The Guardian Australia - 2021-08-30

• NSW Covid update: 1,218 infections mark worst day yet as pressure on hospitals grows
• Republican­s threaten our children’s freedom as well as their basic safety
• Being a Human review – two go mad in the stone age
• Victoria Covid update: Daniel Andrews extends lockdown after 92 new cases
• New Zealand Covid update: 83 new cases, with all but one in Auckland
• Coalition expects to make Covid Moderna vaccine available to 12- to 17-year-olds in coming weeks
• California: mother fights off mountain lion with bare hands to save 5-year-old son
• Australian superannua­tion mergers cut number of funds by half in a decade
• Queensland scientists brave crocodiles and deadly jellyfish to regrow seagrass
• Chinese university appears to ask for lists of LGBTQ+ students for ‘investigat­ion’
• A master of self-promotion: letters reveal how Philip Roth ‘hustled’ for prizes
• Victoria Covid hotspots: full list of Melbourne and regional Vic coronaviru­s exposure sites and trend in cases
• NSW and ACT Covid hotspots: list and map of Sydney, regional NSW and Canberra coronaviru­s exposure sites
• Farmers manage more than half of Australia. We all have a stake in them getting it right
• A bridge too far: can Sydney overcome nimbyism to become a cycling city?
• The black summer bushfires took life and property. Centrelink is now taking hope
• Meet the Batistas: the global beef barons battling for control of Australia’s meat
• Sydney’s Covid outbreak and job losses muddy the political waters for Scott Morrison
• I watched the bombs fall to unleash the 9/11 wars. Two decades later, they grind on
• IQs are on the rise, but we don’t need hard facts any more
• Kabul is only the start: US allies feel the draught as Biden turns his back
• Behind the glitz of the Sussexes lies a simple truth: our aristocrac­y is dead
• Charlie Watts showed us how a man could be – cool, modest and always classy
• Enough already! Sport needs to slow down and rein in its endless lust for growth
• The rich nations’ take on the world postpandem­ic? ‘I’m all right, Jack’
• The Observer view on the pros and cons of deep-sea mining
• The Observer view on the resurgence of the Taliban
• ‘The smartest person in any room anywhere’: in defence of Elon Musk, by Douglas Coupland
• I was a therapist to killers in Broadmoor – and felt ‘radical empathy’ for them
• The race to give nuclear fusion a role in the climate emergency
• Passing the ‘chimp test’: how Neandertha­ls and women helped create language
• Elizabeth Holmes: from Silicon Valley’s female icon to disgraced CEO on trial
• Why OnlyFans had second thoughts on banning sexually explicit content
• Chelsea show resilience to survive Anfield’s medieval battle scenes
• Andy Murray concerned by low uptake of vaccine among tour pros
• Root thanks players after becoming England’s most successful Test captain
• George Russell bolsters Mercedes claim as Verstappen takes Belgian F1 GP pole
• ‘I question myself’: Arteta reflects on Arsenal’s 5-0 defeat at Manchester City
• Tactical corkscrew turns as Tuchel’s Chelsea keep Liverpool at bay
• Women’s Super League previews 2021-22 No 1: Arsenal
• Cockroft breaks T34 100m world record to claim sixth Paralympic gold

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