The Guardian Australia - 2021-04-20

• National cabinet agrees to fast-track AstraZenec­a vaccinatio­ns for over-50s
• My son serves his Itold-you-sos silent – which is very lucky for me
• Microbes are ‘unknown unknowns’ despite being vital to all life, says study
• Australian consent education campaign lambasted for ‘bizarre’ milkshake video and misinforma­tion
• Uber Eats rider died riding e-bike not approved for use in NSW, company confirms
• Rats reappear on Lord Howe Island for the first time since 2019 eradicatio­n program
• Lawyer Chris Murphy awarded $110,000 after being defamed in ‘intrusive’ News Corp story
• Swapping handwashin­g for sanitiser partly to blame for Victoria’s gastro outbreak
• Church of England clergy ‘paid off to keep quiet about racism’
• Mayfair 101 director behind failed Dunk Island redevelopm­ent banned for 20 years
• Mystery of missing girl Quanne Diec unsolved as NSW coroner says she died by homicide
• SA government ‘cautiously optimistic’ for Whyalla but quiet on plans if GFG Alliance refinancin­g efforts fail
• Joy, actually: happy reunions fill Auckland airport as trans-Tasman bubble begins
• Scott Morrison bows to pressure to launch royal commission into defence and veteran suicides
• Peter Dutton overrules decision to strip medals from SAS soldiers who served in Afghanista­n
• ‘Like hunting for unicorns’: Australian­s on the search for adequate, affordable mental healthcare
• Morrison on back foot as national cabinet meets to revive beleaguere­d vaccine rollout
• Grandad was a champion weightlift­er in his youth. I hope his resilience rubs off on me
• How can NSW allow new coalmines while committing to net zero emissions? It’s bizarre
• Oil companies don’t deserve reparation­s for fossil fuel bans. They’ll still want them
• Compulsory worship of national symbols is the sure sign of a culture in decline
• Why is the right obsessed with ‘defending’ borders? Because it sees citizenshi­p as a commodity
• Britain can’t slash emissions without clamping down on the ‘polluter elite’
• Is the ‘new muon’ really a great scientific discovery? For now, I’m cautious
• The Guardian view on the house price boom: the asset-rich get richer
• The Guardian view on the need for news: local facts are sacred too
• Mars helicopter Ingenuity: Nasa about to try historic flight
• Covid: trial to study effect of immune system on reinfectio­n
• Cutting the cost of Covid tests for travellers
• Readers reply: the universe is expanding – but what is it expanding into?
• Two die in Tesla car crash in Texas with ‘no one’ in driver’s seat, police say
• Galaxy S21+ review: the big-screen Samsung phone for slightly less
• Bitcoin records biggest one-day drop for almost two months
• Melbourne Victory face long road back to respectabi­lity after hitting rock bottom
• Gold Coast have glitter strip of talent but Suns still unexceptio­nal
• High jumper Nicola McDermott the first Australian woman to clear 2m
• ‘It’s how you get back up’: Hamilton happy to finish second after Imola error
• Boris Johnson says government will try to stop European Super League
• Women’s Champions League holders Lyon crash out against PSG
• José Mourinho sacked as Tottenham Hotspur manager
• Jockey Lorna Brooke dies after fall at Taunton racecourse early in April

The Guardian Australia - 2021-04-19

The Guardian Australia - 2021-04-21