The Guardian Australia - 2021-12-31

• Fewer Australian­s to have Covid tests as national cabinet agrees to new definition of close contact
• OzSage experts warn ‘let it rip’ Covid strategy will condemn vulnerable Australian­s to death
• ‘Relieved and grateful’: victims and others react to Maxwell guilty verdict
• Aboriginal Tent Embassy condemns protesters who lit fire at Old Parliament House
• Ghislaine Maxwell found guilty in sextraffic­king trial
• South Korea presidenti­al contender vows to seek nuclear-powered submarines, months after Australia’s Aukus deal
• Elon Musk rejects mounting criticism his satellites are clogging space
• Citroën pulls Egypt ad accused of promoting harassment of women
• What are the new rules in Australia on Covid isolation, close contacts and testing?
• Long Covid is the elephant in the room, but it seems invisible to Australian politician­s
• Rapid antigen tests double in price in Australia amid concerns of price-gouging
• Australia’s daily Covid cases could rise to 100,000 within weeks, expert predicts
• ‘State-induced chaos’: business groups call for fewer restrictio­ns even as Australia’s Covid cases soar
• ‘Hell of a way to wake up’: Darwin shaken by earthquake off Indonesian coast
• Australia’s New Year’s Eve may be a damp squib as revellers make their own Covid decisions
• ‘Complete collapse of leadership’: Australia’s recent Covid response amounts to worldclass bungling
• In Australia’s climate wars, delay and deception are the new denial
• Companies race to stem flood of microplast­ic fibres into the oceans
• ‘On the brink’: drought and politics leave Afghans fighting famine
• Elton John’s Your Song originally slated for Diana funeral
• Kindertran­sport Britons urge UK to reopen safe routes for refugees
• Biden to speak with Putin amid Russia’s increased presence near Ukraine
• Amazon’s Alexa device tells 10-year-old to touch a penny to a live plug socket
• Indonesia relents on plan to push back boat carrying 100 Rohingya refugees after outcry
• Liverpool bomber killed by ‘murderous’ device he made, coroner rules
• Didi Global reports widening losses as Beijing restrictio­ns bite
• British Steel lost £140m in 2020 under new Chinese ownership
• Indictment of alleged Proud Boys leaders over US Capitol attack upheld
• Denver gunman who killed five in shooting rampage knew victims
• UK zoo helps lost Mexican fish live to see another Tequila sunrise
• I’m a climate scientist. Don’t Look Up captures the madness I see every day
• ‘Patriots’ are underminin­g American democracy
• When Desmond Tutu stood up for the rights of Palestinia­ns, he could not be ignored
• Big economies and markets fare well despite Covid but 2022 brings new risks
• The Guardian view on climate activism: between obedience and resistance
• Why do Indian recipes always have to come from some mythic grandmothe­r?
• UK house prices in 2021 show fastest growth rate in 15 years
• ‘People seem to be looking for another way of living’: how Taunton became property hotspot
• Tackle pay stagnation to help Britons with soaring living costs, urges TUC
• Natural History Museum identifies more than 500 new species in 2021
• Alok Sharma: Cop26 must not become ‘bunch of meaningles­s promises’
• Escape your comfort zone: I have always been the quiet one. Could learning to shout change my life?
• Labour calls for UK crackdown on tech firms over anti-vax content
• How to ensure your broadband internet will meet the demands of a wet summer
• Naomi Osaka adds star power to nervy Australian Open build-up
• What will happen in Australian football in 2022?
• Jaw-dropping sport moments of 2021: Harry Kane scores against Germany
• Novak Djokovic pulls out of ATP Cup as doubt builds over Australian Open appearance
• Brighton’s Welbeck stuns Chelsea as Tuchel labels title chances as ‘stupid’
• Wilson or Carroll? The crucial choice facing Seattle after a disastrous 2021
• ‘I missed it’: Kyrie Irving ‘grateful’ to return to Brooklyn Nets practice
• André Onana on the error that led to a ninemonth ban: ‘40mg can destroy a career’
• Magical hour with Starc and Cummins deserves to be defining Ashes memory
• Gerwyn Price calls for Covid-hit world darts championsh­ip to be postponed
• ‘Falling face first into a wall of chlorinate­d water’: a beginner’s guide to inland surfing
• Scotland v England and the peculiarly divergent stance on football crowds
• Liverpool and Chelsea are still title contenders, says Pep Guardiola
• Paulo Sousa leaves Poland job to take over as Flamengo manager

The Guardian Australia - 2021-12-30

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