With lockdown restriction easing in some countries like Spain and Italy, restaurants, parks and churches are putting in place creative solutions to ensure social distancing continues. People sit in circles designed to encourage social distancing as they relax in Domino Park along the East River in Brooklyn, New York…
Many threatened Australian mammals suffered significant population decline between 1995 and 2016, according to a new mammal database launched today.Key points:The most comprehensive mammal database to date shows significant declines in the majority of threatened Australian mammalsBig recoveries were seen in areas with targeted conservation measuresBushfire toll yet to show up in dataAnimals such as…
World Rugby is making contingencies in case cross-hemisphere travel is not possible for international teams until 2021World Rugby has created a $100m (£80m) relief fund to help relieve the financial pressure on the global game from the coronavirus pandemic.Scottish Rugby announced a series of pay cuts, in addition to furloughing about 75% of its staff,…
The Australian government has launched Covidsafe, an app that traces every person running the app who has been in contact with someone else using the app who has tested positive for coronavirus in the previous few weeks, in a bid to automate coronavirus contact tracing, and allow the easing of restrictions. Here’s what we know…
12.19am EDT 00:19 CMO update Professor Brendan Murphy is giving the national update on where Australia stands, today: Over the last week we have certainly seen daily numbers that were significantly lower than the previous week, but as I have said on many occasions, the fact we are still picking up new cases means that…
Five weeks on from Bondi’s global shaming and it looks like we’ve learnt absolutely nothing. In an effort to minimise the spread of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, major beaches across Sydney (and indeed, the country) have remained closed for the past month — as our government battles to flatten the curve…
As backpackers across the country actively flout the social distancing regulations, Sky News contributor Caleb Bond says the “law needs
Authorities are being forced to police Bondi Beach after thousands flocked to the shore, ignoring social distancing guidelines put in
coronavirus, cycling, canberra, coronavirus, bike shops, pushys, bike sales, covid 19If you’ve seen more people on bikes while doing your daily dose of exercise lately, you’re not the only one. Canberra cycle shops have reported a surge in bike sales in recent weeks as people try to keep up fitness in the age of coronavirus,…
Despite restrictions on outdoor gatherings due to the spread of coronavirus, thousands of Australians hit the world-famous Bondi Beach on
