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Charis ChangSenior Reporter

Charis Chang has been a reporter for more than 10 years, beginning her career in newspapers before heading online. In a former life, she was a paralegal and got her start in journalism through covering council meetings and other news for local newspapers in regional NSW, Melbourne, and Sydney including the Manly Daily. She has reported extensively on the environment and climate change, as well as health issues including coronavirus, and has also begun tackling data journalism. Highlights of her career include interviewing prime ministers and covering several federal elections. In 2019, she travelled with the press pack during the election campaign. She has also been involved in campaigns on mental health, organ donation and recycling.

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People walk along a pedestrian zone in Oslo on February 2, 2022 as the gastronomy reopens for guests. - Norway on February 1 announced it would scrap most of its Covid restrictions despite an Omicron-fuelled surge in infections, saying society must

One nation’s response to skyrocketing cases

One nation has not let skyrocketing cases stop it from easing restrictions, including a key change for children.

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Yallourn North looking towards Loy Yang A Power station. VICTORIA'S Yallourn coal-fired power station will shut down four years earlier than expected in 2028.Picture: Jason Edwards

Surprise shift in Aussie thinking

A new survey shows communities near Australia’s ageing coal-burning power stations back the closure of sites and the switch to renewables.

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Big impact of small change to your bills

Big impact of small change to your bills

Australians are being urged to reconsider which electricity provider they use as changing could have a big impact on the environment.

HMB ENDEAVOUR FOUND AFTER 22 YEAR SEARCH . The mystery of the final resting place of the wreck of the ship Captain Cook sailed to Australia in, the HMB Endeavour may just have been solved., Australian National Maritime Museum director and CEO Kevin Sumption said the search for the wreck had been ongoing since 1999 in Newport Harbour, Rhode Island.,

Items that would confirm Captain Cook find

There’s fierce debate over whether there’s enough evidence to prove what happened to Captain Cook’s ship – but some crucial items could be decisive.

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Replica of HMS Endeavour, Whitby, North Yorkshire, England, 21st October 1997. (Photo by Teesside Archive/Mirrorpix/Getty Images)

How did Captain Cook’s ship end up in US?

The final resting place of Captain Cook’s ship the Endeavour has reportedly been found – so how did it end up at the bottom of a US harbour?

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 21: A general view of the emergency entrance of Royal Prince Alfred Hospital on January 21, 2022 in Sydney, Australia. NSW has recorded 46 deaths from COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, marking the deadliest day in the state since the start of the pandemic. NSW also recorded 25,168 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hour reporting period. (Photo by Jenny Evans/Getty Images)

Patients ‘screaming in pain’ while doctors idle

Australians have been left “screaming in pain” despite doctors being available to perform procedures, with health experts saying the situation can’t continue.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - JANUARY 13 2022: People seen in MelbourneÃs CBD wearing varies types of mask. Doctors and pharmacists have reported a shortage of crucial N95 masks as shoppers stock up on another crucial Covid supply during Australia's dramatic Omicron surge.Picture: NCA NewsWire/Sarah Matray

How the Covid pandemic ends

The end of the pandemic could be just months away so what will life be like once we enter the “endemic” phase of the disease?

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House prices growing faster than we can save

House prices growing faster than we can save

House prices in Australia’s major cities have skyrocketed and Aussies would have had to save an extra $100,000 last year just to keep up.

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Supplied images of flood damage to the Trans-Australian railway line near Tarcoola, South Australia. Picture: Australian Rail Track Corporation

Freak event cuts off food supply for weeks

An extreme weather event has cut off food supply to some Aussie businesses for weeks as industry groups warn of tens of millions of dollars in losses.

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(FILES) In this undated handout image obtained July 15, 2020, courtesy of National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases(NIH/NIAID), shows a transmission electron micrograph of SARS-CoV-2 virus particles, isolated from a patient, captured and color-enhanced at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility (IRF) in Fort Detrick, Maryland. - US pharmaceutical firm Eli Lilly on October 13, 2020 paused a late-stage trial of its experimental lab-produced antibody treatment against Covid-19 over an unspecified safety concern, the company said.

New Covid variant detected in Australia

A new “stealth” sub-variant of Omicron causing concern around the world has been detected in Australia, officials have confirmed.

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