v McIlroy and Johnson to team up in $3m golf event for coronavirus charities By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-04T15:24:08Z Rickie Fowler and Matthew Wolff the opposition at SeminoleBroadcast to be screened live in UK and United StatesRory McIlroy, Dustin Johnson, Rickie Fowler and Matthew Wolff are to take part in an event to raise money for coronavirus charities. The foursome will play in the TaylorMade Driving Relief – a two-team skins challenge over 18 holes – at Seminole in Florida on 17 May.McIlroy, the world No 1, will team up with Johnson against Fowler and Wolff, with up to $3m (£2.38m) going to the American Nurses Foundation and CDC Foundation. All four will follow strict physical-distancing measures and comprehensive testing will be used to protect players, TV staff and others at the course. Related: Golf must be force for good when it makes long-awaited return | Ewan Murray Continue reading... Full Article Rory McIlroy Sport Dustin Johnson Golf PGA Tour US sports
v NFL moves 2020 London games back to US during Covid-19 pandemic By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-04T15:45:26Z Jaguars, Falcons and Dolphins had been set for LondonGame set for Mexico City will now be played in United StatesThe NFL has decided to move its international games back to the US for the 2020 season as the sports world deals with the Covid-19 pandemic.The league had scheduled four games in London and one in Mexico City, but they will now be moved back to the stadiums of the host teams. Related: Don Shula, coach who led Dolphins to NFL's only perfect season, dies aged 90 Continue reading... Full Article NFL Wembley stadium Jacksonville Jaguars Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham Football US sports Sport
v Heavily restricted NBA practices expected to resume on Friday By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-06T22:30:38Z NBA teams expected to reopen practice facilities on FridayMy favorite game: Sixers v Lakers, Game 1, 2001 NBA finalsNBA teams are expected to get the go-ahead to reopen practice facilities for limited use as early as Friday, less than two months after the coronavirus outbreak forced the suspension of the season.With head and assistant coaches barred and scrimmages forbidden, the workouts are unlikely to resemble business as usual for the NBA but would nonetheless be a step towards normalcy for a league whose season was upended in dramatic fashion in March. Related: My favourite game: Iverson stuns Kobe's Lakers in the 2001 NBA finals | Bryan Armen Graham Continue reading... Full Article NBA Basketball US sports Sport Coronavirus outbreak
v 'One mistake and it's game over': one man's solo trek across Antarctica unaided By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-07T07:45:28Z Colin O’Brady took on the elements, a relentless rival and weeks of isolation as he walked solo and unassisted across the southernmost continentHaving trekked hundreds of miles into Antarctica in late 2018, American Colin O’Brady reached a memorable landmark: the south pole. It was only a waypoint on the way to O’Brady’s pursuit of a record – the first-ever unaided, unsupported solo crossing of the continent. Yet when he made it to “due south”, it was time for an impromptu celebration. He did a handstand, posing as if he was holding up Earth.“I was at the south pole, the bottom of the world,” O’Brady tells the Guardian. “It was a moment of riding high. My emotions were on top of me … I’m thankful I let myself experience that positive moment.” Related: ‘I’m absolutely elated. It’s a miracle we made it,’ says polar hero Louis Rudd Continue reading... Full Article Sport Antarctica US sports
v NFL tells teams to have facility reopening protocols in place by next week By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-07T11:38:39Z Goodell’s memo outlines protocols for reopening team facilitiesNFL set to release full regular-season schedule on ThursdayThe NFL has set protocols for reopening team facilities and has told the 32 teams to have them in place by 15 May.In a memo sent by league commissioner Roger Goodell and obtained Wednesday night by the Associated Press, several phases of the protocols were laid out. The first phase to deal with the coronavirus pandemic would involve a limited number of non-player personnel, initially 50% of the non-player employees (up to a total of 75) on any single day, being approved to be at the facility. But state or local regulations could require a lower number. Related: Why is it always the white NFL players who get a second chance? Related: Eli Manning predicts 'tough' start for Tom Brady with Buccaneers Local and state government officials must consent to reopeningThe team must implement all operational guidelines set by the league to minimize the risk of virus transmission among employeesEach club must acquire adequate amounts of needed supplies as prescribed by the leagueAn Infection Response Team with a written plan for newly diagnosed coronavirus casesAn Infection Control Officer to oversee all aspects of the implementation of the listed guidelinesEach employee who returns to work at the club facility must receive Covid-19 safety and hygiene training prior to using the facility, and agree to report health information to the ICOThe response team must consist of a local physician with expertise in common infectious disease principles; the team physician can fill that role. Also on the response team will be the infection control officer, the team’s head athletic trainer; the team physician, if he or she is not serving as the local physician; the human resources director; the team’s chief of security; its mental health clinician or someone with equivalent clinical expertise; and a member of the club’s operations staff such as the facility manager Continue reading... Full Article NFL Coronavirus outbreak Roger Goodell Sport US sports
