The Guardian Australia - 2022-01-20

• NSW, Victoria, SA and ACT cut Covid vaccine booster interval as Sydney nurses protest conditions
• Christian Porter and barrister Sue Chrysantho­u ordered to pay Jo Dyer $430,000 in legal costs
• Millionair­es call on government­s worldwide to ‘tax us now’
• Former NY Post editor sues News Corp and Col Allan, alleging sexual harassment
• Scott Morrison says he never said there were no refugees in Melbourne’s Park hotel
• Man charged with murder after nine-yearold girl’s body found in a barrel near Blue Mountains
• Fears for Tonga’s tiny Mango island as every house destroyed
• Britney Spears accuses father of financial misconduct; threatens sister with legal action
• Australia offers visa fee refund to lure internatio­nal workers and students as Morrison defends handling of pandemic
• Victoria urged to waive all Covid fines after reports some officers not correctly authorised
• Chronic staff shortages, 2am starts and extreme anxiety: inside a Coles supermarke­ts supply warehouse
• The ‘Omicron wave’ was the catastroph­ic dumper that closed our Sunshine Coast restaurant forever
• ‘IVF is not a choice’: Victoria’s elective surgery restrictio­ns cause heartache for patients
• NSW GP struck off after allowing patient to pay for child’s school fees and medical equipment
• Growth in rooftop solar slows due to lockdowns and supply chain issues
• ‘A ticking timebomb’: Australian doctors use social media to call for sugar tax on soft drinks
• Disabled man unable to get Covid booster after Australian vaccine contractor prioritise­s aged care
• ‘Learn lessons from Australia’: consumer groups warn UK against buy now, pay later self regulation
• Government paying ‘eight times’ over market price for Murray-Darling water buyback, environmen­t groups claim
• ‘Clash of two crises’: fears for NSW schools as Covid pandemic and ongoing teacher shortages collide
• Overworked Sydney paramedics take ambulances home to be ‘on call’ during Omicron surge
• Poor people don’t need more food banks, rebates and spin from politician­s. We need more income support
• Protesting Winter Olympics athletes ‘face punishment’, suggests Beijing official
• New York attorney general alleges Trump firm misled banks and tax officials
• Airlines cancel some US flights over 5G concerns
• André Leon Talley, influentia­l fashion journalist, dies aged 73
• Sheffield council to decide fate of chief Kate Josephs following lockdown drinks
• Experts express doubt that Anne Frank was betrayed by a Jewish notary
• SuperMoust­ache! Sounds like a job for Venezuela’s socialist superhero
• Italian police arrest alleged Black Axe Nigerian mafia members over traffickin­g
• Hong Kong activist who coined banned independen­ce slogan released from prison
• US and Russia to hold talks on Ukraine in potential sign ‘diplomacy is not dead’
• UK inflation rises to highest level in almost 30 years at 5.4%
• Ancient metal tubes unearthed in 1897 could be oldest surviving drinking straws
• ‘Porkie pie plot’: what the papers say about Tory push to oust Boris Johnson
• Israeli police demolish Palestinia­n family’s Sheikh Jarrah home
• Ex Guantánamo detainee plans legal action to restore British passport
• Trust is key to the Omicron response. Australia can still get back on track
• Dumped fishing gear is killing marine life. Yet no government­s seem to care
• Ashling Murphy’s killing has shocked Ireland – but will it change a culture of misogyny?
• How will the great wrecker Boris Johnson break himself out of this bind?
• America must take steps now to avoid a slide into authoritar­ianism
• Being loud and female is about more than volume – it’s about being unashamed
• My baby screeches like a banshee and my heart melts. What have I become?
• Burberry predicts 35% rise in annual profits backed by Asia sales
• KPMG fined £3m for ‘serious failings’ in Conviviali­ty audit
• Dairylea cheese ad showing child eating while upside down banned over choking risk
• Wetherspoo­n’s Tim Martin attacks No 10 ‘hypocrisy’ as sales crash
• AT&T delays 5G wireless service near airports after airlines’ safety warning
• Carillion tribunal: KPMG ex-partner denies forging documents
• The Guardian view on China’s baby bust: let people choose
• The Guardian view on water pollution: come clean on sewage
• Expanding national parks not enough to protect nature, say scientists
• Brighton bee bricks initiative may do more harm than good, say scientists
• BlackRock’s Larry Fink: climate policies are about profits, not being ‘woke’
• I study crowds – that’s why I know the police and crime bill will make us less safe
• ‘Nocebo effect’: two-thirds of Covid jab reactions not caused by vaccine, study suggests
• ‘It’s awful to be a medical exception’: the woman who cannot forget
• Microsoft to buy Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard for nearly $70bn
• Google’s ‘dragonscal­e’ solar-powered roof signals growing demand for sustainabl­e workspaces
• TechScape: The US government may be one step closer to breaking up Meta
• Boris Johnson’s faster broadband promise is being broken, say MPs
• Treasury plans crackdown on ‘misleading’ cryptocurr­ency ads
• Israeli citizens targeted by police using Pegasus spyware, report claims
• Three things with Nazeem Hussain: ‘Please don’t make this sound sexual’
• Ash Barty shows ruthless side in secondroun­d demolition job at Australian Open
• Test cricket’s next challenge: how to avoid another lopsided Ashes series
• Graham Thorpe’s cigar lit the fuse for police shutting down post-Ashes party
• McLaren chief casts doubts on Lewis Hamilton’s future
• Brighton dent Chelsea’s title hopes as Adam Webster header forces draw
• England force tense draw with Australia before Quad Series final rematch
• Athletes warned about speaking out against China at Winter Olympics
• Boo or ‘siuuu’? Boisterous crowds cause confusion at Australian Open
• Operation Dead Meat: Ruthless Eddie Jones wields the knife again for England
• Dak Prescott ‘deeply regrets’ condoning Cowboys fans’ attacks on refs
• Yorkshire appoint Ottis Gibson as new head coach on three-year contract
• ‘I’ve turned a corner since Ryder Cup’: Rory McIlroy raring to go in Abu Dhabi
• Digital fans represent football’s future so should clubs start listening?

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