The Guardian Australia - 2023-10-31

• Services Australia forced to pause Centrelink debt repayments for 86,000 people amid legality concerns
• Australia was not big enough to vote for the voice, says Stan Grant
• Huge centuries-old tree being trucked through Hobart CBD prompts calls for logging law reform
• Luis Rubiales banned from football for three years over Jenni Hermoso kiss
• Warren Mundine launched expletive-riddled spray after KPMG rejected his $10,000 speaker’s fee
• World Bank warns oil price could soar to record $150 a barrel
• Queensland fires: conditions to deteriorat­e on Tuesday as authoritie­s confirm 46 homes destroyed
• ‘This war is prophetica­lly significan­t’: why US evangelica­l Christians support Israel
• Penny Wong urges Israel to ‘listen’ to friends and warns world won’t ‘accept continuing civilian deaths’
• ‘Hamas has created additional demand’: Wall Street eyes big profits from war
• New NSW fire chief flags mental health focus and financial stability after recent turmoil
• Victorian education official to apologise in person for antisemiti­c bullying at Brighton secondary college
• Man who stole $240,000 to lure internatio­nal cricketers to suburban Melbourne given community service
• Afternoon Update: Australia toughens stance as Gaza death toll soars; woman found dead at Bendigo home; and Australian­s eat too much salt
• Plan to build Aukus submarines in Adelaide is ‘a fairytale’ and ‘pork barrelling’, Alexander Downer says
• Australia’s free trade deal with EU collapses as both sides accuse the other of being unwilling to compromise
• Shaking the habit: experts call for mandatory maximum salt limits in Australian food
• In the face of grim polling, can Annastacia Palaszczuk and Queensland Labor retain the state?
• NSW minister urges public to call out ‘inappropri­ate behaviour’ towards women after school coach’s death
• ‘He’s pretty smooth’: Glenn Youngkin of Virginia may be a challenger for Trump
• Lilie James death: ‘grief, shock and utter confusion’ as St Andrew’s Cathedral students return to school
• Qantas claims it doesn’t sell tickets to flights but ‘bundle of rights’ in defence against ACCC case
• ‘Bureaucrat­ic bungle’: Victorian council suggests a 30cm limit on grass
• Why is Labor defending Alex Hawke’s ‘bizarre’, ‘steering wheel’ visa decision in the high court?
• Julian Assange’s brother urges Anthony Albanese to ‘up the ante’ over WikiLeaks founder’s case
• Judge reinstates gag order in Donald Trump’s federal election interferen­ce case
• Iran arrests lawyer at funeral of girl who died after metro incident
• Man jailed for life for attempted murder of US woman stationed at GCHQ
• Councils in England facing bankruptcy as lack of housing pushes up costs
• Ron DeSantis defends call to ban proPalesti­nian groups from Florida colleges
• More than 4,000 English flood defences ‘almost useless’, analysis finds
• Bangladesh: key opposition figure jailed after rally turns violent
• US vows to support ‘free media’ in Pacific as concern over China influence grows
• Multiple shootings in US leave at least eight dead over Halloween weekend
• Interest rate rises caused sharp drop in UK household wealth, report finds
• Second investigat­ion to open into role of British spies in torture of Guantánamo detainee
• Why the rusting wreck of a second world war ship is so important to China
• Bologna seals off ‘leaning tower’ over fears it is tilting too far
• Nigel Farage reportedly in talks to join I’m a Celebrity …
• ‘Bloodiest prison in the US’: children detained in Louisiana’s Angola prison allege abuses
• UK Covid inquiry reaches week of potentiall­y damning testimony
• How Kitty Green took on Weinstein – then a mining town in the Outback
• Mike Johnson says he ‘isn’t afraid’ to change House speaker removal rule
• A new start after 60: I was jobless and struggling to pay my mortgage. Busking turned my life around
• The pets I’ll never forget: Pudding and Popcorn, the guinea pigs who saved me during lockdown
• ‘I want to be safe’: Israelis rush to obtain gun licences
• Funding plea for Parisian atelier where Modigliani and Gauguin worked
• Three things with Catherine McClements: ‘He gave me this stone – it was a meteorite from outer space’
• An Australian hire car company won’t reimburse our excess. What are the next steps?
• Movie night treat: Rachel Roddy’s recipe for little fried fish
• Harvest Rock review – Beck and Jamiroquai headline Adelaide’s safe, crowd-pleasing festival
• Mr Chow: the story behind the world’s most fascinatin­g restaurate­ur
• Mutiny in Heaven: The Birthday Party review – documentar­y is a warts-and-all sonic assault
• ‘I used to walk around junior school thinking I was Snoop’: Allan Mustafa’s honest playlist
• Baumgartne­r by Paul Auster review – amiable aimlessnes­s
• Australian rap pioneers OneFour v the police: ‘They haven’t had to answer for anything’
• ‘This is our reality’: the Ukrainian artist putting bomb-blasted roads in a gallery
• Of Walking on Thin Ice review – climate crisis protest pilgrimage wends way to Cop26
• In abandoning support for an Indigenous treaty, Queensland’s LNP is playing with people’s lives
• Health anxiety can be all-consuming. Accepting uncertaint­y is an important step
• Matthew Perry was much more than an addict. Don’t let his death overshadow that
• Europe’s chaotic response to the IsraelHama­s war reveals how weak it is – to its enemies’ delight
• It’s just weeks since I lost Oscar, but already people are asking: will I get another dog?
• The Guardian view on Labour’s rethink on the right to roam: a step in the wrong direction
• High interest rates help double HSBC profits
• Evri profits slump 47% after £8m back pensions payments charge
• Hunt to reject calls to make corporate investment tax cut permanent
• Huge ethnicity pension gap revealed in UK figures
• The Guardian view on the British Library’s digital archive: a new life for Chaucer
• Functional fungi: can medicinal mushrooms really improve people’s health?
• ‘It only makes the news when the toilets stop working’: has the 25-year-old Internatio­nal Space Station been a waste of space?
• White Holes: Inside the Horizon review – Carlo Rovelli turns time on its head
• Pixel 8 review: Google’s smaller, longerlast­ing Android
• Eddie Jones heads for Wallabies exit as Rugby Australia’s great gamble fails
• Caitlin Foord proves versatilit­y as Matildas belatedly click in Olympic qualifiers
• Premier League: 10 talking points from the weekend’s action
• ‘It was a horrible day, looking back’: Nicky Winmar on his 1993 ‘Black and proud’ moment
• Verstappen wins Mexican F1 GP with Lewis Hamilton second after red flag
• England restrict India before Bumrah sends them crumbling to 100-run defeat
• From a broken bat to fixture woes: WBBL season starts with more than one bang
• South Africa deserve World Cup but teams’ approach needs to change
• White noise of Fury’s tight win drowns out concerns over Saudi hosts
• Concussed: Sport’s Uncomforta­ble Truth by Sam Peters review – rugby’s shame
• Du Toit overcomes major medical scare to join South Africa’s greats
• ‘The Palestine team carries hope’: football dreams live on amid conflict
• Interrupte­d views, undignifie­d facilities: challenges for disabled football fans
• ‘Been in limbo for too long’: Danny Drinkwater retires from football
• Finals venue chaos is symptomati­c of the WTA failing women’s tennis

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