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Leeds United v Fulham, Football League and more: clockwatch – live!
Premier League news from Elland Road, and the 3pm BST gamesLive scoreboard: follow all of today’s latest scores and resultsAnd you can contact Will by email or on Twitter 3.52pm BSTNottingham Forest 0-2 Cardiff FT resultBlackburn 3-0 WycombeBrentford 0-0 HuddersfieldLuton 1-0 DerbyMiddlesbrough 0-1 BournemouthNorwich 1-2 PrestonReading 0-0 BarnsleyRotherham 0-0 MillwallSheffield
Woman throws drink over Leo Varadkar as he gives Dublin interview
Footage shows woman tossing liquid in white cup over tánaiste’s face in Merrion ParkA woman wearing a face mask was filmed throwing a drink over Leo Varadkar as he gave an interview in Dublin.Footage shared on social media shows the woman, who was carrying a skateboard, walking over to where
Bill & Ted Face the Music review – surf dudes still lift the spirits
The middle-aged dads have to save the universe and their marriages in a shambolic but big-hearted sequel Few 80s cultural artefacts have accrued the same level of enduring audience goodwill as the time-travelling adventures of the sweet-natured California rockers Bill S Preston Esq and Ted “Theodore” Logan. And it’s fair
Tour de France 2020: decisive time trial on stage 20 – live!
Updates from the time trial to La Planche des Belles Filles Roglic closes on glory but bike inspection row continuesYou can get in touch with Barry by email or on Twitter 1.55pm BSTCavagna breaks the hour mark: Deceuninck–Quick-Step rider Remi Cavagna is the first of the riders to finish inside
Ruth Bader Ginsburg: key Republicans under spotlight as fight to replace justice begins – live
McConnell vows Senate will push on with Trump’s pickWhat does Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death mean for the supreme court?Obituary: ‘Formidably clever with a superhuman capacity for work’Sign up for our First Thing newsletter 2.02pm BSTSlight hobby horse here: Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s replacement may well be decided and pushed through by
Leeds United v Fulham, Football League and more: clockwatch – live!
Premier League news from Elland Road, and the 3pm BST gamesLive scoreboard: follow all of today’s latest scores and resultsAnd you can contact Will by email or on Twitter 3.52pm BSTNottingham Forest 0-2 Cardiff FT resultBlackburn 3-0 WycombeBrentford 0-0 HuddersfieldLuton 1-0 DerbyMiddlesbrough 0-1 BournemouthNorwich 1-2 PrestonReading 0-0 BarnsleyRotherham 0-0 MillwallSheffield
Woman throws drink over Leo Varadkar as he gives Dublin interview
Footage shows woman tossing liquid in white cup over tánaiste’s face in Merrion ParkA woman wearing a face mask was filmed throwing a drink over Leo Varadkar as he gave an interview in Dublin.Footage shared on social media shows the woman, who was carrying a skateboard, walking over to where
Bill & Ted Face the Music review – surf dudes still lift the spirits
The middle-aged dads have to save the universe and their marriages in a shambolic but big-hearted sequel Few 80s cultural artefacts have accrued the same level of enduring audience goodwill as the time-travelling adventures of the sweet-natured California rockers Bill S Preston Esq and Ted “Theodore” Logan. And it’s fair
Tour de France 2020: decisive time trial on stage 20 – live!
Updates from the time trial to La Planche des Belles Filles Roglic closes on glory but bike inspection row continuesYou can get in touch with Barry by email or on Twitter 1.55pm BSTCavagna breaks the hour mark: Deceuninck–Quick-Step rider Remi Cavagna is the first of the riders to finish inside
Ruth Bader Ginsburg: key Republicans under spotlight as fight to replace justice begins – live
McConnell vows Senate will push on with Trump’s pickWhat does Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death mean for the supreme court?Obituary: ‘Formidably clever with a superhuman capacity for work’Sign up for our First Thing newsletter 2.02pm BSTSlight hobby horse here: Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s replacement may well be decided and pushed through by
Giorgio Armani: ‘I’m a rule-breaker’
The fashion designer, 86, on his mother’s beauty, elegance and wisdom, the doctrine of ‘less is more’ and his fear of lonelinessMy earliest memory? My mother, in a black dress. She was a beautiful, elegant woman who could be sweet and strong at the same time. Rigour and dignity characterised
Trump’s 1776 commission is proof America is spiraling toward facism | Arwa Mahdawi
Trump is setting up the commission to teach students ‘the miracle of American history’ – which sounds like a core part of the fascist process of taking powerSign up for the Week in Patriarchy, a newsletter on feminism and sexism sent every Saturday. Continue reading…
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What Covid Plan? Paul Keating seizes on the “good news” but Australia’s economy is changing for good
Paul Keating seized on a huge jump in productivity in this week’s horrific GDP release but the effect of the pandemic will profoundly change the structure of Australia’s economy for good. Michael West reports.
