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David MillsNational environment reporter

David Mills is a senior reporter with the News Corp Australia Network, covering a wide range of areas including the environment, science, politics, health and lifestyle.

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ESCAPE, TRAVEL WISDOM, passport careAustralian passport in mans jeans pocket, close up.

PM’s hope for Pacific bubble ‘soon’

Scott Morrison says Australia is working with Pacific Island nations on their testing regimes in the hopes of expediting a COVID-safe travel bubble.

technology/environment

MOUNT ADRAH, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 10: General view of the Dunn Road fire on January 10, 2020 in Mount Adrah, Australia. NSW is bracing for severe fire conditions, with high temperatures and strong winds forecast across the state. There are about 135 fires burning in NSW, 50 of which are uncontained. 20 people have died in the bushfires across Australia in recent weeks, including three volunteer firefighters. About 1995 homes have been destroyed and another 816 have been damaged across NSW. (Photo by Sam Mooy/Getty Images)

Bushfires cooled globe in record year: NASA

The year 2020 was the equal warmest on record for the planet, but NASA says it could have been worse without the Australian bushfires.

World

Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming. Picture: Supplied

Republicans who voted to oust Trump

Ten Republican members of Congress broke party ranks to vote for Donald Trump’s impeachment, including several who had not previously said they would do so. Here’s why they acted.

EXCLUSIVEWorld

Trump supporters clash with police and security forces as people try to storm the US Capitol Building in Washington, DC, on January 6, 2021. - Demonstrators breeched security and entered the Capitol as Congress debated the a 2020 presidential election Electoral Vote Certification. (Photo by Joseph Prezioso / AFP)

More US violence ‘inevitable’

After the storming of the Capitol Building in Washington DC this week, observers believe there will be more violence in a politically unstable America.

technology/environment

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos OCTOBER 05, 2020 - Huge crowds flocked to Coogee Beach on Monday October 05, 2020 as temperatures reached 30 degrees. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Christian Gilles

Revealed: just how hot 2020 got

It was the year the drought broke, but 2020 shattered plenty of climate records across the country.

World

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 06: A protester is seen inside the US Capitol Building on January 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. Congress held a joint session today to ratify President-elect Joe Biden's 306-232 Electoral College win over President Donald Trump. A group of Republican senators said they would reject the Electoral College votes of several states unless Congress appointed a commission to audit the election results. Pro-Trump protesters entered the U.S. Capitol building during demonstrations in the nation's capital. Win McNamee/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

Horned, shirtless US Capitol protester identified

The bare-chested, horned headgear-wearing protester at the US Capitol siege has been unmasked as a conspiracy theorist and sometimes actor.

EXCLUSIVENews

Good news you might have missed in 2020

Believe it or not, some good things did actually happen in 2020. Here are some of the positives from the year of the COVID plague.

EXCLUSIVECoronavirus

A man is seen with plastic wrapped around his face to protect himself from the Coronavirus (COVID-19) at the Brisbane domestic airport terminal in Brisbane, Monday, March 23, 2020. The Queensland Government has announced that they will close the state's borders to stop the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, beginning at midnight on Wednesday and they will force anyone entering Queensland to quarantine themselves for 14 days after their arrival. (AAP Image/Darren England) NO ARCHIVING

Australia’s biggest COVID failures exposed

Experts say our failures in the fight against coronavirus went way beyond the Ruby Princess and hotel quarantine debacles.

EXCLUSIVESustainability

Christmas’s unwanted gift: plastic packaging

As a new report reveals the extent of Amazon’s use of plastic, here’s what to do with bubble wrap from your Christmas shopping.

EXCLUSIVETrue Crime

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Where our worst crims are buried

Australia’s cemeteries hold the remains of the infamous as well as the famous. Here’s where some of our most notorious criminals ended up.

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