Four French footballers who might break Australia's heart Toxic pollution at Antarctic base, victims’ advocate calls for the cane, four French footballers to fear | The Guardian
| | 10/08/2023 Toxic pollution at Antarctic base, victims’ advocate calls for the cane, four French footballers to fear |
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| | | | Good morning. That vast and relatively untouched frozen continent at the bottom of the world, Antarctica, is one of the frontlines of the climate crisis – and human impacts are increasingly taking a toll. Today we report that pollution from Australia’s main Antarctic research station – including arsenic, carcinogenic compounds and toxic metals – has exceeded accepted limits for almost two decades. Meanwhile, corporal punishment is banned in state schools but a Queensland man who has just joined the state government’s youth justice group says schools should reconsider the cane. Plus: We take a look at the biggest threats in the French squad as the Matildas prepare for their Fifa Women’s World Cup quarter-final. |
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| Full Story | | | The activists risking jail to raise the alarm on climate change Higher fines and longer jail terms have been introduced around Australia to deter disruptive climate protesters. But Adam Morton tells Jane Lee that a small number of activists are becoming increasingly desperate to draw attention to the climate crisis, and likely won’t be deterred. | |
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| In-depth | | After generations of inaction and very few novel ideas, researchers and activists are hopeful a new path is being charted in understanding and treating the crippling chronic condition endometriosis. In the space of a few months there is a sense that new ideas are bubbling to the surface, including a fundamental rethinking of endometriosis not as a disease of the pelvis but rather “a whole-body disease”. Despair in the research and patient community has now turned towards hope of a breakthrough. |
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| Not the news | | Australia doesn’t have a singular national dish. Instead it is more of a nationwide buffet: a coast-to-coast spread of snacks, meals and culinary experiences that speak to the country’s diverse histories, peoples and cultures. The former MasterChef Australia contestants and cookbook authors Adam Liaw and Poh Ling Yeow share their favourite destination meals and snacks, from a small-town vanilla slice to Top End laksa. |
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| Media roundup | More than 3,000 sites – including current and former psychiatric hospitals and disability centres – have been identified by the NSW government as public land suitable for redevelopment as housing, reports the Sydney Morning Herald. Victoria’s fight against organised crime is being hobbled by serious problems recruiting new informers amid concerns their safety and identities cannot be protected in the wake of the Lawyer X scandal, reports the Age. Tasmania is facing an energy crisis due to a lack of new electricity generating capacity as rising demand from industry and consumers outstrips supply, reports the Mercury. |
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| What’s happening today | ACT | Committee inquiry hearing into the implications of severe weather on the national regional, rural, and remote road network. | Western Australia | Hearing scheduled in class action over conditions at the Banksia Hill youth detention centre. | New South Wales | Hearing scheduled in case of government agencies sued by Jubilee for failing to report climate impacts of fossil fuel projects. |
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