Don’t Trust the Government With Your Personal Data!
NSW Transport has yet to inform more than 50,000 Australian driver licence holders that their personal data was uploaded and left exposed in open cloud storage. The licences were discovered last week by a Ukranian security consultant who stumbled across the folder,...
Protests Have Been Criminalised in Victoria under COVID. What is Incitement?
By Maria O’Sullivan, Monash University The Victorian government is taking a hard line against protests as it tries to get COVID-19 under control. As Premier Daniel Andrews said on Thursday, it’s not the time to protest […] regardless of what you’re protesting about....
Junk data hurts push for ethnic diversity in nation’s media and business
A report on media diversity in Australia relies on statistics that the Human Rights Commission has now walked away from. Yet it’s a different story from the Reserve Bank of Australia, which refused to give detailed answers about its dubious handling of those government statistics, writes Tim Palmer
Today’s Commentary from Independent Media
Then They Came for Beethoven
This week, Vox published an article titled “How Beethoven’s 5th Symphony put the classism in classical music.” “Since its 1808 premiere, audiences have interpreted [its opening progression] as a metaphor for Beethoven’s personal resilience in the face of his oncoming deafness,” write Nate Sloan and Charlie Harding. But “for some
The growing evidence for T cell Covid immunity
Back in May I wroteabout a study by La Jolla Institute for Immunology, which raised the possibility that exposure to coronaviruses which cause the common cold could offer some degree of immunity to Covid-19. Scientists involved in the research had discovered a reaction to Sars-CoV-2 – the virus which causes
How the Nonbinary Trend Hurts Those with Real Gender Dysphoria
Within the conversation about transgender rights has emerged a debate about whether nonbinary people should be considered transgender. Over time, concerns about nonbinary rights have begun to dominate this discussion in online spaces and within the community. For those in support of nonbinary rights, the belief that someone must experience
Is ‘social distancing’ effective in the fight against Covid?
How many people before Covid-19 had heard the term ‘social distancing’, still less knew that this topic has been intensively researched since the 1950s? The biomedical world contains the specialists in understanding what is happening at the point where a virus enters (or leaves) your body, but the space between
Sir Kenneth Clark’s ‘Civilisation’: Part IX
Music moves to centre stage in this week’s installment, The Pursuit of Happiness, examining a period when art and literature tended to stagnate. Beginning in France, we travel to the German lands of the 18th Century as Sir Kenneth Clark explores the complex harmony and symmetry in the works of
Rocking through the pandemic: The value of music lyrics
‘Rock lyrics are poetry (maybe).’ So wrote Robert Christgau in 1967. read now…
The Greens: billboards are evil, please give us money for billboards
The Greens: billboards are evil. Shane Rattenbury MLA, Speaker of the Canberra City Council (AKA Legislative Assembly), Twitter, yesterday: The Greens: please give us lots and lots of money for lots and lots of billboards everywhere. Begging email, today: You’d never see such incredibly blatant hypocrisy
Trump and fascism: What would a second term look like?
Recent actions by the Trump Administration has seen the invocation of Godwin’s law, the adage that any political discussion eventually devolves into a comparison to Hitler and the Nazis. read now…
Return focus to ABC’s funding – Hanson-Young
By William Olson ‘Well done for the Morrison government in giving a $5 million grant to the Australian Associated Press (AAP), but what about the ABC?’ – such was the refrain from Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young on Friday, after federal communications minister Paul Fletcher announced a cash injection for the
Vale Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a warrior for women
One of the world’s most recognised icons for gender equality and human rights, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away overnight at the age of 87. “Our nation has lost a jurist of historic stature,” Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. said in a statement. “We at the
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dead at 87
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away at the age of 87 on Friday due to complications from metastatic pancreatic cancer. Ginsburg was nominated to the Supreme Court by President Bill Clinton in 1993 and was the second woman to ever serve on the court after Sandra Day O’Connor.
