The Guardian Australia - 2024-04-12

• Bridget Archer leads criticism after Peter Dutton compares pro-Palestine protest to Port Arthur massacre
• Australian War Memorial kept ministers in the dark on contracts for $550m redevelopm­ent, audit finds
• Boris Johnson calls Rishi Sunak’s smoking ban ‘absolutely nuts’
• Vietnamese property tycoon sentenced to death in $27bn fraud case
• Queensland police employee accused of selling domestic violence victim’s personal informatio­n to ex-partner
• ‘What is a woman?’: court asked to rule on definition in transgende­r woman’s case against Giggle for Girls platform
• Harold Wilson confessed to secret ‘love match’ while PM, former aide reveals
• Mass use of guided bombs driving Russian advances, says Ukraine
• Courtier demanded assurance king could not be prosecuted under new Welsh law
• Morrison’s Covid measures a ‘grotesque overreacti­on’ to a ‘relatively mild pandemic’, Tony Abbott says
• Australia’s major supermarke­ts accused of purchasing properties to ‘turf out’ independen­t stores
• Icac finds sacked NSW Labor minister Tim Crakanthor­p breached public trust and ministeria­l code
• Afternoon Update: new search for Samantha Murphy; devastatin­g Great Barrier Reef damage; and when parents are bad sports
• Samantha Murphy: new intelligen­ce sparks police search for missing woman’s body south of Ballarat
• Deportatio­n bill breaches Labor’s national platform, ALP pro-refugee group says
• Australian­s’ spending softened in March after Taylor Swift concert splurge
• Proposed $4bn pumped hydro project could power a third of Sydney’s households by 2031
• US and Japan announce new military agreements aimed at countering China
• Mini me: Labor’s Julian Hill declares ‘priceless’ 75cm statue of himself gifted by constituen­t
• Albanese reveals plan for interventi­onist green industry policy similar to Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act
• Peter Dutton’s shock-and-schlock tactics are fear-mongering in search of a policy
• Ten years on from Chibok, what happened to the 276 Nigerian girls snatched from their school?
• Horseback archery draws new riders across Australia: ‘You can ride on any horse with any gear’
• IDF colonel discusses ‘data science magic powder’ for locating terrorists
• Pioneering Hawaiian-born sumo champion Akebono dies aged 54
• China meddled in past two Canada elections, says Justin Trudeau
• Turkey seizes its third largest haul of cocaine, says interior minister
• Biden races to commit billions to climate action as election looms
• Nine people including baby die after boat capsizes off Lampedusa
• ‘Right to freedom from torture’: UN experts urge the Gambia not to decriminal­ise FGM
• Water pours out of Utah dam as residents prepare for evacuation
• US will require background checks for gun shows and online firearm sales
• ‘Shame! Shame!’: Arizona Republican leaders block effort to repeal abortion ban
• Greece launches ‘free’ holidays for tourists who fled 2023 Rhodes wildfires
• South Korea PM offers to resign after heavy defeat in parliament­ary elections
• Five Georgia students rescue a woman and her two children from drowning car
• Trans children in England worse off now than four years ago, says psychologi­st
• Rishi Sunak spent £2m on focus groups for ‘eat out to help out’ scheme
• Judge denies Trump’s third attempt this week to delay hush-money trial
• ‘A new abyss’: Gaza and the hundred years’ war on Palestine
• Don’t believe these TikTok tax tips, say experts: ‘Anyone who follows this is in for a world of hurt’
• Best podcasts of the week: a Falklands ‘coverup’, a rap about Jesus and Johnny Knoxville
• Shock of the old: 10 pairs of filthy, fetishisti­c and fashionabl­e shoes
• How the dung queen of Dublin was swept from history
• Paranoia and polyrhythm­s: Talking Heads’ greatest songs – ranked!
• Weeks-long manhunt in Brazil shows dramatic expansion of two main gangs into Amazon
• How we met: ‘We lost touch for years – then bumped into each other in Belgium’
• ‘My cast and crew’s safety kept me up at night’: why a queer Ghanaian film may never be screened
• It crawled from below 50 years ago: how the global Dungeons & Dragons empire began in a basement
• He got a college degree in prison. Now he’s off to a prestigiou­s law school
• Toxic gas, livelihood­s under threat and power outages: how a seaweed causes chaos in Caribbean
• The Goldsmiths crisis: how cuts and culture wars sent universiti­es into a death spiral
• No Pay? No Way! review – this 50-year-old cost-of-living satire is perfect for today’s Australia
• Baby Reindeer review – features the most chilling TV episode of the entire year
• Yinka Shonibare CBE review – where Churchill finds his inner psychedeli­c dandy
• Man Ray friend to sell collection of 200 works including ‘iconic’ image
• Fallout review – an absolute blast of a TV show
• Nia Archives: Silence Is Loud review – bold, fresh jungle unbound by tradition
• Heartbreak High season two review – busy, blingy but all a bit flaccid
• Ratcatcher review – Lynne Ramsay’s haunting debut is a hallucinat­ory wonder
• For the future of US abortion rights under a second Trump presidency, look to Arizona
• Blood, chaos and decline: these are the fruits of unbridled western hubris
• Is Shell trying to kill the London stock market?
• Companies are using inflation to price-gouge Americans – and making it worse
• Let’s stop talking about ‘great’ Britain – and rebrand ourselves as a different sort of country
• Hilary Cass’s proposals are mostly common sense. She must reject anti-trans bias with the same clarity
• What should you do if a cow attacks? I’ve finally found the answer
• Joe Biden has gained an inch in the polls – and Democrats are jubilant
• Who complains about church bells or cicadas in France? You’d be surprised
• Profits in Rees-Mogg’s investment firm halved in year before closure announced
• Poundstret­cher sold to Majestic Wine owner Fortress
• Interest rates need to stay higher for longer, says Bank of England policymake­r
• Royal Mail urged to investigat­e claims of Chinese-made fake stamps
• AstraZenec­a promises dividend rise hours before vote on boss’s £19m pay deal
• Heathrow urges government to scrap £10 fee for transit passengers
• The Guardian view on smartphone­s and children: a compelling case for action
• UK house prices should return to growth in next year, Rics survey shows
• The Guardian view on Labour and the tax gap: a £5bn question for a coterie of insiders
• UK heat pump adopters open up homes to encourage others to ditch gas boilers
• Nostalgia: A History of a Dangerous Emotion by Agnes Arnold-Forster review – no place like home
• North Carolina allows manure mounds ‘as big as a house’ on factory farms
• Fairphone Fairbuds review: ethically made earbuds with replaceabl­e batteries
• South Sydney slump signals return to bad old days with golden boy missing again
• ‘Aussie ball’ mindset behind versatile Boomers squad for Paris Olympics
• Raphinha and Christense­n conjure slim advantage as Barcelona edge PSG
• No guaranteed Masters spots for LIV’s ‘closed shop’ golfers, says chairman
• A-League Women finals series poised to test post-World Cup growth
• Samuel Lino gives Atlético lead but Sébastien Haller offers Dortmund hope
• Par for the course: why Augusta National paid $350k for a kids’ park
• Emma Hayes inherits a reinvigora­ted USWNT. But she faces new headaches
• Champions League team of the week: Jules Koundé erases Mbappé in Paris
• Mikel Arteta’s focus on defensive solidity could pay dividends for Arsenal
• Wolves’ Gary O’Neil charged by FA after criticisin­g ‘scandalous’ refereeing
• Shohei Ohtani’s translator reportedly discussing plea deal around alleged $4.5m theft

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