v NFL great Brett Favre to repay $1.1m he received for speeches he didn't make By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-07T13:43:11Z State auditor says Favre will repay money for no-show speechesHall of Fame quarterback faces no criminal charges after reportFormer NFL quarterback Brett Favre is repaying $1.1m in welfare money that he received for multiple speeches where he did not show up, the Mississippi state auditor said Wednesday.Auditor Shad White said his office received $500,000 from Favre on Wednesday, plus a commitment that Favre will repay the other $600,000 in installments over the next few months. Related: NFL tells teams to have facility reopening protocols in place by next week Continue reading... Full Article NFL Sport US sports Mississippi Green Bay Packers
v Ravens' Earl Thomas held at gunpoint by wife over alleged affair, police say By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-07T20:51:22Z Wife of seven-time Pro Bowler faces felony burglary charge‘Stuff like this happens,’ says future Hall of Fame free safetyNFL 2020 schedule: Chiefs kick off title defense against TexansThe lawyer for the wife of Baltimore Ravens safety Earl Thomas said she is being subjected to an “unfounded ongoing investigation” by Texas police after she allegedly pointed a gun at her husband’s head upon finding him in bed with another woman last month.According to a police affidavit, Nina Thomas tracked down her husband at a short-term rental home in Austin in the early morning hours of 13 April and found him and his brother, Seth, in bed with two women. Related: NFL 2020 schedule: Chiefs kick off title defense against Texans in season opener Continue reading... Full Article NFL Sport US sports Baltimore Ravens
v What if the Hoover Dam Broke? By science.howstuffworks.com Published On :: 2020-04-08T20:03:37+00:00 The Hoover Dam holds back 10 trillion gallons of water. That's enough to cover the state of Connecticut 10 feet deep. How much damage would be done if the dam broke? Full Article
v Can You Live Without Oxygen? This Animal Can By science.howstuffworks.com Published On :: 2020-04-10T15:00:01+00:00 You could be excused for thinking that, of course, all animals breathe oxygen to live. Because it wasn't until very recently that scientists discovered the only multicellular animal that doesn't. Meet Henneguya salminicola. Full Article
v How Coronavirus Has Helped to Clear the Air By science.howstuffworks.com Published On :: 2020-04-21T23:00:02+00:00 Satellite data shows just how much air quality has improved during the coronavirus crisis, from China, India, Italy and beyond. Full Article
v How the Environment Has Changed Since the First Earth Day 50 Years Ago By science.howstuffworks.com Published On :: 2020-04-22T20:00:04+00:00 It's been 50 years since the first Earth Day, and while progress has been made in some areas, humanity still has had a major impact on the planet. Full Article
v Can Mushrooms Actually Help Save the Planet? By science.howstuffworks.com Published On :: 2020-04-23T20:00:01+00:00 Many people think mushrooms have the potential to be environmental game-changers by replacing some plastics, meats and even eating through landfill waste. Could these fungi really help save the planet? Full Article
v This Star Survived Being Swallowed by a Black Hole By science.howstuffworks.com Published On :: 2020-05-04T12:00:05+00:00 A new kind of survival story: Scientists discovered a star that came near a black hole and lived to tell the tale – at least temporarily. Full Article
v Uranus: The Planet on a Very Tilted Axis By science.howstuffworks.com Published On :: 2020-05-08T18:00:04+00:00 Uranus is the seventh planet from the sun and sits on an axial plane tilted at a jaw-dropping 97.7-degree angle. And yes, Uranus does actually stink. Full Article
v All together now: five of the best kids' films that adults can enjoy By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-08T08:00:22Z From a kidult superhero movie to a spooky period melodrama, these films will provide entertainment for all the familyKidult superhero movies are nothing new, but this 2018 animated splinter off the Sony-Spidey combine does something really smart with the money-spinning multiverse concept. In Rodney Rothman, Bob Persichetti and Peter Ramsey’s version, Spider-Man is reborn across the dimensions – as Gwen, as a private eye, as a pig – and the result is a fruitfully mind-bending recalibration of the entire mythos. Continue reading... Full Article Film Culture
