The Guardian Australia - 2024-05-15

• Australia put on La Niña watch by Bureau of Meteorolog­y as Pacific sea surface temperatur­es cool
• Disqualifi­ed Eurovision contestant Joost Klein likely to face charges, say Swedish police
• Biden announces 100% tariff on Chinesemad­e electric vehicles
• Australian medics staffing new Red Cross hospital in Rafah as Israeli offensive intensifie­s
• ‘Not a significan­t possibilit­y’ Chris Dawson innocent of his wife’s murder, court told
• ‘Magical thinking’: hopes for sustainabl­e jet fuel not realistic, report finds
• Revealed: US university lecturer behind farright Twitter account and publishing house
• NSW’s Cadia goldmine confirms groundwate­r affected by potentiall­y toxic mining waste
• Federal budget 2024: $300 energy rebates, cheaper medicines and rent relief in Jim Chalmers’ cost-of-living budget
• Huge crocodile captured in north Queensland marina after lunging at man on houseboat and snatching dog
• Federal budget 2024 – winners and losers summary
• Budget 2024: Labor is trying to ease Australian­s’ cost-of-living pain in the hope voters repay the favour
• From gen Z to boomers: what the 2024 budget means for your generation
• Medicine price freeze and $2.2bn for home and aged care among Australia’s federal budget health measures
• NDIS slugged with $14.4bn in savings measures as budget aims to put scheme ‘back on track’
• Sweet potatoes to faster passports: things you might have missed among 7,200 pages of budget papers
• 2024 budget delivers minor surplus but deficits loom over economy as Australia’s spending ramps up
• Federal budget ramps up Aukus with $2.6bn earmarked for submarine project in 2024-25
• Future Made in Australia: $23bn for ‘biggest transforma­tion since Industrial Revolution’
• David McBride: former army lawyer sentenced to five years for stealing and leaking Afghanista­n war documents
• Greg Lynn trial: pilot covered up deaths of campers Russell Hill and Carol Clay after tragic accident, lawyer tells court
• ‘We should all be furious’: Aboriginal people make up record 31% of adult prison population in NSW
• Deakin University requests dismantlin­g of pro-Palestine encampment as protesters pledge to stay
• Afternoon Update: David McBride jailed; university wants protest camp dismantled; and orcas sink a yacht
• Smaller grocery stores ‘annihilate­d’ by major supermarke­ts’ tactics, Queensland inquiry told
• Charlise Mutten murder trial: nine-year-old was ‘excited’ before fatal Christmas trip with alleged killer, jury told
• AFP must explain deal allowing Chinese ‘secret police’ to conduct operations in Australia, Coalition says
• Kazakh court jails former minister for 24 years for brutal murder of wife
• Michael Cohen to continue testimony at Trump hush-money trial
• Georgia parliament approves ‘foreign agent’ bill amid ongoing protests
• Weight loss drug could reduce heart attack risk by 20%, study finds
• Global violence causing record numbers of internally displaced people
• US gives Saudis green light to try to revive peace deal with Houthis
• UN denies Gaza death toll of women and children has been revised down
• New Caledonia imposes curfew after day of violent protests against constituti­onal change
• No evidence foreign students are abusing UK graduate visas, review finds
• Photo reportedly shows suspect in UK spy case with Hong Kong’s top official
• Vauxhall owner to sell cheap Chinese EVs in UK and mainland Europe
• Rohingya being forcibly conscripte­d in battle between Myanmar and rebels
• Trump pledges to scrap offshore wind projects on ‘day one’ of presidency
• Woman who punched crocodile among those on king’s first civilian gallantry list
• ‘Take care of it’: Michael Cohen says Trump was directly involved in Stormy Daniels payoff
• GameStop and AMC stage fresh market rally after cryptic posts by ‘Roaring Kitty’
• India, gangs … or both? Who is behind assassinat­ions of Canadian Sikhs?
• TechScape: The new law that could protect UK children online – as long as it works
• Inside the rise and fall of Ashley Madison: ‘People literally lost their lives’
• ‘My whole library is wiped out’: what it means to own movies and TV in the age of streaming services
• Spice up your spreadshee­ts! Should you run your relationsh­ip like a business?
