| | | 22/04/2024 Credit rating fears for NSW after GST hit; Bendigo doctor’s supervision order suspended; Ukraine welcomes US aid |
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| | | Good morning. A Victorian doctor who allegedly made racist and homophobic comments to patients has had restrictions imposed by the medical regulator paused, due to their “significant financial imposition” on one of the last bulk-billing clinics in his region. Meanwhile, NSW stands to lose its top-notch debt rating after a GST carve-up and Ukraine’s leader welcomes a long-delayed US aid package. |
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| Full Story | | How ‘childcare deserts’ are holding Australia back More than 9 million Australians live in areas with limited or no childcare services, and the problem is only exacerbated in regional and remote areas – forcing many mothers to take a break from their careers. Guardian Australia columnist Gabrielle Chan tells Nour Haydar about her experience as a working mother in a regional area – and about whose responsibility it is to give towns the childcare services they need. | |
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| In-depth | | Stanley Kubrick, the relentless perfectionist who directed some of cinema’s greatest classics – including Spartacus and 2001: A Space Odyssey – was so sensitive to criticism that, in 1970, he threatened legal action to block publication of a book which dared to discuss flaws in his films. Now, 25 years after his death, the book Kubrick did not want anyone to read is being published. The Magic Eye: The Cinema of Stanley Kubrick by Neil Hornick, 84, was commissioned more than 50 years ago, with Kubrick and the publisher agreeing that the director could check it for factual errors. “I didn’t expect the whole book to be rejected,” Hornick said. |
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| Not the news. But is it art? | | A gum tree in the outback festooned with bras. Another, up the road, with branches covered in old shoes. Whether the decor is thongs or hats, mugs or teddy bears – why do Australians so love hanging things in trees? “They seem to me like Banksy or the Big Banana, someone trying to express something artistically,” says Associate Prof John Malouff from the University of New England’s school of psychology. |
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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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