v The Motion of the Body Through Space by Lionel Shriver review – the cult of fitness By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-08T11:00:26Z Shriver’s contentious views on diversity thread through the story of a couple’s strained relationship with exerciseLionel Shriver’s scabrously funny 15th novel presents a dyspeptic view of people in thrall to exercise. In 2013 Shriver’s own daily regime involved “130 press-ups, 200 side crunches, 500 sit-ups and 3,000 star jumps … The jumps take 32½ minutes, or three every two seconds”. The Motion Of The Body Through Space was written, she recently revealed, after she realised that she may be more dedicated to her exercise than to her writing.The protagonist, Serenata Terpsichore (“rhymes with chicory”), is a 60-year-old woman from upstate New York with a beguiling voice and ruined knees. The former she puts to lucrative use as a voiceover artist and narrator of audiobooks. The latter are the result of a lifetime’s adherence to the doctrine of working out; in particular the belief that 10-mile runs are the key to longevity and good health. Continue reading... Full Article Fiction Books Culture Lionel Shriver
v Dancing in the streets: VE Day celebrations in 1945 - in pictures By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-08T06:30:20Z A selection of archive photographs to mark the 75th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day Continue reading... Full Article VE Day UK news Europe Second world war
v Can you get coronavirus twice? – video explainer By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-04-14T10:52:18Z A serious concern since the emergence of Covid-19 has been whether those who have had it can get it a second time – and what that means for exiting this crisis.The Guardian’s science correspondent, Hannah Devlin, looks at how our bodies fight coronavirus when infected, how we develop immunity and if we can get reinfected with Covid-19Coronavirus – latest updatesFollow all our coronavirus coverage here Continue reading... Full Article Coronavirus outbreak Infectious diseases Health Science UK news US news World news China Australia news
v Dharawal elder recounts Captain Cook’s arrival in Australia 250 years ago – video By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-04-29T00:54:47Z To mark 250 years since British explorers landed in Australia for the first time, authorities are planning to unveil new memorials at Captain James Cook's landing site in Botany Bay, while a replica Endeavour sailing vessel will circumnavigate Australia – when Covid-19 restrictions allow. But one Aboriginal elder, who grew up on the shores of Botany Bay and has spent years involved in the resurrection of his Indigenous Dharawal culture, explains why Aboriginal people will not be celebrating• Paul Daley: Commemorating James Cook’s arrival, Australia should not omit his role in the suffering that followed Continue reading... Full Article Indigenous Australians Australia news Sydney
v Judith Lucy vs Men: cheer yourself with a short fix of standup – video By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-04-29T02:02:24Z With comedy festivals cancelled around the world, Amazon Prime is releasing 10 original Australian standup specials to tide you over. Filmed at Melbourne's Malthouse theatre during the Before Times, the biweekly series has featured names like Celia Pacquola, Zoë Coombs Marr and Dilruk Jayasinha – with Tom Gleeson, Anne Edmonds and Tom Walker coming up soon. A few minutes of each is being published exclusively on Guardian Australia, and this week we have Judith Lucy, from her 2019 tour Judith Lucy vs Men• Two Amazon Original standup specials will be released each week from 10 April. Amazon Prime is offering a 30-day free trial here Continue reading... Full Article Comedy Comedy Culture
v Tom Walker's Very Very – cheer yourself with a short fix of standup – video By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-01T03:23:59Z With comedy festivals cancelled around the world, Amazon Prime is releasing 10 original Australian standup specials to tide you over. Filmed at Melbourne's Malthouse theatre during the Before Times, the biweekly series has featured names like Celia Pacquola, Zoë Coombs Marr and Dilruk Jayasinha – with Tom Gleeson and Anne Edmonds coming up soon. A few minutes of each is being published exclusively on Guardian Australia, and this week we have the exceptionally odd new show from Tom Walker, which was directed by Zoë Coombs Marr.• The full version of Tom Walker's Very Very is released today. Amazon Prime is offering a 30-day free trial here Continue reading... Full Article Comedy Culture Comedy
v Venezuela orders arrest of former Green Beret involved in botched raid By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-08T19:33:17Z The chief prosecutor will seek capture of Jordan Goudreau as well as two US-based advisers to opposition leader Juan GuaidóHow the plot to invade Venezuela fell apartVenezuela’s chief prosecutor has ordered the arrest of a former Green Beret and two opposition figures living in the United States for their purported role in a botched operation aimed at removing Nicolás Maduro from power.Tarek William Saab said Venezuela will seek the capture of Jordan Goudreau, a military veteran who has claimed responsibility for the attack, as well as Juan José Rendón and Sergio Vergara, two US-based advisers to the opposition leader Juan Guaidó. Continue reading... Full Article Venezuela Americas Juan Guaidó Nicolás Maduro World news
