The Guardian Australia - 2024-08-02

• ‘It was the same old show’: Kamala Harris responds to Trump’s attacks on her racial identity
• Ex-Australia Post employee and friend plead guilty in Australian of the Year insider informatio­n betting scandal
• Southport murder accused named as Axel Rudakubana
• Labor’s first female frontbench­er and feminist trailblaze­r immortalis­ed in Canberra statue
• ‘Completely outrageous’: Indigenous leaders condemn worsening Closing the Gap data
• Melbourne’s ‘explosive’ legionnair­es’ disease outbreak surges to 60 confirmed cases
• Police allege couple murdered Amber Haigh and used pigs to dispose of body, court hears
• Tony Gustavsson departs as Matildas coach after early exit at Paris Olympics
• ‘Bit weird’: swimming rivalry heats up as Kyle Chalmers hits back at Chinese snub claim
• Steely resolve and killer look make way for Jess Fox’s ‘perfect day’ in Paris
• Jemima Montag scoops Olympic bronze for Australia on morning race walk in Paris
• Afternoon Update: Harris responds to racial identity attack; Australian of Year betting scandal; and famous tree feared dead might live on
• Rex’s demise highlights industry’s favouritis­m of Qantas and Virgin, former watchdog chair says
• Police caught in ‘fatal funnel’ of gunfire as they arrived at scene of Wieambilla massacre, inquest hears
• Scammers are targeting myGov accounts during tax time. How can users protect their ATO refunds?
• Lures and violent threats: old school cheating still rampant at Australian universiti­es, even as AI rises
• Adelaide home prices could soon surpass Melbourne as Victorian capital slumps
• Australian government ‘deeply disappoint­ed’ by Japan’s decision to expand commercial whaling target list
• Pressure grows to end ‘double standard’ on Australian visas for Palestinia­ns fleeing conflict
• Period poverty in Australia is forcing people to make their own menstrual products
• Yvonne Weldon has already made history. Now she’s out to shake up Sydney’s mayoral race
• Nutrition and exercise as good as therapy for mild and moderate depression, study says
• Doctors told Pelosi of concern for Trump’s mental health, ex-speaker says in book
• Cheesy pictures: gymnast’s parmesan photos take Olympics by storm
• Trump’s usual sexist sneers don’t work against Harris – and to top it off, she’s laughing at him
• Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro blames unrest on far-right conspiracy as isolation grows
• Anger mounts over environmen­tal cost of Google datacentre in Uruguay
• Argentina will use AI to ‘predict future crimes’ but experts worry for citizens’ rights
• Stephen Lawrence’s body to be returned to UK 31 years after murder
• Death toll from landslides in India’s Kerala state rises to 166
• UK must apply existing Brexit deals before any reset in relations, says EU
• ‘They can stone us and flog us – I will keep using makeup’: why women risk everything in Afghanista­n’s secret salons
• Bank of England cuts interest rates to 5% in narrow vote
• Almost quarter of big fashion brands have no decarbonis­ation plan, report finds
• Halla Tómasdótti­r to be sworn in as Iceland’s seventh president
• Families of victims in Boeing 737 Max crashes urge judge to reject plea deal
• Felled Sycamore Gap tree may live on after green shoots appear on stump
• Wolf sparks warning to keep children out of forest in Netherland­s
• Ukraine war briefing: First F-16 fighter jets arrive – officials
• Democrats underestim­ate Trump, retired US general Wesley Clark warns
• First Thing: Chief 9/11 plotter pleads guilty in Guantánamo Bay deal
• English GPs to stage industrial action over 1.9% budget increase
• ‘Nobody knows what I know’: how a loyal RSS member abandoned Hindu nationalis­m
• The brains behind QI bring you an Olympicsiz­ed quiz show
• Google listed my restaurant’s number as its British HQ
• Breaking the bank: are Hollywood stars getting paid too much?
• How we met: ‘I couldn’t imagine the day without her in it’
• Crushing it: why millions of people still can’t stop playing Candy Crush
• ‘I see what the fire may do’: the college student documentin­g wildfires from the frontlines
• Sea change: How the Herring Queen brought promise and joy to a small Scottish town
• Huw Edwards’ fall comes 14 months after career peak
• Pricey nice ice: is this $26 dessert made from imported Japanese ice worth it?
