Jubilation as Australia win opening match Matildas find a way without Kerr; warning over cuts to long-haul flights; Trump faces legal deadline | The Guardian
| | 21/07/2023 Matildas find a way without Kerr; warning over cuts to long-haul flights; Trump faces legal deadline |
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| | | | Good morning. There were scenes of jubilation for Australia and New Zealand as the co-hosts of the Fifa Women’s World Cup each notched up wins in the tournament’s opening matches overnight. The Matildas – playing without their injured talismanic star Sam Kerr – beat the Republic of Ireland in Sydney, while the Football Ferns stunned Norway in Auckland. We have heaps of coverage – see the sports section below (where there’s also bad news for Australian cricket fans). Meanwhile: there are warnings airlines may drop flights to Australia as they face pressure to meet emissions targets, there are calls for the government’s climate certification program to be investigated for possible greenwashing, and Donald Trump faces a legal deadline over new potential charges. |
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| Australia | | Wings clipped? | Airlines could ditch flights to Australia to meet future emissions promises as carbon pricing and other binding targets begin taking effect over the next decade, MPs have been told. | Gender case | The mother of a 13-year-old girl with gender dysmorphia is asking a court to remove an independent children’s lawyer who is opposing her medical treatment. | Climate Active | Former ACCC boss Allan Fels has told a Senate inquiry the government’s certification program could be guilty of “misleading and deceptive conduct” and should be probed for potential greenwashing. | ‘Health, education, community safety’ |Defence minister Richard Marles has shot down Coalition suggestions the Indigenous voice to parliament could focus on defence policy and seek to have a say on military bases or acquisitions. | Housing crisis | A Sydney renter received a no-grounds eviction notice after requesting a minor modification – the installation of a shower rail – to her bathroom be made under her NDIS plan. |
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| World | | Narendra Modi | India’s PM has broken his months-long silence on the deadly ethnic conflict raging in the state of Manipur, after footage emerged of women from a minority tribe being sexually assaulted. | Russia-Ukraine war | Moscow continues to be heavily criticised for pulling out of the Black Sea grain deal as concern grows that climbing agricultural commodity prices could spark a food crisis in poorer countries. | Extreme weather | Near-record temperatures have begun to ebb, but forecasters are warning that a fourth heatwave due to hit southern Europe next week could bring temperatures of up to 48C. | Climate impacts | New research shows that vegan diets resulted in 75% less climate-heating emissions, water pollution and land use than diets in which more than 100g of meat a day was eaten. | Donald Trump | The former US president faces a deadline to decide whether he will face a grand jury convened to consider federal charges over election subversion and incitement of the attack on Congress. |
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| Full Story | | | Why can’t we face the reality of global heating? The world is now hotter than ever before in recorded history. Heatwaves are sweeping across Europe and fires are raging across Canada, leaving parts of the world choking in smoke. The scientist who first alerted the world to the greenhouse effect says “we’re all damned fools” for not acting on warnings sooner. But such warnings continue to fall on deaf ears. Gabrielle Jackson speaks to editor-in-chief Lenore Taylor and live news editor Patrick Keneally about the reality gap between the promises and actions on global heating. | |
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| In-depth | | With audience profiles still stubbornly white, middle-class and middle-aged, most of Australia’s arts and cultural organisations have done little to broaden and diversify their audience base in recent years, a joint study led by Deakin University has found. While most organisations recognise the need to broaden their audience base, researchers say for many it was a case of “talking the talk but not walking the walk”. |
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| Not the news | | University campuses are ripe for creative inspiration. But where Australian authors have recently leveraged that environment to explore gender equality and coming of age, a new novel is providing insight into a side of student life rarely explored in fiction. Zeynab Gamieldien’s debut – The Scope of Permissibility – is a Muslim take on the Australian campus novel that adds refreshing complexity to the familiar narratives of politics, power and taboo love. |
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| What’s happening today | Malka Leifer | Pre-sentencing hearing due to continue for former school principal over the abuse of Melbourne sisters. | South Australia | Hearings in the royal commission into defence and veteran suicide due to continue. | Culture | The Splendour in the Grass festival begins at North Byron Parklands; the Hadley’s Art Prize is due to be announced. |
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| Brain teaser | And finally, here are the Guardian’s crosswords to keep you entertained throughout the day – with plenty more on the Guardian’s Puzzles app for iOS and Android. Until tomorrow. | |
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