v One in three shareholders vote for Rio Tinto to adopt binding emissions target By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-08T08:32:49Z Shareholder vote in favour of global mining giant adopting binding targets grew sixfold since last yearShareholders in global miner Rio Tinto have rebuked the company over its climate stance, with 37% voting at a meeting in Australia for a resolution that would require it to set binding emissions targets.While the resolution did not pass, its sponsor, environmental group Market Forces, said it attracted six times as much support as an identical one put up at the same meeting last year. Continue reading... Full Article Rio Tinto Australia news Mining Environment Mining Business Fossil fuels Energy Greenhouse gas emissions
v Asic looking at new investment product offered by Dunk Island developer Mayfair 101 By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-08T05:36:20Z Corporate watchdog’s move comes after a court earlier banned Mayfair 101 from advertising two other productsThe corporate watchdog is looking into a new investment product issued by Mayfair 101, the group that has bought the cyclone-ravaged Dunk Island resort, after alleging in court that it had misled people by comparing its previous offerings to bank term deposits.On Thursday, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission issued a general warning against advertisements that compare fixed-interest products to bank term deposits as part of a broader crackdown on potentially misleading marketing by investment groups. Continue reading... Full Article Business Queensland Australia news Coronavirus outbreak
v Rupert Murdoch gives up his bonus as News Corp loses US$1bn in three months By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-08T01:49:41Z Huge losses driven partly by fall in valuation of Australian pay TV service Foxtel and decline in news advertising revenue Rupert Murdoch’s global media empire, News Corp, lost US$1bn in the three months to the end of March and is expecting more financial pain as the economic fallout from the coronavirus crisis continues.The chief executive, Robert Thomson, said there was a fresh wave of cost-cutting ahead for the group, including a “strategic review of our Australian newspaper holdings” that could signal further job losses at the company’s smaller mastheads. Continue reading... Full Article News Corporation Media Foxtel Rupert Murdoch Media business Coronavirus outbreak Australia news Business Business World news
v Melbourne Airbnb superhost jailed for at least five years for raping guest By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-08T04:12:48Z Nicholas David Weston found guilty of four counts of rape of 19-year-old woman during her 2017 stay at his city apartmentAn Airbnb superhost has been jailed for raping a young woman in Melbourne while she was visiting the city with her friend.Nicholas David Weston was found guilty of four counts of rape of the 19-year-old woman over the horror stay at his Melbourne CBD apartment in November 2017. Continue reading... Full Article Melbourne Victoria Australia news Crime - Australia Airbnb
v Ben Roberts-Smith defamation case postponed over Covid-19 and national security concerns By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-08T11:32:55Z Victoria Cross recipient’s suit against Nine newspapers can’t be held until in-person hearings resume after coronavirus The highly anticipated defamation trial brought by Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith against the Age and the Sydney Morning Herald will not go ahead next month after the federal court ruled a remote hearing under Covid-19 rules may breach national security.The delay in the case came as justice Anthony Besanko said he had to consider whether to delay the trial despite a submission that Roberts-Smith and his family are suffering from the ongoing publication of articles by the Nine newspapers. Continue reading... Full Article Australia news Law (Australia) Australian security and counter-terrorism Nine newspapers
v Australian government stops listing major threats to species under environment laws By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-07T22:10:31Z Exclusive: Documents show department has stopped recommending assessment of ‘key threatening processes’ affecting native wildlifeThe federal government has stopped listing major threats to species under national environment laws, and plans to address listed threats are often years out of date or have not been done at all.Environment department documents released under freedom of information laws show the government has stopped assessing what are known as “key threatening processes”, which are major threats to the survival of native wildlife. Continue reading... Full Article Australia news Environment Scott Morrison Coalition Wildlife Australian politics Conservation
v David Sedaris: 'Alan Bennett's Talking Heads is pretty much the best thing ever' By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-08T09:00:23Z The comic essayist on crying over Olive Kitteridge, his love for Richard Yates and the books that make him laughThe book I am currently readingHidden Valley Road. It’s a nonfiction book about a family with 12 children, half of whom turn out to be schizophrenic. In the opening pages the mother sews a live bird’s eyes shut. And she’s one of the few who isn’t mentally ill!The book that changed my lifeKurt Vonnegut’s Breakfast of Champions. A friend read it out aloud to me when we were hitchhiking across America in 1976, and it made me think: “That’s right – books!” After high school I had forgotten about them. As soon as I got a stable address, I secured a library card, and started making up for lost time. Continue reading... Full Article Books Culture Fiction David Sedaris
