The Guardian Australia - 2021-12-20

• Greg Hunt says Australia unlikely to follow Netherland­s and impose lockdown
• Is there any good news at all on Omicron? Yes, there are small signs of hope
• One woman has died and two are critically injured after a tree fell during Sydney storm
• NSW premier resists pressure to reintroduc­e mask rules, urging ‘personal responsibi­lity’ as Covid cases rise
• Tasmania’s jumping castle tragedy claims sixth life after boy, 11, dies in hospital
• Christmas weather forecast: warm and calm conditions for most Australian­s and a scorcher in Perth
• Two children among four dead in light plane crash off Queensland coast
• Brexit minister’s shock resignatio­n leaves Boris Johnson reeling
• ‘Look at that penalty’: after taking on Google and Facebook, Rod Sims departs ACCC with a warning
• Backpacker­s being deported for faking employment details say lack of farm work forced their hand
• Soil carbon sequestrat­ion on farms alone won’t absolve our daily emission sins
• ‘The world must boycott’: Australian Uyghur calls for more pressure on Beijing Games
• NSW to add two wetlands to national parks under 33,000ha land purchase
• Great Barrier Reef could face another mass bleaching by end of January, forecast says
• Netherland­s to enter lockdown as nations across Europe tighten curbs to slow Omicron spread
• Police deployed at polling stations as Hong Kong votes in overhauled ‘patriots’ election
• Hundreds queue for passports in bid to leave Afghanista­n
• Five ice-age mammoths unearthed in Cotswolds after 220,000 years
• Typhoon Rai: dozens more deaths confirmed as relief efforts ramp up in Philippine­s
• End United Nations veto in mass atrocity cases, urges David Miliband
• ‘We are family’: the Israelis sharing life and hope with Palestinia­ns
• Richard Rogers: Pompidou and Millennium Dome architect dies aged 88
• How Lord Frost exit got Nadine Dorries deleted from Tory WhatsApp group
• How a grounded hulk is floating everyone’s boat in Vancouver
• Rare and frightenin­g footballfi­sh washes up in California – again
• Chilean election offers stark choice: a leftist or an admirer of Pinochet
• Boris Johnson’s zeal to return Parthenon marbles revealed in 1986 article
• UK space firm secures £7.6m to fund trial of factory satellites
• Rahm Emanuel leads confirmed Biden nominees in late-night logjam break
• Selfies with the Taliban? Come on, let’s never forget their repression of women
• The Observer view on a decade of North Korea under Kim Jong-un
• ‘She contained multitudes’: memories and tributes to bell hooks
• A dangerous lie is stalking the NHS: that it is no longer fit for purpose
• Boris Johnson can relax a little... but only because no rival is ready to grab power
• Game over: why Santa may struggle to bring you that PS5, Xbox or iPad
• Millions of daffodils ‘will rot’ if Brexit denies UK farmers foreign workers
• The Observer view on a second Covid Christmas
• The year’s top 10 science stories, chosen by scientists
• Mass rapid tests in Liverpool cut hospital stays by a third
• I’m heartbroke­n to miss Christmas with my family – but want to inspire girls with this huge challenge
• London hospital staff speak out: ‘We’re not here to judge, but please get your Covid vaccines’
• How bringing back the wild yam is feeding the hungry in drought-hit Madagascar
• UK scientists: bring in curbs now or face up to 2m daily Covid infections as Omicron spreads
• Deserted stores, less choice … has shopping changed for ever?
• Fallon Sherrock: ‘I love to hustle people at the pub. And then I say: Google me’
• Police make arrest over alleged racist abuse of Arsenal substitute­s at Leeds
• YouTuber Jake Paul knocks out Fury replacemen­t Tyron Woodley in rematch
• Emma Raducanu and one of the most astonishin­g breakout years in sport
• ‘It should be a special day’: Celtic’s Postecoglo­u eyes first silverware
• Covid chaos leads Klopp to demand action to tackle anti-vaxx players
• Ashes broadcaste­rs sidelined as Covid spreads among media at Adelaide Oval
• Leicester and Birmingham braced for crucial WSL relegation clash
• Newcastle v Manchester City underlines the problem inherent in football
• Eileen Ash obituary
• Indianapol­is Colts end Patriots’ seven-game win streak to boost playoff hopes

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