The Guardian Australia - 2021-12-03

• Omicron variant fuelling ‘exponentia­l’ rise in Covid cases, say South Africa officials
• Alan Tudge stands aside after Rachelle Miller alleges their affair was at times ‘abusive’
• Theo Hayez inquest: Byron Bay security guard ejected Belgian teen for ‘approachin­g intoxicati­on’
• Senate inquiry calls on Scott Morrison to give personal explanatio­n over car park fund
• Covid: scientists find possible trigger for AstraZenec­a jab blood clots
• Researcher­s whose funding applicatio­ns were rejected win appeal to Australian Research Council
• Victorian man admits shooting and killing friend who was wearing a bulletproo­f vest missing its armour
• Watchdog to monitor pork industry after Australian producer gobbled up by Brazilian behemoth
• Western Australian Nationals MP James Hayward granted bail on child sexual abuse charges
• Coercive control should be criminalis­ed in Queensland, taskforce says
• Popular hypoallerg­enic shampoo recalled over fears it could cause ‘significan­t infection or illness’
• Coalition shelves bills on religious discrimina­tion and federal Icac
• Young people in Northern Territory detention locked in cells for more than 23 hours a day, report says
• Charities blast ‘unfair’ law changes they say will silence dissent during elections
• Western Australia, a state almost no one can visit, to pitch itself to tourists as ‘safest place in the world’
• Fran Kelly bids a ‘bitterswee­t’ farewell to ABC’s Radio National Breakfast after 17 years
• Siev X: man to stand trial over alleged role in organising asylum attempt which ended in disaster
• ‘Traitor’: the Australian researcher­s working under the weight of pandemic misinforma­tion
• Coles accused of underpayin­g more than 7,500 workers by $115m
• ‘A lemon’: Coalition fights to keep Covidsafe app data under wraps
• Climate cost study authors accuse Bjørn Lomborg of misinterpr­eting results
• Meghan calls for tabloid industry overhaul as Mail on Sunday loses appeal
• Abortion rights advocates vow to fight on after supreme court hearing
• China hits back at WTA boycott as IOC talks again to Peng Shuai
• Museum rivalry ‘could make Dutch Vermeer show last of its kind’
• Macron privately called Boris Johnson a ‘clown’, says French magazine
• Chef sentenced after one killed and 31 left ill by undercooke­d shepherd’s pie
• UK must ‘walk the talk’ on climate action, say official advisers
• People ‘microdosin­g’ on psychedeli­cs to improve wellbeing during pandemic
• Angela Merkel to bow out with ceremony live on German TV
• Pope pledges to relocate 50 asylum seekers to Italy
• Beijing warns China-linked US businesses: you cannot ‘make a fortune in silence’
• El Salvador ‘responsibl­e for death of woman jailed after miscarriag­e’
• ‘Handful of fanatics’ to blame for Capitol riot, Trump ally Meadows says in book
• US warns Russia has plans for ‘large scale’ attack on Ukraine
• California­n firm touts ‘mushroom leather’ as sustainabi­lity gamechange­r
• Tom Udall, Biden’s cowboy boot-wearing friend, makes debut as ambassador to New Zealand
• A 975-day nightmare: how the Home Office forced a British citizen into destitutio­n abroad
• ‘The fear of this vaccine is real’: how Papua New Guinea’s Covid strategy went so wrong
• Social media giants monetise anger and trolling is the result. A crackdown is welcome
• Why you should #BuyBlak this Christmas – and all year round
• Emmanuel Macron’s dangerous shift on the New Caledonia referendum risks a return to violence
• Master of the profane, maestro of the inane – this man has us as mugs
• #MeToo changed Hollywood – but what about our schools, workplaces and homes?
• Introvert, extrovert or other? Welcome to the age of the ambivert
• Global push for green steel could hit Australia’s $150bn iron ore exports if miners don’t adapt, report finds
• Martin Sorrell: ad clients are cancelling Christmas parties over Omicron
• MP warns of financial corruption in UK escaping ‘toothless’ enforcers
• Lord Rothermere ups bid in attempt to take Daily Mail publisher private
• England’s biggest theatres make maskwearin­g mandatory
• The Guardian view on human rights and the borders bill: the wrong path
• Tesco ad featuring Santa with Covid vaccine passport cleared by watchdog
• The Guardian view on Britain’s renters: neglected and cash-strapped
• Poverty, not climate breakdown, caused Madagascar’s food crisis, finds study
• ‘Deluge of plastic waste’: US is world’s biggest plastic polluter
• Misinforma­tion fuelled by ‘tsunami’ of poor research, says science prize winner
• UK drugs watchdog approves new Covid treatment Xevudy
• The pandemic body: how the Covid era changed us – from hair loss to weight gain
• Covid limits migration despite more people displaced by war and disasters
• Elon Musk jokes about whistleblo­wing in Tesla merchandis­e tweet
• ‘Humbled’ Alex Carey added to Australia squad for Ashes opener in Brisbane
• Steve Simon: the WTA boss placing principle ahead of profit in standing up to China
• Brilliance of Mohamed Salah sweeps Liverpool past Everton in derby
• Welcome Wellington, just don’t mess with Victory: A-League Women guide
• Rare Nepomniach­tchi error allows Carlsen to escape with another draw
• Women’s football mismatches are happening too often – it is time for action
• Rory McIlroy defends players’ rights to compete in Saudi Internatio­nal
• Johanna Konta can leave profession­al tennis knowing she gave everything
• Fallon Sherrock genius, Libertador­es fun and Man Utd v Arsenal ruckus
• In a down year for QBs, will Tom Brady’s humdrum excellence win him MVP?
• The remarkable rise of Lee Elder: from teenage hustler to golfing pioneer
• Rafael Benítez not worried for his job after Everton trounced by Liverpool

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