v When my mum video calls, is it wrong to switch it to audio? | Coco Khan By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-08T13:00:28Z Too many connection drop-outs, too many missed cues: at least phone calls are intimateThis week, a parcel presumed lost arrived. It was from my mum. Inside was a mask she’d sewn; sunflower seeds to plant; an Easter egg and a card: “To my lovely daughter, I miss you so much!” it read. “Absence truly makes the heart grow fonder. But indifference doesn’t. Video call me. Mum xx”My mum and I are very close. We speak most days and would usually visit weekly; if it were up to her, it would be more. Her dream is to have all her children, our partners and someday grandchildren living under the same roof. One big happy family, bonded by love, loyalty, south Asian melodrama and unsolicited comments about weight. Continue reading... Full Article Life and style Family
v Ugly makeup: the trend highlighting what's beyond conventional beauty By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-08T08:00:21Z Ugly makeup is imperfect, sloppy, chaotic – and only worn to please the wearer, against social expectationsIn 2018, Rosanna Meikle felt like a failure. She was toiling through beauty school, and she hadn’t been able to find much work nor garner much attention for her creations online. She was exhausted from the sameness she saw around her, “a sea of beautiful girls, smoky eyes and plumped lips”, she remembers. “My school was in an expensive area of Auckland, which made me feel so out of place. I couldn’t afford the products or the clothes, my kit wasn’t ‘professional’ enough and neither was my look.” Related: ‘It makes me feel human’: 11 women share their lockdown beauty regimens Continue reading... Full Article Makeup Beauty Fashion Life and style
v Pubs pivot to digital: 'We hope that people feel that the world outside is still there' By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-07T17:30:05Z Weekly meat tray giveaways, craft beer deliveries and trivia held over Zoom. As pubs stand empty, those that run them look to the internetAcross Australia, pubs stand empty because of the Covid-19 lockdowns. Some venues have shut entirely, others have pivoted to takeaway businesses, and the majority have had to make changes to their staffing.While the future of physical pubs remains very uncertain for the coming months, the entertainers, brewers and chefs that rely on pubs for their livelihood are finding ways to recreate pub experiences in patrons’ homes. Continue reading... Full Article Pubs Restaurants Coronavirus outbreak Australia news Food Australian food and drink Australian lifestyle Business
v Sharri Markson's coronavirus 'bombshell' impresses Fox's Tucker Carlson | Weekly Beast By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-08T03:12:18Z Those less convinced in Australia cast doubt on source of Wuhan lab ‘intelligence’. Plus: Trump and Jennifer HawkinsThe origin of the coronavirus has opened up a new battlefield between the Murdoch press and just about everyone else – and given the Daily Telegraph’s Sharri Markson an international platform on Rupert Murdoch’s Fox News.Following in the footsteps of her colleague Miranda Devine, who also made it onto Fox News, Markson told Tucker Carlson Tonight the “bombshell dossier” she had uncovered showed some of the world’s foremost intelligence agencies were investigating whether the virus was linked to a lab in Wuhan. Continue reading... Full Article News Corporation Australian media Australian Broadcasting Corporation Coronavirus outbreak Fox News
v The Murdoch media’s China coronavirus conspiracy has one aim: get Trump re-elected | Kevin Rudd By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-08T03:41:08Z News Corp is campaigning full-bore for the US president, with reports of a Wuhan lab ‘intelligence’ dossier being seeded across its empireIn liberal democracies, the integrity, impartiality and professionalism of intelligence agencies matters. That’s why it is essential that intelligence agencies remain aloof, not only from the political debates of the day, but also from the policy decisions that individual governments may take. The intelligence community’s core task is to provide brutally realistic analysis on the threat environments we face so that governments can then make the best-informed policy decisions possible to preserve our common security.The failures of the intelligence community before the Iraq war, the gullibility of much of the western media, as well as the cynical manipulation of both by the political class of the day, provide us with a stark reminder of what can go radically wrong. On 8 September 2002 the New York Times published one of this century’s most consequential news articles. The front-page story, supplied by the Bush administration, claimed that Saddam Hussein had stepped up his quest for weapons of mass destruction by acquiring key components for a nuclear weapon. In the UK, the Blair government’s “dodgy dossier” compounded the error. John Howard did the same in Australia. The problem was that it just wasn’t true. These were over-egged stories designed to soften the public up for what would become a disastrous war. Continue reading... Full Article News Corporation Rupert Murdoch Fox News Australian media Australian politics Espionage US elections 2020 Donald Trump Iraq Middle East and North Africa Media US news Coronavirus outbreak China Saddam Hussein World Health Organization Australia news Infectious diseases Mike Pompeo Australian security and counter-terrorism
