The Guardian Australia - 2024-03-13

• Queensland and NSW lose GST as taxpayers fork out $5.2bn for WA’s special deal
• Surge in Australian drug use revealed in wastewater as methamphet­amine dominates
• Bronwyn Bishop apologises on Sky News after accusing MP Sophie Scamps of being part of ‘antisemiti­c movement’
• Shells from Captain Cook’s final voyage saved from skip
• Andrew Tate and brother Tristan arrested in Romania on UK warrant
• CSIRO claims new record for energy efficiency in lightweigh­t printed solar cells
• Invalid visas issued to 149 people released from indefinite detention, Labor admits
• ‘I thought I was going to die’: women tell court of sexual assaults by fake Uber driver in Melbourne
• Australia’s foreign minister warns Israel will continue to lose support unless it ‘changes course’
• Australia’s aged care fees are under review. Will wealthy people have to pay more?
• Family farms will be gone in 10 years because of supermarke­t practices, fruit grower tells Senate inquiry
• Mehreen Faruqi has legal win in ongoing Pauline Hanson racial vilificati­on case
• A Ramadan ‘unlike any other’: Gaza grief casts a shadow over Sydney night markets
• NSW cult leader William Kamm to seek release after being charged with grooming girl from age six
• Critically endangered stonefly with ‘remarkable’ lifespan faces extinction as Victorian government decision condemned
• Youth offenders will find it harder to get bail under sweeping new NSW laws
• A roll of tape, a handsaw and a small piece of wood at the centre of a $2.6m dispute in Queensland
• ‘Felt like an earthquake’: passengers recall moment of terror on Latam flight as investigat­ion launched
• Clive Palmer says Labor’s plan to cap political donations would silence ‘diversity of ideas’
• Aide tried to stop Trump praising Hitler – by telling him Mussolini was ‘great guy’
• Eric Carmen, Hungry Eyes and All By Myself singer, dies aged 74
• Behind the glossy Internatio­nal Women’s Day pictures, women are still excluded in agricultur­e
• Gareth Evans tells Labor to ‘get off the fence’ and restart UNRWA funding to help ease Gaza crisis
• Wealthy older Australian­s should pay more for aged care services, expert panel recommends
• Guardian Essential poll: 38% of Australian­s agree with Paul Keating’s view on country’s position in Asia
• First aid ship to Gaza leaves Cyprus port in pilot project
• Picasso Museum to show work of Françoise Gilot, ex-partner he tried to destroy
• Haiti PM Ariel Henry says he will resign, and appeals for peaceful transition of power
• Georgia votes in state primary after Trump and Biden hold dueling rallies
• Jimmy Kimmel says Oscars producers tried to stop him reading out Trump’s post
• South Korea doctors’ strike: government moves to suspend thousands of medical licences
• Telegraph takeover: News Corp and Mail owner consider joining UAE-backed bid
• ‘Larger than Everest’ comet could become visible to naked eye this month
• One dead as Israel launches airstrikes targeting Hezbollah near Baalbek in Lebanon
• India enacts citizenshi­p law criticised as ‘discrimina­tory’ to Muslims
• Florida settles lawsuit after challenge to ‘don’t say gay’ law
• No big North Sea fossil fuel country has plan to stop drilling in time for 1.5C goal
• Russia fuel refineries on fire after Ukrainian drone strikes, officials say
• Newly elected leaders to be held to same climate obligation­s, says Cop29 chief
• Xi Jinping didn’t speak at China’s Two Sessions, but it’s clear who is in charge
• Two New Zealand skiers killed after avalanche in Japan
• Radioactiv­e waste, baby bottles and Spam: the deep ocean has become a dumping ground
• TechScape: My pet theory that Google’s Waze will help drive Starmer to No 10
• My wife refuses to end her affair because she enjoys the sex too much. What should I do?
• The big bang: how Oppenheime­r pulled off its extraordin­ary Oscars victory
• Womadelaid­e 2024: global music festival finds the love amid 40C heat and calls to boycott
• The Moth meets the Vagina Monologues: abortion storytelle­rs take on Idaho’s far right
• Belgrade’s derby: a multi-layered snapshot of local and global tensions
• Tornadoes, shrinking ice and early syrup: how the hottest winter on record is affecting the US
• India gets its own HPV vaccine to stop 70,000 women dying of cervical cancer a year
• Ibrahima Bah was sentenced to nine years for steering a ‘death trap’ dinghy across the Channel. Was he really to blame?
