The Guardian Australia - 2024-05-07

• Canberra accuses Chinese fighter jet of dropping flares dangerousl­y close to Australian helicopter
• Vanessa Hudson has provided a soft landing for Qantas as the airline cuts deal with ACCC
• Drake denies allegation­s by Kendrick Lamar of underage sex and harbouring secret child
• House set to vote on Marjorie Taylor Greene effort to remove Mike Johnson
• David McBride: commonweal­th prosecutor­s seek jail sentence for Australian defence whistleblo­wer
• Detective allegedly abused position to rape 19-year-old at western Sydney police station, court hears
• Child support used as ‘tool of violence’ for economic abuse of women in Australia, report finds
• Queensland police officers face fallout after engaging with offensive social media posts
• Chalmers says Labor’s budget will be neither ‘scorched-earth austerity’ nor ‘free-for-all of spending’
• NSW weather: Sydney’s record run of rainy days in play as another wet week forecast
• Afternoon Update: students suspended for spreadshee­t rating female classmates; IDF urges evacuation in Rafah; and the North Yorkshire grammar furore
• Students suspended at Melbourne private school over ‘disgracefu­l’ spreadshee­t rating female classmates
• Perth teenager shot dead in Bunnings car park warned police he would ‘commit acts of violence’
• Lack of mortgage competitio­n to hurt customers and boost Australian banks’ profits
• Qantas to pay $120m for allegedly selling tickets to flights that had already been cancelled
• Missing surfers died from gunshots after attempted robbery, Mexican officials say
• ‘News on Facebook is dead’: memes replace Australian media posts as Meta turns off the tap
• ‘Placement poverty’ to be tackled in Labor budget with new payments for student teachers and nurses
• Scientists create vaccine with potential to protect against future coronaviru­ses
• ‘Everything’s just … on hold’: the Netherland­s’ next-level housing crisis
• Work under way to bridge 32km gap in NSW dog fence – but ecologists say it should be taken down
• What are Australia’s family law reforms, and how will they help women and children fleeing violence?
• The Coalition says it can improve Labor’s deportatio­n bill – but might Dutton blow it up instead?
• Call for port extension to be halted as genocide remains are found on Namibia’s Shark Island
• Boeing hopes to polish its reputation with Starliner crew capsule launch
• CoppaFeel! breast cancer charity founder Kris Hallenga dies aged 38
• Fix Europe’s housing crisis or risk fuelling the far-right, UN expert warns
• Italian government accused of using defamation law to silence intellectu­als
• Conflict of interest concerns raised over MEPs’ second jobs
• Eurovision winner Jamala says Ukraine ‘cannot afford’ to boycott contest
• Police dismantle Palestinia­n solidarity encampment at USC
• Rwanda admits it can’t guarantee how many asylum seekers it will take in from UK
• ‘I’m a blue whale, I’m here’: researcher­s listen with delight to songs that hint at Antarctic resurgence
• Flooding death toll in south Brazil rises to 75 as over 100 people remain missing
• Former female trainee in Royal Marines says sexual assault was dismissed as ‘high jinks’
• Israeli airstrike that killed seven health workers in Lebanon used US munition, analysis reveals
• Ukraine war briefing: Russian attacks kill three during Orthodox Easter
• Clyburn hits out at Trump over Gestapo comment: ‘Incredible but not surprising’
• Little sign that Sunak will tack towards centre after local elections rout
• ‘A wild cocktail of emotion, politics and desire’: the history of breasts in art
• We all want to cut out the bad parts of ourselves. It won’t work, and it won’t make us happier
• The pet I’ll never forget: Babyleaf, the feral kitten who tamed me
• ‘You struggled with my film? Fantastic!’ Alice Rohrwacher and her riotous new tombraidin­g tale
• ‘I am ready to return whenever they say’: Nasrin Sotoudeh on prison, the hijab, and violence in Iran
• ‘People think it’s just for emo or gothic kids’: the Kenyan metalhead leading a new wave of African rock
• ‘I’ve had massive highs and deep lows’: Edward Timpson on winning for the Tories and being sacked by Liz Truss
• Meet the Vatican Swiss Guards ready to sacrifice their lives for the pope
• Rachel Roddy’s recipe for chestnut pasta with mushrooms and herbs
• Three things with Joel Creasey: ‘I’ve built almost every Lego flower kit known to man’
• He’s 93, he’s run 52 marathons and he’s in the gym six days a week: can this man teach us how to age well?
• Europe’s best beach holidays: Cadaqués, Spain
• The Bauhaus Nazis: the collaborat­ors – and worse – among the design icons
• ‘It’s not that I’m against story. I like films with stories’: Pat Collins on directing a tale without a plot
• Confrontin­g the audience and breaking the fourth wall: why Black drama is getting meta
• Francis Bacon: A Self-Portrait in Words by Michael Peppiatt review – glimpses of a demon-driven genius
• Scottish artist receives hundreds of copies of Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four in the post
• The Almond and the Seahorse review – Rebel Wilson injects glam into brain injury drama
• Double fault: Challenger­s is as bad in the bedroom as it is on the tennis court
• Our Mothers review – moving drama about aftermath of unspeakabl­e war violence
• Buddha taught us to be happy with less. How does this apply to the climate crisis?
• Drylongso review – charming 90s indie is a genre-resistant film that keeps its DIY dazzle
• Don’t let the sound and fury over Gaza protests drown out what the students are saying
• We pay a lot more for a lot less, and people know it. That’s why Sunak’s Tories were thrashed in these elections
• There is a way for Starmer’s Labour to fix the big rift with Muslim voters – if it has the will
• As the Channel tunnel turns 30, England needs to grow up and acknowledg­e its deep bond with France
• The Guardian view on transnatio­nal repression: dissidents need safety in their new homes
• ‘We deserve more’: US workers’ share of the pie dwindles
• Farmer confidence at lowest in England and Wales since survey began, NFU says
• Rail strikes restart as Aslef train drivers embark on new action
• Calls grow for urgent talks to protect future of Grangemout­h oil refinery
• UK installs record number of public electric vehicle chargers
• Scientists pour scorn on mushroom coffee, the latest ‘healthy’ food trend
• The Guardian view on YA literature: an adventure for teenagers, a comfort blanket for adults
• Being diagnosed with dyslexia has made me happier
• Third-party providers a customer data ‘weak spot’, Australian privacy commission­er says
• Premier League: 10 talking points from the weekend’s football action
• ‘I freaking love it’: Lando Norris proud to silence the critics with first F1 win at Miami Grand Prix
• Central Coast Mariners eye treble after dramatic AFC Cup triumph
• ‘It shows they care’: Ange Postecoglo­u defends Spurs duo after Anfield bust-up
• The world of boxing has changed. But Canelo Álvarez endures
• ‘Greatest sporting feat in the last 100 years’: Roger Bannister’s sub four-minute mile
• Melbourne entertain as much as contain to beat Geelong with their own game
• ‘I am an optimist’: why Mario Andretti is not ready to give up on his F1 dream
• Jokes about massages, OJ and Gisele divorce fly in Tom Brady comedy roast
• Women’s Super League: talking points from the weekend’s action

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