World
Oceania
Melbourne father Paul Browitt dies a month after White Island eruption
Paul Browitt died in The Alfred on Sunday night taking the toll from the December disaster, which also claimed his daughter's life, to 18.
- by Rachel Eddie and Jenny Noyes
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Opinion
Bushfires
Australia's bushfires show why democracy requires shared truths
Australia’s unprecedented bushfires mark the moment when Australia came to terms with the reality of digital disinformation.
- by Chris Zappone
Antarctica
A mission to an icy moon starts beneath Antarctica
Meet BRUIE: the robot with the long-term goal of seeking evidence of life beneath the thick frozen shell covering Jupiter's ocean moon of Europa.
- by David W. Brown
Analysis
War
A violent, centuries-long war on Australia's doorstep is getting deadlier
The introduction of modern weaponry to remote areas of Papua New Guinea has seen the number of casualties in the highlands skyrocket.
- by Ahmad Hallak
Analysis
Bushfires
The Australian bushfire crisis seen from abroad
From Canada to the Middle East and Asia, local stories became a way for the world to come together to grieve for Australia and for the planet.
- by Lia Timson
Bushfires
Blood red sun from Australian bushfire smoke greets NZ on New Year's Day
Imagery from the Japanese weather satellite Himawari-8 shows the blanket of smoke is wide enough to cover the entire South Island.
- by Joel MacManus
Measles outbreak
Samoa ends emergency from deadly measles outbreak
The South Pacific island nation of Samoa has lifted a six-week state of emergency.
- by Will Ziebell
Travel
Flights to resume after Cyclone Sarai cuts path across Fiji
Almost 2000 people were taking shelter in 48 evacuation centres across Fiji on Saturday as more than 70 scheduled Fiji Airways flights were cancelled.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos
White Island eruption
'Best husband and father' named as latest victim of White Island eruption
Australian Chris Cozad died on December 14 from injuries sustained in the volcano eruption. Police indefinitely suspended the search for two remaining victims on Christmas Eve.
- by Nick Bonyhady
White Island eruption
Official death toll from White Island volcano rises to 17
The person died while in Auckland's Middlemore Hospital on Sunday night.
Analysis
Pacific diplomacy
From the ocean to the east, it looks like Australia's Pacific policy is all at sea
Tension on the Pacific's only land border with Asia poses strategic challenges for Australia, but there's a simple path to good relations in the region.
- by Ben Bohane