Guardian AustraliaBooks Agent Running in the Field review – Brexit fuels John le Carré’s furyThe Guardian - Robert McCrumLast month, it was Ian McEwan’s satire, The Cockroach; now it’s John le Carré’s latest thriller: two contemporary masters compelled into print by Brexit’s bonfire of ancient verities. Motivated by despair
Guardian AustraliaPolicing Police strip searched 16-year-old girl at Splendour music festival, inquiry hears Australia News - Michael McGowanA 16-year-old girl was left fearful and in tears after she was forced to strip naked in front of police at a music festival last year. On Monday the New South Wales Law Enforcement Conduct Commission a
Guardian AustraliaAustralian News Huang Xiangmo given 21 days to declare all of his global assets to Australian court Australia News - Ben DohertyThe Chinese billionaire Huang Xiangmo has been given 21 days to declare all of his assets around the world to the federal court, as the Australian Taxation Office pursues him over an alleged $140m tax
Guardian AustraliaLifestyle (UK) Making my own clothes transformed my body image – and my lifeThe Guardian - Jenny RushmoreIf you had told me when I was 29 that in 10 years time I would have made my entire wardrobe, run a sewing pattern company and finally found peace with my body, I would have said that was impossible. But
Guardian AustraliaNetflix Insatiable: has Netflix's controversial 'fat-shaming' show fixed itself?The Guardian - Arielle BernsteinThe first season of Netflix comedy Insatiable was marred in controversy from the very first trailer, which featured the slender actor Debby Ryan donning a fat suit in order to play Patty Bladell, an overweight
Guardian AustraliaRugby Union Memory of 2012 defeat to England still fresh in Brodie Retallick's mindThe Guardian - Paul Rees in TokyoWhen Brodie Retallick was asked five years ago if he knew about any of the England players who had just arrived for a three-Test tour to New Zealand, he replied he was familiar with a couple. When asked
Guardian AustraliaCorruption Icac head says funding cuts will have 'immediate and serious' effect Australia News - Christopher KnausThe head of the New South Wales anti-corruption commission has warned that funding cuts that will leave the agency with a $4m shortfall will have an “immediate and serious” effect on its ability to fight
Guardian AustraliaCape Flats 'Only we can change things': life in the gang-ridden other side of Cape TownThe Guardian - Jason Burke in Cape TownYou can be a tourist in the centre of Cape Town and be totally safe. But 10km away people are shooting at police Albert Fritz Marcelliano Reitz, lean and toothless, rolls up his sleeve. The sun is setting
Guardian AustraliaMedia Industry AFP to examine its handling of sensitive investigations after media raidsThe Guardian - Katharine Murphy Political editorThe Australian federal police has launched an inquiry into how it handles sensitive investigations, in response to an outcry about recent raids on journalists’ homes and premises. News of the AFP’s internal
Guardian AustraliaJapan 'Everyone’s a fan now': Japan brims with pride after hosts exit World CupThe Guardian - Justin McCurry at Tokyo StadiumThe Japanese juggernaut finally came to a halt in the face of a South African roadblock on Sunday. The sequel to the Brighton miracle lacked the drama and romance of four years ago but this, according
Guardian AustraliaOpinion I'm often labelled as an 'Aboriginal writer' but I'm more than a categoryThe Guardian - Raelee LancasterMy culture is not an adjective. My identity is not a category. Yet, in the hands of white writers, arts workers and editors, this often feels like the case. Since the beginning of my career, I’ve been
Guardian AustraliaNew South Wales NSW Minerals Council pressured 'publicly and privately' for review of planning body Australia News - Christopher KnausThe head of New South Wales’s mining lobby said his group had “publicly and privately” pressured government to review the state’s independent planning body after it blocked a new coalmine on environmental
Guardian AustraliaEnvironment Victorians could get six bins to help solve recycling crisisThe Guardian - Josh TaylorResidents in Victoria could soon have as many as six bins for waste and recycling, under a proposal by Infrastructure Victoria to deal with the state’s recycling crisis. Around 35% of all waste produced
Guardian AustraliaDavid Byrne American Utopia review: David Byrne starts making senseThe Guardian - Alexis SoloskiMore than a concert and less than a musical, a one-man show with a full backing band, American Utopia brings David Byrne – gray-haired, gray-suited, barefoot, magnificent – to Broadway. A loose agglomeration
Guardian AustraliaTravel 'Please say hello to my mum': a local's guide to Grafton, New South WalesThe Guardian - Bridie JabourGrafton is the most boring place in the entire world, EVER. Well, that was the deeply considered view of 16-year-old me. Like most people who grew up in the country and then moved to the big city, and