v Ronaldo Souza dropped from UFC 249 card after testing positive for Covid-19 By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-09T08:03:24Z Ronaldo Souza pulled from event after positive coronavirus testUFC 249 scheduled for Saturday night with no fans in buildingThe Ultimate Fighting Championship has withdrawn a bout from Saturday’s card in Jacksonville after middleweight Ronaldo ‘J’acare’ Souza and two of his cornermen tested positive for coronavirus, the mixed martial arts promotion said. Related: UFC 249: Ferguson faces Gaethje as Dana White touts only game in town Continue reading... Full Article UFC MMA Sport US sports Coronavirus outbreak
v My favourite game: England v Australia, fifth Ashes Test, 1968 | Stephen Bates By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-09T11:00:54Z A Derek Underwood-inspired England – assisted by the Oval’s resourceful spectators – beat the final-day flood, clock and Australian resistance to start my lifelong obsession with cricketI was clearing out some old papers a while back when a small pink slip fell out. Even after 50 years I knew instantly what it was because it had been stuck to my bedroom wall when I was a teenager: indeed the old brown shadows of the tape were still there. It was the ticket for my first day’s Test cricket: the fifth Test against Australia at the Oval on 22 August 1968: Derek Underwood’s match and the game that started a lifelong obsession.We joined my friend Matthew and his mother – two teenagers, what were we thinking of, taking our mothers? – and caught an early train from deepest Berkshire. London was a big, strange place where we rarely ventured and never as far south as SE11. We were square to the wicket and the players were so distant as to be indistinct, almost lost against the crowd. Continue reading... Full Article Cricket The Ashes England cricket team Australia cricket team Australia sport Sport
v F1 on track for July resumption after drivers' association backs safety plan By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-08T17:22:23Z Alex Wurz calls measures to deal with coronavirus ‘immaculate’‘F1 can be pioneer’ for other sports to follow, says GPDA chiefThe Grand Prix Drivers’ Association is confident the precautions being taken by Formula One mean the sport stands every chance of resuming as planned in Austria on 5 July.Alex Wurz, chairman of the GPDA, will reassure his members that Formula One has put the safety of everyone involved at the forefront of its plans to return to racing after attending a meeting with F1 and the FIA on Friday. Continue reading... Full Article Formula One Motor sport Sport
v Covidsafe app: how to download Australia’s coronavirus contact tracing app, how it works, what it does and problems By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-08T03:49:14Z The app will ask for your name (or pseudonym), age range, postcode and phone number. Scott Morrison says the Australian government’s covid safe tracking app won’t be mandatory to download and install, but its uptake numbers could play a part in easing Covid-19 restrictionsAuthorities admit app is not working properly on iPhonesHow Australia’s Covidsafe compares to other countries’ contact tracing technologySign up for Guardian Australia’s daily coronavirus emailDownload the free Guardian app to get the most important news notificationsThe Australian government has launched Covidsafe, an app that traces every person running the app who has been in contact with someone else using the app who has tested positive for coronavirus in the previous few weeks, in a bid to automate coronavirus contact tracing, and allow the easing of restrictions.Here’s what we know about the app so far. Continue reading... Full Article Coronavirus outbreak Australia news Privacy Technology Health Australian politics Scott Morrison Christian Porter Infectious diseases
v Coronavirus Australia numbers: how many new cases are there? Covid-19 map, statistics and graph By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-07T02:14:30Z Is Australia flattening the curve? We bring together all the latest Covid-19 confirmed cases, maps, stats and graphs from NSW, Victoria, Queensland, SA, WA, Tasmania, ACT and NT to get a broad picture of the Australian outbreak and track the impact of government response.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s daily coronavirus emailDownload the free Guardian app to get the most important news notificationsDue to the difference in reporting times between states, territories and the federal government, it can be difficult to get a current picture of how many confirmed cases of coronavirus there are in Australia.Here, we’ve brought together all the figures in one place, along with comparisons with other countries. Continue reading... Full Article Australia news Coronavirus outbreak New South Wales Queensland Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Victoria Tasmania South Australia Western Australia Northern Territory Infectious diseases
