| | | 09/10/2023 Death toll climbs in Middle East; spotlight on power of fossil fuel lobby; Australia lose World Cup opener |
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| | | Good morning. The Israeli death toll from a Hamas attack on the country has risen to at least 700, with families searching for hostages and the missing, while at least 413 have been killed in Gaza. We have extensive coverage including a live blog with the latest. Back home there have been claims that the former Western Australia premier Mark McGowan put pressure on the independent Environmental Protection Authority to withdraw climate guidelines opposed by gas companies. This is evidence of the fossil fuel industry’s “ownership” of the state, according to senior Labor party and non-profit figures. And Australia has made a disappointing start to the men’s cricket World Cup, with India cruising to a comfortable win after a nervous first few overs. |
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 | Australia | | Opera House | From Hugh Jackman’s black eye to “benevolent” ghosts in the back seats, tour guides, security staff and stage managers guide us through five decades underneath the white sails of the Sydney Opera House. | Energy | Bill Hare of the non-profit organisation Climate Analytics says allegation about Mark McGowan’s 2019 phone call to the EPA chairman showed decision-making in WA had been “captured” by oil and gas interests. | Exclusive | The Queensland health minister has called on the federal government to consider scrapping restrictions that prevent most gay and bisexual men from donating blood. | Education | Almost half of all parents with children in Australia’s private schools would consider moving them to the public system if it was better resourced, a new survey shows. | Groundwater damage | Large flows of pollution are reaching the Great Barrier Reef after soaking into underground water, new research shows. |
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| Full Story | | ‘We don’t want your backyard’: Briggs on why he’s campaigning for yes Laura Murphy-Oates reports from the Now and Forever concert in the regional Victorian town of Shepparton. She speaks to the Yorta Yorta rapper Adam Briggs about why he is advocating for a yes vote and about the power of comedy and community to counter misinformation. | |
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| In-depth | | The world’s first climate change class action saw Australia’s federal court travel to the Torres Strait to hear arguments on the frontline. Isabelle Reinecke joined the judicial visit to the country’s northernmost inhabited point, the low-lying Boigu Island, where it was confronted by the sea’s undeniable warming – and guided through the case by traditional owners whose action could end up protecting all Australians from the climate crisis. |
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| Not the news | | For a couple of months each summer, a stark mountain landscape in north-west Wyoming becomes a high-calorie buffet for hundreds of grizzly bears, which each feast on up to 40,000 moths – known as “bear butter” – every day. But, perhaps predictably, humans traveling to watch the spectacle are getting in the way. |
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| What’s happening today | New Zealand elections | If you’re a New Zealander abroad who has visited the country in the past six years, you can easily vote before the 14 October election, either online or – in many cities – in person. As one of the Guardian’s New Zealand reporters, I’ve written about the expected rightwing direction of the next government, which could draw a line under the Jacinda Ardern era of politics for good. | Rugby World Cup | Fiji v Portugal is under way – follow our coverage. |
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