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| | | Morning everyone. Four years to the day since supporters of Donald Trump tried to prevent the peaceful transfer of power, the president-elect’s victory in November’s election has been certified amid high security in Washington. We have reports and analysis. Meanwhile, Justin Trudeau has quit as Canada’s prime minister, the Queensland attorney general asked prosecutors to rethink “inadequate” sentences, and there is a radical plan to reshape Test cricket. Plus: what is human metapneumovirus, and should we be worried? |
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| Australia | | Big love | Australia’s enthusiasm for fuel-guzzling SUVs and utes is continuing to flourish. Large cars dominate the list of the 10 most popular cars of 2024 with the Toyota Corolla the only small car making the cut. | Sentence rethink | Queensland’s attorney general has ordered state prosecutors to appeal against two sentences for crimes which she says are “manifestly inadequate”. | Shooting arrests | Queensland police have arrested two suspects wanted for the alleged murder of 23-year-old Chloe Mason, who was shot and killed in a Brisbane suburban street just before Christmas. | Children ‘ate off floor’ | Children at a care centre in Wagga Wagga allegedly ate scraps of food off the floor, did not receive first aid after falls and were repeatedly left unsupervised, a court has heard, forcing the facility to be closed. | Boat deaths | Two men aged 82 and 69 have died and a 59-year-old woman is in hospital after a boat capsized off a beach near Point Connor in South Australia. |
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| In-depth | | Melbourne is famous for its street art, with the city’s brightly coloured walls and laneways a popular feature on Instagram feeds the world over. Josh Nicholas meets the artists behind the art and finds that their influences include Leonardo da Vinci. |
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| Not the news | | When a journalist wrote an article saying she was looking for somewhere on the coast for a holiday, a woman she had never heard of emailed to say she was welcome to crash at her fibro shack. Stephanie Wood explains what happened next in the latest instalment of our Kindness of Strangers series. |
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| Media roundup | Sydney commuters face more delays as staff plan to renew industrial action on the city’s train network, the Sydney Morning Herald reports. Melbourne’s west – Australia’s “fastest-growing region” – is the focus of a special report in the Age. The former Queensland premier, Steven Miles, is claiming credit for securing a $7bn upgrade for the troubled Bruce Highway, the Courier Mail says. Australian stars were snubbed at yesterday’s Golden Globes ceremony, the Herald Sun claims. |
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| What’s happening today | Geelong | Barwon Health faces court over the death of a patient in a psychiatric unit in 2022. | Economy | Australian Bureau of Statistics releases building approval figures at 11.30am. |
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| Brain teaser | And finally, here are the Guardian’s crosswords to keep you entertained throughout the day. Until tomorrow. | |
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