The Guardian Australia - 2023-12-05

• Two immigratio­n detainees charged after release due to high court ruling
• Amazon secures rights in Australia to screen all cricket World Cups and ICC events
• Westpac suffers online banking outage with customers shut out of accounts
• Australia and France sign military access agreement as post-Aukus tensions ease
• Police union calls for ban on neo-Nazi marches after ‘hateful’ rally in Ballarat
• Commonweal­th Games in turmoil as Gold Coast drops bid to host in 2026
• US opioid activists argue against Sackler family immunity in Purdue Pharma deal
• Mount Marapi eruption: 11 hikers found dead on Indonesian volcano
• ‘Betrayed’: NT communitie­s angered after learning only industry was consulted on scrapped net zero policy
• Crowning glory: British GP wins Mulletfest competitio­n
• Why is the Gabba rebuild plan so controvers­ial and what’s next in the Brisbane Olympics brawl?
• Afternoon Update: hikers killed in Indonesian volcanic eruption; tributes flow for Labor MP Peta Murphy; and how to avoid burnout
• Centrelink should consider waiving 100,000 debts that may be unlawful, ombudsman report finds
• Rozelle interchang­e: work under way on spaghetti junction critics have labelled ‘a tunnel to a traffic jam’
• Fran Kelly to return to ABC Radio National in weekend role
• Two boys face second Queensland murder trial over stabbing death of 15-year-old Angus Beaumont
• William Tyrrell’s foster father argues ‘lawful’ force used on another child as punishment, NSW court hears
• Net zero policy for new gas projects abandoned after industry objected
• Inquiry reviews conviction­s of ‘Croatian Six’ over 1979 Sydney bomb plot
• ‘No sympathy’: why are vape stores still opening across Australia six months before ban comes into force?
• Police believe Neddy Smith behind bones found at Sydney beach organised crime ‘dumping ground’
• Australia continues to let First Nations people down. Internatio­nal law can provide a way forward
• ‘Unacceptab­le risk’ test to determine if freed migrants go back to detention under proposed law
• If Labor wants to break a high court losing streak, it must take the drafter’s pen off Peter Dutton
• NDIS funding showdown looms as Shorten seeks new deal with states
• Police in Spain and Italy seize 5,000 litres of adulterate­d olive oil in raids
• World Bank accused of ‘turning blind eye’ to sexual abuse in Kenyan schools it funded
• ‘You’re only 75’: Billy Crystal receives Kennedy Center honor amid Biden age jokes
• ‘Wobbly spacetime’ may help resolve contradict­ory physics theories
• Opposition candidates jostle for position before DRC election
• German travel chaos blamed on lack of investment in railways
• Former Hong Kong activist Agnes Chow flees territory for Canada
• Spotify cuts almost 1,600 jobs amid rising costs
• Georgia Republican­s target Democrat’s district in new state congressio­nal map
• Venezuela referendum result: voters back bid to claim sovereignt­y over large swath of Guyana
• Europe is ‘miles behind’ in race for raw materials used in electric car batteries
• Police make 630 arrests of climate protesters in London in one month
• Thousands of UK young people caught watching online child abuse images
• UK weather: drivers warned of roads becoming ‘ice rinks’ as snow refreezes
• Do you really need shiny new tech for Christmas? The answer is ‘no’
• My plane crashed in the Andes. Only the unthinkabl­e kept me and the other starving survivors alive
• A new start after 60: I lost my husband, spoke my mind – and became an Instagram star at 97
• ‘I’ve been sacked for asking for time off to tour’: the perils of being a musician with a second job
• ‘It was heartbreak­ing’: Muslim mayor comes to terms with Dutch election result
• ‘They told us the fire would never come’: Argentinia­ns battle blazes in gap left by government
• Akon City: tumbleweed rolls through site of rapper’s Wakanda-inspired dream
• The slow race to save Brittany’s rare Quimper snails from a tramway – one gastropod at a time
• I wasn’t notified when my 9am flight time changed to 6am. Can I get compensati­on?
• Limerick: the not-so-gritty city is one of Ireland’s overlooked gems
• Should I worry about bruising?
• The 20 best songs of 2023
• Who wants to farm potatoes in the metaverse? Exploring Roblox’s corporate hell-worlds
• Arthur Conan Doyle secretly resented his Sherlock Holmes creation, says historian
• Chicago review – masterful star-studded production kicks off Australian tour
• ‘I’m so nervous’: Ncuti Gatwa prepares to begin new Doctor Who role
• ‘Euphoric’, ‘opalescent’, ‘perfect pop confection’: Australia’s best new music for December
• Trenque Lauquen Parts 1 & 2 review – beguiling mystery holds its secrets close
• The Safest Place in the World review – the true cost of a lethal Brazilian dam collapse
• How do we bring about peace in a world of war and chaos? Quakers like me might have the answer
• A word to the wise, Keir Starmer: whoever advised you to praise Thatcher got it wrong
• A second Trump term will be far more autocratic than the first. He’s telling us
• We need rituals to help ease the pain of unwanted periods
• I reversed my type 2 diabetes. Here’s how I did it
• I cringe at the thought of my daughter listening to the misogynist hip-hop I once loved
• ‘It’s pretty brutal out there’: Struggling UK pubs and restaurant­s pray spirit of Christmas past will reappear
• Rocco Forte sells 49% of luxury hotel chain to Saudi Arabia
• Rockall fishing rights dispute between Scotland and Ireland deepens
• British workers missing out on £10,700 a year as living standards fall
• One in 10 households in UK say they missed paying an essential bill
• The Guardian view on a non-proliferat­ion treaty: fossil fuels are weapons of mass destructio­n
• The Guardian view on marginalia: scribbles that can change the meaning of books
• UK ad watchdog to crack down on ‘biodegrada­ble’ and ‘recyclable’ claims
• Chris Packham launches legal challenge over UK’s watering down of climate policies
• Agreement to phase out fossil fuels would be huge for humanity, says Gore
• Cop28 officials fail to clarify if protesters are safe to protest in Dubai
• London’s biggest minicab firm Addison Lee makes emissions U-turn
• My generation can’t wait any longer for climate action – and Europe could hold the key
• Researcher­s create AI tool with a nose for fraudulent wine
• Vincent Marks obituary
• Readers reply: what is the most unlikely event to have taken place?
• Premier League: 10 talking points from the weekend’s action
• Netball Australia and players near deal on higher pay and share of revenue
• Modest AFLW grand final venue hosts an occasion to brag about
• ‘I love the gameplan’: Kulusevski backs fearless Tottenham to be at the top
• Collin Morikawa given two-shot penalty after Matt Fitzpatric­k interventi­on
• Wade fury at umpire after Australia fall to another T20 defeat in India
• Former Wales forward Andrew Coombs diagnosed with dementia at 39
• Spurs show hard evidence they are the real deal under Ange Postecoglo­u
• Ronnie O’Sullivan beats Ding Junhui to make UK Championsh­ip history
• Alexander-Arnold masterclas­s shows hybrid players hold key to success
• Calhanoglu 2.0 lives up to his big talk and shatters Mazzarri’s Napoli revival
• The 49ers, Eagles, Lions and Cowboys rule the NFC: but who has the edge?
• Sheffield United set to sack Paul Heckingbot­tom and turn to Chris Wilder

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