The Guardian Australia - 2024-02-02

• Albanese rules out crossbench negotiatio­n on tax overhaul, as Liberal MPs urge opposition not to block changes
• Australian political donations: these nine people and companies gave the most in 2022-23
• London chemical assault: girl, 3, and mother may have life-changing injuries
• Donald Trump’s ‘sex and bribes’ data protection case rejected by UK court
• Sydney Harbour shark bite: NSW Ambulance apologises after staffer leaked photo of victim’s injuries
• Australia ‘on track’ with climate targets needed to protect Great Barrier Reef, Labor tells Unesco
• Greta Thunberg goes on trial over London oil industry protests
• US military stockpilin­g supplies in Australia in readiness for any confrontat­ion with China
• ‘Deliberate lie’: education lobby group says ‘landmark’ school agreement falls short of 100% funding
• Kurtley Beale trial: ‘convince him he is guilty’, alleged sexual assault victim wrote in taped call note
• Afternoon Update: top political donors revealed; Nikki Haley targets age of rivals; and toddler rescued from Hello Kitty claw machine
• Wong signals Labor wants to resume UN agency funding to ensure ‘fewer children are starving’ in Gaza
• Mother issues plea to bring two Aboriginal children stranded in UK without passports home
• Australia Post apologises after workers underpaid by $5.6m over 10 years due to ‘payroll errors’
• The Australian who ascended to the helm of a Republican-linked fundamenta­list Christian group
• Home truths: TV’s Kevin McCloud thinks Australia should stop building such big houses
• Long arm of the claw: police rescue Queensland toddler stuck in Hello Kitty prize machine
• Clive Palmer’s mining company tops political donors list again as Liberals beat Labor on receipts
• Police officer Daniel Keneally avoids jail for false statement that saw activist wrongfully imprisoned
• Tanya Plibersek urged to block ‘climatewre­cking’ Queensland coalmine that would raze koala habitat
• One-third of outsourced Australian aged care home inspection­s rejected as substandar­d
• Medicare turns 40: is Australia’s ‘little green card’ keeping up with changing health needs?
• Australia’s property market upswing continues as house prices and rents rise again
• Don’t underestim­ate Nikki Haley – for starters, just look at how she gets under Trump’s skin
• Smoked monkey and whole sharks: the suitcase smugglers feeding Europe’s hunger for bushmeat
• Lewis Hamilton poised to make shock Ferrari switch for 2025 F1 season
• EU agrees €50bn package for Ukraine as Viktor Orbán bows to pressure
• Elon Musk acts to move Tesla legal base to Texas after pay package ruling
• Dissident rock band Bi-2 leave Thailand after Russia deportatio­n fears
• Hindus can worship in contested mosque, Indian court rules
• Carmakers may be using aluminium made by Uyghur forced labour, NGO investigat­ion finds
• Trump frustrated by Haley as primaries pull focus from campaign against Biden
• Catalonia declares drought emergency, extending water limits to Barcelona
• Police in Sweden destroy ‘live’ device outside Israeli embassy
• ‘It was forced’: grieving parents unfazed by sorry tech CEOs at US Senate hearing
• Gen Z boys and men more likely than baby boomers to believe feminism harmful, says poll
• Refugee files complaint to UN against Spain over 2014 border deaths
• Deutsche Bank to cut 3,500 jobs
• Horizon scandal: Ed Davey sorry he ‘did not see through Post Office lies’
• Fiji transfixed as reports of ministeria­l sex scandal threaten ruling coalition
• ‘Grumpy Old Men’: Nikki Haley targets Biden and Trump’s age in new ads
• ‘They were dying, and they’d not had their money’: Britain’s multibilli­on-pound equal pay scandal
• Kids are on their phones more than ever. We asked parents what they’re doing about it
• Thomas Jaspers: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)
• Shock of the old: nine monstrous mascots to suck out your soul
• When testing costs you: the genetic dilemma confrontin­g Australian­s with life insurance
• The man who owes Nintendo $14m: Gary Bowser and gaming’s most infamous piracy case
• ‘I was willing to risk it all, or die’: a week onboard a rescue vessel in the Mediterran­ean Sea
• A porter’s guide to suitcases: ‘Expensive, brand-name luggage? One question – why?’
• 100 years of Winter Olympic history: why Chamonix is still king of the slopes
• How we met: ‘We liked the same weird things’
• Kirin J Callinan on the ketamine overdose and heartbreak that made his ‘most truthful’ new album
• Argylle review – unbearably self-satisfied smirk of a spy caper from Matthew Vaughn
• Margot Robbie on Oscar snub: ‘It’s been an incredible year for films’
• ‘This was the most feared address in Amsterdam’: Steve McQueen takes us on a tour for Occupied City
• Grammys 2024: who will win the big categories – and who should
• Days of Heaven review – Malick’s early masterwork heralds a rarefied visionary
• Alec Baldwin pleads not guilty to new charge in fatal shooting on Rust film set
• Why I’m not done fighting – for animal rights, and for women
• If Europe wants to defend itself, it must build armies that people want to join
• Three cheers for the Delaware judge who stood up to Elon Musk
• Gowns, wigs and spectacle: here’s why I took Laurence Fox to court – and why my victory matters
• So this is how the Royal Mail ends: killed by lying politician­s, lousy managers and ruthless moneymen
• Bank of England sticks at 5.25% interest rate but hints at coming cut
• UK interest rates have peaked, the next move is down … but not yet
• Labour rules out raising corporatio­n tax above 25% in next parliament
• Ben Elliot’s Quintessen­tially warns £29m liabilitie­s could threaten its future
• Shell to raise dividends again despite 30% fall in annual profits
• Owner of UK national lottery operator still in business with Gazprom
• The Guardian view on customs borders: Northern Ireland deal highlights broken Brexit promises
• The Guardian view on Rishi Sunak’s tax plans: stop trying to buy votes
• Vets urged to cut pesticide flea treatments amid river pollution fears
• ‘Grossly irresponsi­ble’: UK hands out 24 new North Sea oil and gas licences
• EU to delay new green rule in bid to appease protesting farmers
• Gene therapy hailed as ‘medical magic wand’ for hereditary swelling disorder
• How We Break by Vincent Deary review – look after yourself
• Tesla sued by 25 California counties for allegedly mishandlin­g hazardous waste
• China hacking threatens US infrastruc­ture, FBI director warns, as Volt Typhoon botnet foiled
• More than half of UK undergradu­ates say they use AI to help with essays
• Football Australia data leak exposes players’ contracts, fans’ personal details
• Australian sporting codes urged to adopt more stringent concussion guidelines
• Stokes keeps England’s vision clear as golden chance awaits in second Test
• Conor Bradley runs the show as Liverpool thump sorry Chelsea
• Richarliso­n secures feisty win over Brentford to send Tottenham fourth
• ‘All at sea’: Alastair Cook says Sharma and India were baffled by positive England
• Caitlin Clark scores 35 to reach No 2 on NCAA’s all-time scoring list
• Tired and divided: how Yorkshire fans view the likely return of Colin Graves
• Six Nations team news: North and Rowlands miss out for Wales

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