The Guardian Australia - 2018-12-27

• Japan confirms it will quit IWC to resume commercial whaling
• Opinion If we want a different politics, we need another revolution­ary: Freud
• Sport Cameron Bancroft opens up on ball tampering scandal and David Warner
• Sydney Opal Tower cracks: developer defends 'high-quality' building at Olympic Park
• Australia extreme heatwave forecast to break weather records through to new year
• More than 50 Australian plant species face extinction within decade
• Hot air balloon catches fire over Yarra Valley with 16 passengers onboard
• Top Amazon boss privately advised US government on web portal worth billions to tech firm
• Seven-year-old girl in Donald Trump call still believes in Santa
• Drone forces grounding of aircraft fighting bushfire in Tasmania
• Bacon-cancer link: head of UN agency at heart of furore defends its work
• Indonesia tsunami: coastline still under threat amid fresh volcanic activity
• Sydney Olympic Park Opal Tower evacuation: 51 units deemed unsafe
• How the Coalition’s panic over polls set the stage for a radical reshaping of Australian politics
• Victorian diver the fourth person to drown in Australia since Christmas Eve
• Falling total fertility rate should be welcomed, population expert says
• DRC activists risk arrest to encourage voting in delayed election
• Markets braced for turmoil as Trump and Christmas sell-off feed uncertaint­y
• Amazon Alexa crashes after Christmas Day overload
• Arab League set to readmit Syria eight years after expulsion
• Battle of the bulge: Thailand strives to bring monk obesity crisis under control
• When we put children in prison we condemn them to fail
• How I fell in love with my wheelchair
• How can we break the Brexit deadlock? Ask ancient Athens
• The Guardian view on the state of the union
• The Christmas I realised that I wasn’t going to be Jesus the second
• Brexit has made the UK a global joke. How will we rebuild our reputation?
• Guess which films launch on Brexit day: Dumbo – and Lords of Chaos
• America only wants the 'best' immigrants, but would its own people pass the test?
• The answer to plastic pollution is to not create waste in the first place
• Hunting bans don’t help elephants
• 'It's warm water now': climate change strands sea turtles on Cape Cod shores
• Antarctic expedition sets out to map Larsen C ice shelf
• 'Absolute revolution': UK biotech firms thrive despite Brexit threat
• Genetic study of eating disorders could pave way for new treatment
• Josephine Klein obituary
• ‘Learning to relax can be life-changing’: how to find your comfort zone
• Sydney to Hobart yacht race: supermaxi Black Jack steals the show as tactical race looms
• Ole Gunnar Solskjaer expects flak from former Manchester United players
• Jürgen Klopp urges Liverpool to ‘enjoy the ride’ in race to end title drought
• Maurizio Sarri concerned by Chelsea’s tendency to fold at first setback
• Flashpoint­s of 2018: Phil Mickelson breaks the rules at the US Open
• The Spin awards: Our terrific Test team of 2018
• Jimmy Peters: race pioneer of English rugby who emerged from the circus

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