Australia beat India to claim World Cup; Gaza hospital a ‘death zone’; troubling survey into child sexual abuse

Good morning. There were scenes of jubilation this morning as Australia were crowned Cricket World Cup champions. Following some early-innings wobbles an electric knock of 137 from Travis Head underpinned the team’s six-wicket victory at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. It is Australia’s sixth Cricket World Cup triumph – no other team has won more than two.

Meanwhile, World Health Organization staff have been at Gaza’s al-Shifa hospital and have declared the facility a “death zone”, while the Israeli military has published video footage of what it claims is a Hamas tunnel at al-Shifa.

At home, researchers are calling on the government and social media providers to do more to uncover offending, after the release of new research into child sexual abuse in Australia. Plus: an expert has warned that Australia’s hopes of becoming a clean energy superpower won’t be realised unless it lifts support for hydrogen and considers carbon capture and storage – and even small modular nuclear reactors.

Braille is nearly two centuries old. But rather than being supplanted by new technology, advocates say the script is having a new lease on life. Revolutionary changes such as refreshable braille displays has made the script more portable and adaptable, and increasingly braille is being integrated into the community beyond books. For braille advocates, there is no substitute when it relates to the literacy and communication skills of the vision-impaired.

Left unchecked, work will rule your life. Which isn’t to say work is bad in and of itself. But consider the demand for constant productivity, our obsession with efficiency and optimisation, and how we value people based on their employment status. How do we remain human in a world that worships work?

An Australian military veteran was among several foreign soldiers killed by a Russian artillery strike during recent intense fighting in eastern Ukraine, reports ABC News. An extensive stretch of public and private land along the Merri Creek corridor in Melbourne’s outer north will be handed back to the Wurundjeri and Woi-wurrung people to be managed as a new park, reports the Age. NSW hospitals are continuing to lodge patients after they are clinically ready to leave and have become the default aged care provider in remote rural areas due to a shortage of aged care and disability services, reports the Sydney Morning Herald.

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