will be a monument not just to seafood, but to perseverance.

For ecologists, the Covid-19 pandemic has presented a remarkable natural experiment in what can happen to wild animals when humans stay home. By Emily Anthes About two decades ago, the dark-eyed junco ...

The mental health impact of the closing schools during the COVID-19 pandemic has been a subject of wide-ranging public discourse and research for years. Now, a new large-scale study shows that ...

SYDNEY, Dec 7 (Reuters) - Australian authorities on Sunday downgraded alerts for wildfires that have burnt through thousands of hectares of bushland in the country's most populous state, destroying ...

SYDNEY, Dec 6 (Reuters) - Wildfires in Australia's New South Wales burnt through thousands of hectares of bushland on Saturday, prompting the authorities to urge evacuations at the highest danger ...

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One in ten physicians sought mental health or substance use care over a recent 19-year period, with demand rising sharply during the early years of the COVID-19 pandemic, new research showed. The ...

Even though the U.S. real estate market has posed significant challenges for potential buyers, there are some parts of the country where home values have actually increased. Notably, 10 cities across ...