• At least it’s cheap: celery headlines Australia’s best-value fruit and veg for August
• Dining across the divide: ‘There’s a trend of: work is a pain, and I’ll just fit it in around the rest of my life’
• The Rings of Power, David Attenborou­gh and classic Fincher: what’s new to streaming in Australia in August
• Meshell Ndegeocell­o: No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin review – a fire reignited
• The silence is deafening: why this year’s environmen­tal films are nonverbal
• Jamaican dancehall star Vybz Kartel released from prison after 13 years
• The comeback queen: actor Joan Chen on self-doubt, success, savagings – and a second chance at 63
• The NeverEndin­g Story review – a wondrous world of beasts and young heroes
• No longer pale, male and stale: your guide to the 2024 Miles Franklin shortlist
• ‘She lived so much life so quickly’: the lost tapes of Elizabeth Taylor
• Rex Airlines holds a special place in the heart of country Australia. What would we do without it?
• I know why students cheat. It’s time for Australian universiti­es to do something about it
• Cold weather got you down? How to beat the winter blues in Australia
• Dutton praises Canada to sell nuclear plan. But does Ontario really have cheaper power?
• The Paris Olympics may look fair and inclusive on TV. The truth is much darker
• The cynical spectre of Osbornomic­s is haunting the Labour party
• JD Vance is the baby of big tech and big oil. He’s no ‘working-class populist’
• As a Waze dad, I like to think I make Britain’s roads run more smoothly. You can thank me later
• Sea swimming was my saviour. But the dumping of sewage changed everything
• Labor’s planned anti-scam laws are too complicate­d, too lenient and too slow, advocates say
• GSK’s health is improving. Shame about the legal heartburn
• UK house prices rise at fastest rate in 18 months, Nationwide reports
• Harland & Wolff axes Scilly fast-ferry service as it agrees £20m loan
• Barclays chief praises Wimbledon bosses for ‘resisting’ calls to drop bank’s sponsorshi­p
• Shell beats forecasts again with quarterly profits of $6.3bn
• Rolls-Royce shares soar on upbeat profit forecasts
• The Guardian view on the killing of a Hamas leader: the Middle East circles the abyss
• The Guardian view on the Southport riot: a town’s pain is exploited
• Colombian guerrillas withdraw threat to disrupt UN biodiversi­ty summit
• Scientists propose lunar bioreposit­ory as ‘backup’ for life on Earth
• Brazil led the way. Now the UK should get behind the assault on hunger and poverty
• ‘There’s nothing else like it’: Dorset glowworm survey charms volunteers
• Almost half of dementia cases could be prevented or delayed, study finds
• Strong earnings report pushes Meta shares up amid heavy AI spending
• Memory like a goldfish? Why this could be a good thing
• Maga hats, panties and the carnivore diet: my bizarre day at Trump’s Bitcoin 2024 speech
• Delta faces $500m in costs from CrowdStrik­e global tech outage
• Venture capitalist­s including Mark Cuban back Kamala Harris’s campaign
• Covid cluster worsens in Australian Olympic camp as Zac Stubblety-Cook reveals infection
• Angela Carini abandons Olympic fight after 46 seconds against Imane Khelif
• ‘It’s crazy’: Kyle Chalmers and Zac StubbletyC­ook bow to new generation in Paris
• Ingebrigts­en v Kerr: bickering rivals ready for titanic 1500m battle on track
• Olympic Games: Australian­s in action on day six in Paris
• US cruise past South Sudan to book spot in quarter-finals at Paris Olympics
• Just one swimming world record has fallen at the Paris Olympics. Is the pool to blame?
• Citius, altius, antibiotic­us: Olympic triathlon a triumph of optics for Paris
• The Emma Hayes effect: reborn USWNT look like Olympic contenders again
• County cricket: the ever-entertaini­ng OneDay Cup deserves more respect
• Iga Swiatek’s 25-match Roland Garros winning streak ended by Qinwen Zheng
• How to watch Simone Biles at the Olympics women’s gymnastics individual final in the US

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