The Guardian Australia - 2024-03-22

• Australia moves to prop up Aukus with $4.6bn pledge to help clear Rolls-Royce nuclear reactor bottleneck­s in UK
• Coalition warned political point-scoring on Kevin Rudd’s US appointmen­t not in national interest
• No new stadium to be built for 2032 Olympics as Queensland opposition leader reveals plan
• Socceroos’ chaotic win over Lebanon marred by injuries
• ABC broadcaste­r James Valentine ‘hopeful and terrified’ after oesophagea­l cancer diagnosis
• Landmark report calls for removal of LGBTQ + discrimina­tion exemptions for Australia’s religious schools
• ‘Controllin­g’ man tricked wife into leaving Australia in order to have her visa cancelled, court told
• Australian FoI loophole to deny access to documents closed in ‘transforma­tive’ ruling
• Coalition looks to expand super for housing policy to include mortgage offset, Andrew Bragg says
• PwC chairman refuses to share tax leaks scandal investigat­ion with Australian parliament
• I discovered why seemingly healthy amphibians were being wiped out
• Migration rose by one-third last year to lift Australia’s population by a record 659,000
• Ex-Tropical Cyclone Megan: evacuation­s in NT ahead of ‘one-in-a-hundred-year flood’
• Australia’s unemployme­nt rate unexpected­ly drops from 4.1% to 3.7% in February despite slowing economy
• ‘They live in a tent now’: the desperate plight of Australian children trapped in Gaza
• As unemployme­nt drops, so too do expectatio­ns of an RBA interest rate cut in the coming months
• Doctors urge politician­s not to be swayed by ‘misleading’ comments on vaping ban from industry-funded lobbyists
• Retail theft jumps 39% in Victoria driven by cost-of-living crisis, say police
• NSW police officer to fight charges over Indigenous teen Jai Kalani Wright’s death
• Clare O’Neil claims she relied on verbal briefings only for prediction of high court immigratio­n detention win
• Clermont locals pushed for this Queensland mine. Now Adani is fighting for the right not to employ them
• Annabel Sutherland rescues Australia to start Bangladesh tour with ODI win
• Two men swapped at birth – one Indigenous, one white – finally get apology
• Global heating could cause an extra 1.2m lamb deaths in Australia each year, study finds
• Donald Trump to make $3bn if shareholde­rs back plan to float Trump Media
• Photos of Macron boxing raise eyebrows in France after he comes out swinging against Putin
• Vietnam loses its second president in two years amid concerns for political stability
• Fossil fuel firms could be tried for homicide over climate-related deaths, experts say
• US Congress releases $1.1tn spending package to avert shutdown
• ‘Nothing in the language excludes admission of women’: KC issues opinion on Garrick Club rules
• Populist parties’ divisions jeopardise chances of setting European agenda
• Article 23: China hits back at criticism of Hong Kong’s hardline new security law
• Portugal centre-right leader Luís Montenegro nominated as PM after narrow election win
• Indonesia election: losing candidate files court challenge after Prabowo Subianto victory
• Pacific Islanders and Native Hawaiians highly supportive of legal abortion – poll
• Medics design AI tool to predict side-effects in breast cancer patients
• Dutch project tells wartime stories of intrepid ‘England voyagers’
• West Africa heatwave was supercharg­ed by climate crisis, study finds
• Georgia carries out execution for first time in four years for 1993 killing
• The Mar-a-Lago judge is entertaini­ng Trump’s most brazen defenses
• What is the real Hamas?
• Julia Louis-Dreyfus returns with more words of wisdom from women
• The 12 ultimate hero foods: how to improve your meals in seconds - without really trying
• Emission impossible: the maddening, nightmare quest to decarboniz­e my home
• ‘Is this how I die?’ John Crace on his terrifying heart attack
• How we met: ‘To suddenly find someone is amazing. He has rejuvenate­d me!’
• Fit to be tied: why are bows absolutely everywhere in 2024?
• Used, abused and deported: migrant workers land back in Bangladesh after Saudi dreams turn sour
• I’m not attracted to my girlfriend – but I want to spend the rest of my life with her
• My first time in an F1 simulation: ‘I spectacula­rly skid off the track and crash’
• Monet happy returns: Normandy celebrates 150 years of impression­ism
• David O’Doherty: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)
• Frieda Toranzo Jaeger: A Future in the Light of Darkness review – a cosmic odyssey through feminism, botany and frisson
• The Beautiful Game review – Bill Nighy leads line in Homeless World Cup heartwarme­r
• Liverpool museum appeals for informatio­n on subject of The Black Boy
• Shirley review – Regina King rises above dutiful, by-the-numbers biopic
• Twisted Metal review – the TV equivalent of a whoopee cushion
• 3 Body Problem review – the creators of Game of Thrones have done it again
• Keoghan, Madden, James Martin: who should be James Bond, if Aaron Taylor-Johnson is out?
• Big tobacco is back, aided and abetted by the Nationals. We can’t let them win on vapes
• The Gaza famine is human-made. And the US is complicit in this catastroph­e
• A defeated Rishi Sunak should go, but my advice is: not too quickly
• From cutting off men’s ties to throwing dried herrings, can traditions help build a more open Europe?
• Few want it, and even fewer think it will succeed. So why in the world is Sunak clinging to the Rwanda policy?
• We are about to witness the most intense famine since World War II in Gaza
• The Labour party is in my blood. Here’s why I’ve just cancelled my membership
• Thousands of UK women owed pension payout after ombudsman’s Waspi ruling
• UK government borrows more in February than forecast with highest debt since 1960s
• Next cheers retail sector with bumper profits and talk of falling prices
• Fed leaves interest rates unchanged but signals three cuts this year
• Norton former owner ‘should have been jailed over pension fraud’ – Pensions Ombudsman chair
• The Guardian view on Labour’s economic plans: a response too small for the challenge the UK faces
• The Guardian view on Hong Kong’s new national security law: double the pain
• A mecca for rewilders: the communityl­ed project restoring Scotland’s southern uplands
• Scientists find skull of enormous ancient dolphin in Amazon
• World’s top fossil-fuel bosses deride efforts to move away from oil and gas
• Elon Musk’s Neuralink shows brain-chip patient playing online chess
• Nathan Cleary masterclas­s rolls Brisbane in NRL grand final rematch
• Verstappen backs ‘second family’ Red Bull and plays down Mercedes links
• Matildas drawn with USA and Germany in tough Paris Olympics group
• Susie Wolff files criminal complaint against Formula One governing body
• ‘Life in the old dog yet’: Murray blasts back to beat Berrettini at Miami Open
• Red Bull tries to project harmony but Horner F1 saga will not go away
• ‘My heart is broken’: Sabalenka asks for privacy after death of former partner
• Brawls, rivalries and superstars: how women’s college basketball became the main event
• Pain, worry … then delight: what it’s like for a footballer to be injured
• Data, deals and Airbnbs: the plan driving Crewe’s promotion push
• Legal March Madness gambling generates $2.7bn - and plenty of abuse for players

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