Guardian AustraliaEnvironment Leading Australian engineers turn their backs on new fossil fuel projectsThe Guardian - Ben SmeeEngineering firms are under increased pressure from their own employees to abandon controversial fossil fuel projects, as the sector turns its attention to the climate crisis. About 1,000 Australian engineers
Guardian AustraliaAustralia Wife’s harrowing 911 call as Australian man Brenton Estorffe lay dying after home invasionGuardian US - Australian Associated PressHarrowing audio has been released of Angeleanna Estorffe struggling to tell a 911 dispatcher her Australian husband was dying after being shot by intruders in their Texas family home. Brenton Estorffe
Guardian AustraliaAustralian News Newstart analysis reveals huge leap in amount of time people spend on dole Australia News - Luke Henriques-GomesThe Coalition government has presided over a staggering blowout in the number of extreme long-term Newstart recipients, with an analysis revealing unemployed people are languishing on the welfare payment
Guardian AustraliaChina Experts dispel claims of China debt-trap diplomacy in Pacific but risks remainThe Guardian - Ben DohertyChina has not engaged in deliberate “debt-trap diplomacy” in the Pacific, but the burgeoning scale of China’s lending, and institutional weakness within Pacific states, pose clear risks for small states
Guardian AustraliaNews Australian newspapers black out front pages to fight back against secrecy lawsThe Guardian - Calla WahlquistThe front page of every newspaper in Australia was blacked out on Monday as part of a campaign against moves by successive federal governments to penalise whistleblowing and, in some cases, criminalise
Guardian AustraliaMichael Cheika Michael Cheika does it his way but Wallabies results spoke loud and clearThe Guardian - Bret HarrisBowing to the inevitable, Michael Cheika left before being asked to leave. His announcement that he would not seek re-appointment as Wallabies coach pre-empted Rugby Australia’s almost certain intention
Guardian AustraliaUK News Meghan: I was warned British tabloids would destroy my lifeThe Guardian - Caroline DaviesThe Duchess of Sussex has revealed she was warned before her marriage to Prince Harry that the British tabloids would “destroy” her life, as she spoke of struggling to cope with the reality of being part
Guardian AustraliaProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Klopp hits out at VAR after United draw: ‘This is an issue we have to discuss’The Guardian - Jamie JacksonJürgen Klopp railed at the VAR outcome over a “clear foul” in the buildup to Marcus Rashford’s goal as Liverpool surrendered their 100% record in a 1-1 draw at Manchester United on Sunday. The result Liverpool’s
Guardian AustraliaOrganoids Scientists 'may have crossed ethical line' in growing human brainsThe Guardian - Ian Sample Science editorNeuroscientists may have crossed an “ethical rubicon” by growing lumps of human brain in the lab, and in some cases transplanting the tissue into animals, researchers warn. The creation of mini-brains
Guardian AustraliaNC Courage Sam Kerr's winner puts Red Stars into NWSL final with CourageThe Guardian - Associated PressAustralia’s Sam Kerr scored in the ninth minute as the Chicago Red Stars advanced to the National Women’s Soccer League final with a 1-0 victory over the Portland Thorns on Sunday. Kerr, the league’s Boot
Guardian AustraliaNews (U.S.) 'Don't be a dick, OK?' Hillary Clinton tweets parody of Trump Erdoğan letterGuardian US - Martin PengellyDonald Trump is known to many opponents as the troll in the Oval Office, but the woman he beat for the most powerful seat in the world seems to have learned something from his willingness to tweet provocative
Guardian AustraliaEngland New Zealand are ultimate challenge but England can face them downThe Guardian - Robert Kitson in OitaA big week is looming in Japan, with the country’s new emperor set to be enthroned in the presence of dignitaries from around the world. Within the next fortnight global rugby will also be hailing new
Guardian AustraliaPregnancy 'My teeth moved so much I needed braces' – readers on how childbirth changed themThe Guardian - As told to Amy WalkerOut of all the strange side-effects I expected to experience after birth, I didn’t imagine I would have issues with my teeth. One theory is that relaxin, a hormone released during pregnancy to relax the
Guardian AustraliaDonald Trump Mick Mulvaney seeks Trump damage control over impeachment and moreGuardian US - Oliver LaughlandThat’s what people are saying that I said, but I didn’t say that Mick Mulvaney At the end of the day he [Trump] still considers himself to be in the hospitality business Mick Mulvaney Senior Trump administration
Guardian AustraliaManchester United Liverpool drop first points but Lallana leveller denies Manchester UnitedThe Guardian - David Hytner at Old TraffordBy any objective measure, this had seemed like an away banker during a fevered buildup. Manchester United, mired in their worst start to a season since 1989-90, were goal-shy; their confidence seemingly