• John Oliver to US state medical boards handling malpractic­e: ‘Fix this mess’
• ‘I hate my tummy being constricte­d’: stylish women on their most comfortabl­e pair of underwear
• Steps, calories ... blood? The wellness industry is coming for our sugar levels
• Steaming in: Galicia’s scenic – and free – thermal baths
• Golden Plains 2024: a scorching sweet 16 for Australia’s best festival
• ‘I’m going to defy expectatio­ns’: Western Sydney artist Marikit Santiago wins $80,000 La Prairie award
• ‘I tell the truth about what’s unknown’: Moor Mother on revealing Britain’s ongoing slavery links
• Rising festival 2024: theatre-maker to be drugged unconsciou­s in ‘deeply unnerving’ show about date rape
• ‘Three big flukes’: how Penguin ended up republishi­ng a 1934 Rochdale plasterer’s tale
• ‘We cranked up the madness’: Jack Davenport and Steven Moffat on making Coupling
• Karl Wallinger, songwriter and frontman of World Party, dies at 66
• ‘All these normal people, packed into a human lasagne’: my glamour-free night at the Oscars
• I didn’t get the credit for my bestsellin­g book: the secret life of the celebrity ghost writer
• A Medicare-style levy would guarantee all Australian­s the right to aged care when we need it
• Hosting Cop in 2026 could be the incentive Australia needs to turbocharg­e climate action
• After the no-no vote, Irish women are stuck with a sexist constituti­on. Let’s use it
• Trump’s love for Viktor Orbán hints at what another Trump term will look like
• Let’s be honest: Oscars night is too safe, struggling with relevance, and needs a rethink
• It’s natural to freak out about kids and mobile phones. But a ban is not the solution
• As Cop29 president, I will build bridges between the diverging north and south to keep 1.5C in reach
• There’s a crisis in male fertility. But you wouldn’t know it from the way many men behave
• ‘You don’t want to get better’: the outdated treatment of ME/CFS patients is a national scandal
• What’s the point of Starmer’s Labour if it won’t stand up for poor, sick or disabled people?
• UK watchdog plans formal investigat­ion into vet pricing
• UK’s weak economy is taking a toll on its labour market
• Rape and sexual harassment reported by foreign care workers across UK
• UK unemployme­nt rises and wages growth falls in recession
• Thames Water accused of ‘misleading’ customers over level of debt payments
• Sunak faces anger over gas-power strategy for ‘backing up renewables’
• New EU gig economy laws saved from oblivion by Belgian compromise
• The Guardian view on supply chains: not only just in time, but just in case
• The Guardian view on the privatisat­ion of health: outsourcin­g will not save the NHS
• Legal action could end use of toxic sewage sludge on US crops as fertilizer
• Sperm whale dies after being stranded on Florida beach
• UK report reveals bias within medical tools and devices
• A Million Days review – low-budget sci-fi thriller asks if we should trust AI with our survival
• Airbnb bans hosts from using indoor security cameras in rentals
• Donald Trump flip flops on TikTok, now rails against a ban
• Princess of Wales photo furore underlines sensitivit­y around image doctoring
• Reddit aiming for $6.5bn valuation from New York flotation
• Bitcoin price nears $73,000 in fresh record high
• ‘Seven screws in my head’: Australian Tyler Wright breathes easier after ‘life-changing’ procedure
• Conceição’s last stand: Porto’s ‘dark days’ mar Champions League dream
• Outsider Luca Nardi stuns Novak Djokovic with Indian Wells victory
• Michael Edwards agrees Liverpool return to oversee post-Klopp era
• Felipe Massa files lawsuit against F1 over Lewis Hamilton’s title win in 2008
• Akanji insists Alexander-Arnold’s words ‘didn’t matter’ to Manchester City
• French star Aya Nakamura’s rumoured Olympics show prompts far-right outrage
• Worry about an all-time title race, not marginal refereeing decisions
• England can’t take a backward step now – Ireland win has to be their blueprint
• Mercury/13: the group aiming to ‘rethink football ownership’
• NAACP urges Black student-athletes to reconsider attending Florida universiti­es

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