v The three-step plan for reopening Australia after Covid-19 and what Stage 1, 2 and 3 looks like By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-08T05:22:18Z Australian prime minister Scott Morrison has detailed a gradual opening up of society with the timing the stages to be determined by the statesSign up for Guardian Australia’s daily coronavirus emailDownload the free Guardian app to get the most important news notificationsCoronavirus Australia maps and cases: live numbers and statisticsScott Morrison and the chief medical officer, Brendan Murphy, have laid out a three-step plan to reopen Australia after the coronavirus crisis. Morrison said he hoped step three could be achieved in July, but it would be up to each state and territory when they moved from one step to the next.Below are some of the areas that will be opened up at each stage, according to the plan – and you can see the timeline for easing restrictions in each state here. Continue reading... Full Article Coronavirus outbreak Scott Morrison Infectious diseases Science World news Australia news Medical research JNI Casuals grant
v Dying too young: coronavirus, my Māori family and me By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-08T20:00:37Z Lockdown has granted me the blessing of getting to know my father, but it has also underlined the severe health inequalities we faceCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageI hardly recognise the man in front of me. He staggers on one leg, his eye twitches, his stomach stretches past his waist.“I got some fry bread for us,” he grins, his toothless smile reminding me he is getting old and so am I.” Continue reading... Full Article Māori New Zealand Coronavirus outbreak Asia Pacific World news
v 'It's a really weird realisation': when cancelled holidays come with silver linings By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-08T00:00:12Z From accidentally making money due to currency fluctuations, to paying down debt, for some Australians cancelled overseas trips have had surprising windfallsFrom June 2018 to June 2019, the Australian Bureau of Statistics says Australians made a record 11.3 million trips overseas – double the number of trips just 10 years ago. In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, millions of Australians have been forced to cancel or alter their international travel plans.This has left many Australians struggling to get refunds from travel providers. Flight Centre was charging $300 in processing fees per person, in some cases leading to fees that cost more than the value of the refund, until the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission stepped in and threatened legal action, causing the company to waive fees for trips cancelled by travel providers. The ACCC also warned travel providers against retroactively changing their cancellation policies after tour companies including Topdeck and Intrepid attempted to retrospectively apply updated refund policies that would force customers to take credit rather than cash for cancelled trips. Continue reading... Full Article Travel Australia holidays Australian lifestyle Consumer affairs Life and style Money
v Coronavirus and culture: 'We're waiting it out in paradise' By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-08T20:00:37Z When the coronavirus crisis hit, Yolngu elders moved back to east Arnhem Land homelands where they found freedom, peace, and powerThis is part two of a four-part series about Indigenous caretakers of culture in the time of coronavirusSign up for Guardian Australia’s daily coronavirus emailDownload the free Guardian app to get the most important news notificationsAdapting to change is something Yolngu are good at, senior Rirratjingu songman Witiyana Marika says.When the coronavirus first started making news, community leadership met to plan how they would manage if Covid-19 arrived in eastern Arnhem land. Senior men and women met with the emergency taskforce, the local Miwatj health service and the Laynhapuy homelands organisation to take the most vulnerable people further away from risk. Continue reading... Full Article Indigenous Australians Australia news
v Pandemic nesters: what it's like to move back with your parents during lockdown By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-08T20:00:36Z Some people have found returning to the family home a blessing, but for others it has been anything but smooth sailingCovid-19 has reshaped geographic boundaries. It has left many financially distressed. Expatriates have returned from overseas for indefinite periods of time, and vulnerable people require more help than usual. For all these reasons, and many more, adult children have found themselves doing something that might previously have been unthinkable: moving back in with their parents.Some are finding the experience transformative. One woman, who left New York for her parent’s rural home, told me that the space and country air have made her reconsider whether she will ever return to the city. But there are also downsides. “I’m craving male attention more than I ever have before,” she confessed. When flirting over apps stopped cutting it, she wound up ordering a vibrator in an unmarked box, and fended off her younger siblings in order to retrieve it from the mailbox. Continue reading... Full Article Family Australian lifestyle Parents and parenting Life and style Coronavirus outbreak
