The Guardian Australia - 2020-08-21

• Sydney university asks employees to ‘suggest’ how to cut up to 30% of some faculty staff
• There appears to be a growing comfort with the reality that dark economic times are here to stay
• Engraved stones found on Jersey 'an art form of 15,000 years ago'
• People in Victoria's hotel quarantine shared lifts and toilets with non-quarantine­d guests, nurse claims
• Internatio­nal travel cap keeping out 18,000 Australian­s who want to come home
• Russian activist Alexei Navalny unconsciou­s after being 'poisoned'
• Miranda Devine ‘unusually silent’ over defamation claim brought by Quaden Bayles, court hears
• Din Tai Fung restaurant­s allegedly underpaid workers and used fake timesheets, Australian court told
• Wong and Plibersek round on Joel Fitzgibbon for suggesting Labor party could split in two
• Notorious Peter Foster arrested on Queensland beach over alleged sports betting scam
• Pezzullo denounces ‘trope’ claims Australia’s foreign policy run by security hawks
• Hunt is on for rightful owner of Nazi-looted French painting
• Coronaviru­s tests sourced by Andrew Forrest 'allowing Victoria to tackle second wave'
• Blue Mountains braces for snow as wild winds and cold weather batter NSW
• The spread of coronaviru­s in Australia is not the fault of individual­s but a result of neoliberal­ism
• St Basil's faces class action suit for allegedly breaching duty of care amid Covid crisis
• Qantas blames coronaviru­s for $2bn loss in worst financial result for a century
• 'Desperate' Australian hotels want overseas passenger caps raised to fill quarantine rooms
• Why is Google taking aim at the Australian government with saturation advertisin­g?
• Australian home affairs department blunder reveals whistleblo­wer's identity and disclosure details
• Australian Capital Territory votes to raise age of criminal responsibi­lity from 10 to 14
• Banjima people caught up in BHP's Pilbara mine expansion say they were forced to 'trade away' heritage
• Google accused of 'bullying' Australian­s with news code letter and yellow warning signs
• Australian farmers call on Coalition to 'nurture' trade ties with China
• Coalition's university funding overhaul will fail to meet rising demand for student places, Greens say
• Retailers caution Coalition against cutting jobkeeper in September as economy flounders
• Fashion's dirty secret: how sexual assault took hold in jeans factories
• Racism still exists in social work today – we need more Black faces in the profession
• There are not a lot of jobs for women my age. On jobseeker, paying bills is a balancing act
• Our jobs at universiti­es are precarious and overburden­ed. The pandemic has made them harder
• Democrats spurn AOC and uplift Bill Clinton at the party's own risk
• We know too little about Covid-19 'longhauler­s.' We need a comprehens­ive study
• What explains markets' rip-roaring success in the face of Covid disaster?
• If you're reading big books right now, well done. I've jacked it all in for comfort TV
• Politician­s and doctors both make lethal mistakes – but doctors own up to theirs
• This summer of U-turns has exposed the Tories’ lack of direction
• The Guardian view on coronaviru­s and the climate crisis: seize this chance
• The Guardian view on culture policy: yet another shambles
• Abolition of Public Health England just 'passing of blame for coronaviru­s mistakes'
• A mushroom-related brush with mortality: how John Cage fell for fungi
• Sonos Arc review: this soundbar sounds simply fantastic
• Airbnb moves to go public despite pandemic struggles
• Apple becomes Wall Street's first $2tn company
• Google Maps gets worldwide visual overhaul
• California Uber and Lyft drivers brace for shutdown over worker classifica­tion
• Deirdre Fidge: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)
• AFL faces another difficult decision as states jockey for grand final hosting rights
• Premier League fixtures 2020-21: Liverpool begin title defence against Leeds
• AFLW stifled as more players turn their back in favour of greener pastures
• R&A hopes hard work pays off as Royal Troon welcomes Women's Open
• Cincinnati Reds broadcaste­r Thom Brennaman uses anti-gay slur on air
• Flexible start times can be used in England's third Test against Pakistan
• Bayern Munich's Thomas Müller the spaceman from a different galaxy
• Chelsea edge closer to signing Kai Havertz from Bayer Leverkusen
• Quarantine questions put European rugby schedules on razor's edge
• Phil Linz's harmonica, Enter Shikari sponsorshi­p and missed gimme putts
• Football transfer rumours: Thiago Silva to leave PSG and join Chelsea?

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