The Guardian Australia - 2021-08-04

• ‘Peak transmitte­rs’: vaccine rollout should shift to young people to minimise Covid deaths, modelling shows
• Things have changed in Australia. But the interest rate is unlikely to for some time
• Science Reforestat­ion hopes threaten global food security, Oxfam warns
• Former Liberal minister endorses ousting of MP Tim Wilson at next federal election
• Politics rides roughshod over substance as Scott Morrison tries to spin his way out of Covid corner
• Melbourne barrister takes umbrage after someone says ‘fuckwit’ during online court case
• Vaccinatio­n rates lowest in Sydney suburbs with most Covid cases
• NSW government delays release of documents due to premier’s department­al staff being locked down
• Signs Australian housing boom may be cooling as mortgage demand suffers biggest fall in a year
• AusCycling launches investigat­ion into broken handlebar that caused Olympic crash
• Australian athletes let off for damaging Olympic village rooms as missing mascots turn up
• Macaques at Japan reserve get first alpha female in 70-year history
• Australia’s 2021 census will provide key data on pandemic, experts say
• NSW Covid update: cases active in community worry premier as she eyes 6m jabs in August
• Queensland Covid update: more than 400 health staff in isolation as 16 new local cases recorded
• Should Australia vaccinate children against Covid-19? Five medical experts share their views
• Crown asks royal commission for ‘trust’ to run Melbourne casino
• Qantas and Jetstar stand down 2,500 staff for two months due to border closures
• NSW exceeds Barwon-Darling water allocation­s in first year of compliance after regime overhaul
• ‘I am still waiting’: some Australian­s turned away from getting Covid vaccine because of register errors
• Telstra to make public pay phone calls around Australia free
• ‘Stick with the facts’: Greg Hunt’s plea to politician­s after LNP senator’s ‘false’ Facebook Covid posts
• Microbiolo­gist Elisabeth Bik queried Covid research – that’s when the abuse and trolling began
• Savings bonds, lotteries and cheap food: do vaccine incentives work?
• OK boomers, Australia needs you. Toughen up and take your AstraZenec­a
• The lost history of the electric car – and what it tells us about the future of transport
• Attacking lifeboats may seem like a new low, but the right craves a ‘migrant crisis’
• A swim in the ocean gives sustenance like nothing else I know
• I don’t like to boast – but even my blood is special
• Therapy via Zoom should make mental healthcare available for all – it hasn’t
• The ‘cash for access’ revelation­s mean a veil of secrecy around Prince Charles must be lifted
• The Guardian view on hunger in the south: poverty hits home
• The Guardian view on Belarus: an Olympic athlete joins the exodus
• Steven Weinberg obituary
• Smoking-related cancer twice as prevalent among poor in England
• Trial to test if cannabis-based mouth spray can treat brain tumours
• Spanish cave art was made by Neandertha­ls, study confirms
• Hopes UK trial will allay pregnant women’s Covid vaccine concerns
• Hundreds of health workers in isolation as Delta hits Australian state of Queensland
• A ‘safe space for racists’: antisemiti­sm report criticises social media giants
• Princess Latifa campaigner had ‘phone compromise­d by Pegasus spyware’
• Why the internet in Cuba has become a US political hot potato
• Amazon warehouse workers could get second vote on forming union
• Six videos by Sky News Australia hosts Alan Jones, Rowan Dean and Rita Panahi removed from YouTube
• Peter Bol: ‘Get to know the person, instead of the assumption­s’
• Rassie Erasmus faces disciplina­ry hearing but cleared for third Test
• Harry Kane hits nuclear button but must hope it does not blow up in his face
• Gustavsson’s fiery edge gives belief Australia can win Olympic bronze
• Difficult decade continues in Tokyo for Australia’s Olympic track cyclists
• Lewis Hamilton backs Sebastian Vettel after F1 reprimand for ‘same love’ T-shirt
• Laurel Hubbard’s Olympic dream dies under the world’s gaze
• Australia’s swimmers lead pack closing gap on US in Tokyo
• Jack Laugher wins 3m diving bronze for Team GB as China rule springboar­d
• IOC gives Belarus deadline to explain why sprinter refused to go home
• England’s Test series with India lacks anyone to write home about it
• Karsten Warholm slams super spikes as threat to track and field ‘credibilit­y’

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