v Fear of flying foxes: coronavirus is topping off a bad year for Australia's bats By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-08T20:00:37Z They’ve faced drought, extreme heat and bushfires, and now they have to deal with a new paranoia courtesy of the pandemicAustralia’s bats are turning up in increasing numbers in city suburbs. But as they search for food, they’re bringing for some a newfound paranoia thanks to a global pandemic that likely sprang from one of their overseas relatives.In Ingham in far north Queensland, an influx of more than 200,000 little red flying foxes in January was variously described as a “swarm”, a “tornado” and an “infestation”. Continue reading... Full Article Wildlife Australia news Coronavirus outbreak Infectious diseases Animals
v Revenge porn in Australia: the law is only as effective as the law enforcement By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-08T20:00:36Z One study suggests one in three people from 16 to 64 have been victims of image-based abuse. But most will never step foot in a police stationWhen Laura* was 14, she was convinced that her boyfriend was the love of her life. So, when several girls messaged her to say he had sent them a video of her drunk and engaging in a sexual act, she told herself they were lying.“I was just like, ‘Oh, you don’t know anything about our relationship. I don’t believe you,’” she says. “But after we broke up, he pretty much sent it to everyone that I knew. Continue reading... Full Article Online abuse Bullying Pornography Australia news Social media Children Child protection Crime - Australia Digital media
v Cedar Meats cluster: why abattoir workers are on the coronavirus frontline By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-08T20:00:37Z As the US deals with a Covid-19 catastrophe in its meatworks, the Melbourne factory points to the potential for outbreaks in AustraliaSign up for Guardian Australia’s daily coronavirus emailDownload the free Guardian app to get the most important news notificationsWorking in an abattoir at the best of times is tough. The hours are long, the labour is intensive and, for rank and file labourers, the pay is low.Now, in the Covid-19 crisis, workers have one more thing to worry about – around the world their factories have proved to be a hotbed of infection. As Australia moves to ease lockdown laws, meat workers may still be at the frontline of exposure and infection. Continue reading... Full Article Health Coronavirus outbreak Victoria Melbourne Business Australian economy Industrial relations Infectious diseases Australia news
v Queensland deputy premier Jackie Trad stands down over corruption investigation By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-09T03:19:40Z Trad says she will cooperate with investigation into allegation she interfered in appointment of school principalQueensland’s deputy premier and treasurer, Jackie Trad, has stood down from ministerial duties over an investigation into the appointment of a Brisbane principal.The Crime and Corruption Commission (CCC) is investigating the recruitment and selection process for the principal of the Inner City South Secondary College. Continue reading... Full Article Queensland politics Queensland Australia news
v Already in this crisis we are slipping into over-optimism about the economy and over-pessimism about debt | Wayne Swan By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-08T20:00:37Z Deep recessions have long shadows and already there is a gaping hole opening up in our pandemic responseSign up for Guardian Australia’s daily coronavirus emailDownload the free Guardian app to get the most important news notificationsThe great recession was followed by Brexit, the election of Donald Trump and the rise of authoritarianism particularly in Europe.Big economic events have big political consequences. Continue reading... Full Article Australian politics Coronavirus outbreak Australian economy Australia news Scott Morrison Wayne Swan
v Covid-19 competence has given Australian governments some political capital. But there's a flipside | Katharine Murphy By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-08T20:00:36Z Politicians have set a high bar for themselves – success on coronavirus has created community expectations that will be challenging to shiftSign up for Guardian Australia’s daily coronavirus emailDownload the free Guardian app to get the most important news notifications“Let’s not give everything back, let’s not throw away all the progress we’ve made by letting our frustration get the better of us.” This was Daniel Andrews on Friday afternoon, shortly after national cabinet resolved to gradually restart economic and social activity by July.The Victorian premier wanted people to understand he’d be hastening slowly – the message being here in the Massachusetts of Australia, we decide how quickly we’ll remove coronavirus restrictions. We don’t apply an arbitrary national average. Continue reading... Full Article Coronavirus outbreak Australian politics Health Australia news Scott Morrison Daniel Andrews Gladys Berejiklian Victoria New South Wales