| | | 11/06/2024 Coalition reignites climate wars, security council endorses Gaza ceasefire plan, Titmus sends Paris warning |
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| | | Morning, everyone. Australia’s commitment to global climate goals is once again being questioned by the Coalition’s leadership. We have you covered for news and analysis. The UN security council has endorsed a US-backed ceasefire deal for Gaza. And Ariarne Titmus has swum the second-fastest 400m freestyle in history at Australia’s Olympic trials. |
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| Australia | | Supermarket scramble | Egg farmers have rushed to reassure consumers that there is no shortage of eggs after the supermarket chain Coles announced a two-carton limit in response to the avian influenza outbreak in Victoria. | ‘You’ll get voted out’ | The former Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce and his Morrison cabinet colleague Keith Pitt have called for the Coalition to abandon the Paris global climate change agreement and related emissions reduction targets, claiming that politicians risked getting “voted out” by backing the targets. The prime minister accused Peter Dutton of walking away from climate action, while our climate and environment editor writes that it’s clear the opposition leader’s plans breach both the text and spirit of the landmark Paris accord. | Drone danger | The use of low-flying drones to obtain close-up pictures of whales migrating along the east coast can disrupt the the animals’ migration patterns and may even place their mating season at risk, experts have warned. | Exclusive | The Queensland government will pour $56m into establishing a forensic examination service for victims of sexual violence in public hospitals across the state. | Sydney drownings | Two women have died after being swept into the sea from rocks near Kurnell in Sutherland, south of Sydney. |
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| World | | Hostage hope | The UN security council has adopted a resolution calling for Hamas to agree to a three-phase hostage-for-ceasefire proposal backed by Joe Biden. But key far-right Israeli cabinet member Bezalel Smotrich said he would oppose a deal. Antony Blinken flew into Israel overnight to push Benjamin Netanyahu to embrace the plan. | Hitler apologist row | Nigel Farage’s Reform UK has defended one of its candidates who said Britain should have “taken Hitler up on his offer of neutrality”, saying the comments were “probably true”. Tory rightwingers are planning to present their floundering leader, Rishi Sunak, with a set of demands if his election manifesto launch falls flat today. | Mosley finding | An initial inquest has determined that the British TV presenter Michael Mosley, whose body was found on the Greek island of Symi, almost certainly died of natural causes. | Chechen escape | A woman has described how she escaped abduction by a mob in Moscow by livestreaming the attempt and forcing the authorities to protect her from being taken back to her family in Chechnya where she feared she would “disappear in silence”. | ‘He’s a felon too’ | Donald Trump has been compared to Jesus Christ by the far-right Georgia congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene at a campaign rally for the former president in Las Vegas. |
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 | Full Story | | Does fast food have a supersized influence over Australian media? Health reporter Natasha May tells Matilda Boseley how news outlets are producing “covert marketing” for fast food brands despite public health concerns about the poor nutritional quality of their menus. | |
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| In-depth | | France is braced for its “most consequential” election in decades after the country’s president, Emmanuel Macron, called snap legislative elections following a drubbing at the hands of the far-right National Rally in Sunday’s European parliamentary elections. According to our European editor, there are three possible outcomes of Macron’s surprise call. The gains by the right in France have added uncertainty to the race to be the next European Commission president but Ursula von der Leyen has begun trying to craft a majority for a second term. In Belgium the prime minister has resigned after losing a general election to rightwing parties. |
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| Not the news | | It was Australia’s turn back in February and now Europe is gripped by the hype and emotion of Taylor Swift’s Eras tour. But the original mass hysteria tour came when the Beatles visited these shores 60 years ago this month. Andrew Stafford looks at a new book by Greg Armstrong and Andy Neill, When We Was Fab, which captures the mood among the thousands who lined up for a glimpse, the moral panic and the emerging generation gap. |
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| Media roundup | Business groups have warned the Coalition leadership that there should be “no going back” to the climate wars, the Financial Review reports. Residents in South Yarra are furious that an “ugly duckling” block of flats is close to being given heritage status, the Age says. The Adelaide Advertiser leads with tributes to the former South Australian premier and “legend of state politics Steele Hall who has died aged 95. A judge in Queensland has described as “a little unusual” a lawsuit brought by a mother against a top private school for giving her daughter a scholarship “without her consent”, the Courier-Mail reports. |
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| What’s happening today | Queensland | The state government hands down its budget. | Courts | Epic Games sue Google and Apple over restrictive app practices. | Melbourne | AT Rex skeleton will be unveiled at the Melbourne Museum. |
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