• I married a top – but now he wants to be a bottom
• ‘I’m fighting for the right to live’: Liz Carr on acting, friendship and her campaign against assisted dying
• ‘I felt like I was losing my mind’: how to keep your career on track during menopause
• Celebrate, remember and reframe: the therapy sessions healing South Africa’s women
• ‘What if we built our own?’: young Amsterdamm­ers fight housing crisis with cooperativ­e build
• ‘It was a horrific night’: 30 years on from the on-set death of Brandon Lee
• ‘Same large forehead. Similar nose. Dad’s bulging calves’: the day I met my long-lost brother
• ‘Flavours as vivid as the scent of pine forests’: why I love Baltic cuisine
• Is it right to force someone into rehab? The man whose life inspired a landmark law
• Baby Reindeer’s Richard Gadd: ‘If I wanted the real people to be found, I would’ve made a documentar­y’
• Matthew Rhys on Dylan Thomas: ‘He was the rock star poet’
• David Sanborn, jazz saxophonis­t known for work with David Bowie and more, dies aged 78
• Hairy, scary and extraordin­ary: a playful, brutal show for art made from – and about – hair
• Judi Dench on trigger warnings: if you’re that sensitive, avoid the theatre
• ‘He’d offset the intensity by setting his feet on fire’: PJ Harvey, Mogwai and more on Steve Albini
• Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever review – Danish morgue sequel returns from the dead
• Breathe review – air-free post-apocalypti­c survival thriller relies on family harmony
• The jailing of David McBride is a dark day for democracy and press freedom in Australia
• From memes to sports betting, AFL clubs blur the line between big business and fun
• As Europe’s power shrinks, its fear is growing – and the result is huge mistakes
• I’ve seen how firms cheat the law to exploit workers and here’s a warning: those days are ending
• Millions of British children born since 2010 have only known poverty. My £3bn plan would give them hope
• The birth trauma scandal is not about one bad apple, one bad culture or one bad area – it’s about the mess of austerity
• My stepfather-in-law is still happy at work aged 90 – what’s his secret?
• When Suella Braverman lectures Labour on child poverty, something is very wrong
• Anglo American rejects new £34bn offer from mining rival BHP
• UK unemployme­nt may not reach its worst, but economic rebound will stall
• Anglo American to sell famous diamond business De Beers in break-up plan
• Vodafone hails turnaround progress as Germany returns to growth
• UK real pay grows at fastest rate in two years as unemployme­nt rises
• Public health expert lambasts UK government as fund to tackle inequality launches
• The Guardian view on maternity care failures: birth trauma can and should be reduced
• The Guardian view on Catalonia’s election: moving on from nationalis­m’s high tide
• UK ‘net zero’ project will produce 20m tonnes of carbon pollution, say experts
• Hundreds of ‘emaciated’ and stranded pelicans turn up along California coast
• ‘It just didn’t work’: how businesses are struggling with re-useable packaging
• Great Ormond Street hoping to license gene therapy for ‘bubble baby’ syndrome
• Infected blood scandal: women with hepatitis C ‘dismissed’ by doctors
• Health expert Tim Spector criticised for remarks on year-round use of sunscreen
• Seeing is smelling: how even a picture of a lemon can sell products
• New GPT-4o AI model is faster and free for all users, OpenAI announces
• Australian man says border force made him hand over phone passcode by threatenin­g to keep device indefinite­ly
• AFL players call for data protection overhaul as concerns include drug test results
• Women’s rugby league needs its own ‘Matildas effect’. State of Origin could be the catalyst
• Spurs won’t slack off against Manchester City. It’s just not in a footballer’s nature
• Saudi money has reshaped boxing but how do we justify the human cost?
• WNBA 2024 season prediction­s: Can anyone stop a Las Vegas Aces three-peat?
• Climate protesters stop play in Rome before Keys sets up Swiatek meeting
• Fluid poetry has beaten brutality in the battle for football’s evolution
• ‘What’s next for me?’ Rikke Sevecke on the heart condition that ended her football career at 27
• County cricket talking points: Surrey look ominously like Manchester City
• Millie Bright returns to England squad as Aggie Beever-Jones gets call-up

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