PODCAST 112: Sex Neuroscientist Debra Soh on Her New Book, The End of Gender
Editor Jonathan Kay talks to scientist and author Dr Debra Soh about the misinformation being peddled to young people about biological sex and transition—and the most humane ways to help people who experience gender dysphoria. Debra has just published The End of Gender. Share this:
Latest News
Leeds United v Fulham, Football League and more: clockwatch – live!
Premier League news from Elland Road, and the 3pm BST gamesLive scoreboard: follow all of today’s latest scores and resultsAnd you can contact Will by email or on Twitter 3.52pm BSTNottingham Forest 0-2 Cardiff FT resultBlackburn 3-0 WycombeBrentford 0-0 HuddersfieldLuton 1-0 DerbyMiddlesbrough 0-1 BournemouthNorwich 1-2 PrestonReading 0-0 BarnsleyRotherham 0-0 MillwallSheffield
Woman throws drink over Leo Varadkar as he gives Dublin interview
Footage shows woman tossing liquid in white cup over tánaiste’s face in Merrion ParkA woman wearing a face mask was filmed throwing a drink over Leo Varadkar as he gave an interview in Dublin.Footage shared on social media shows the woman, who was carrying a skateboard, walking over to where
Bill & Ted Face the Music review – surf dudes still lift the spirits
The middle-aged dads have to save the universe and their marriages in a shambolic but big-hearted sequel Few 80s cultural artefacts have accrued the same level of enduring audience goodwill as the time-travelling adventures of the sweet-natured California rockers Bill S Preston Esq and Ted “Theodore” Logan. And it’s fair
Tour de France 2020: decisive time trial on stage 20 – live!
Updates from the time trial to La Planche des Belles Filles Roglic closes on glory but bike inspection row continuesYou can get in touch with Barry by email or on Twitter 1.55pm BSTCavagna breaks the hour mark: Deceuninck–Quick-Step rider Remi Cavagna is the first of the riders to finish inside
Ruth Bader Ginsburg: key Republicans under spotlight as fight to replace justice begins – live
McConnell vows Senate will push on with Trump’s pickWhat does Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death mean for the supreme court?Obituary: ‘Formidably clever with a superhuman capacity for work’Sign up for our First Thing newsletter 2.02pm BSTSlight hobby horse here: Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s replacement may well be decided and pushed through by
Giorgio Armani: ‘I’m a rule-breaker’
The fashion designer, 86, on his mother’s beauty, elegance and wisdom, the doctrine of ‘less is more’ and his fear of lonelinessMy earliest memory? My mother, in a black dress. She was a beautiful, elegant woman who could be sweet and strong at the same time. Rigour and dignity characterised
World News
Rodriguez, Calvert-Lewin shine as Everton batter 10-man West Brom – Reuters UK
Rodriguez, Calvert-Lewin shine as Everton batter 10-man West Brom Reuters UK
Carlisle become first EFL club to welcome back fans – Reuters India
Carlisle become first EFL club to welcome back fans Reuters India
Alexei Navalny posts photo of himself walking down stairs after poisoning
One of Russia’s most prominent opposition figures, Alexei Navalny, says he is recovering his verbal and physical abilities one month after he was poisoned by a suspected Soviet-era nerve agent.
Coronavirus: Which countries have confirmed cases?
New cases of the novel coronavirus that emerged in the central Chinese city of Wuhan in late December are being reported daily around the world. More than 942,800 people have died from COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, while over 29.9 million infections have been confirmed in
Tracking Africa's coronavirus cases
Most countries on the continent have put in place restrictions to prevent the spread of the virus [Afolabi Sotunde/Reuters] The outbreak of the new coronavirus has reached every nation in Africa, a continent of 1.2 billion people. As of September 19, the confirmed coronavirus death toll on the
Timeline: How the new coronavirus spread
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared a pandemic over a new coronavirus, which causes an illness known as COVID-19 that has spread to nearly every country. The disease has killed more than 952,000 people and infected more than 30.5 million, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. More than 20.8
Rodriguez, Calvert-Lewin shine as Everton batter 10-man West Brom – Reuters UK
Rodriguez, Calvert-Lewin shine as Everton batter 10-man West Brom Reuters UK
Carlisle become first EFL club to welcome back fans – Reuters India
Carlisle become first EFL club to welcome back fans Reuters India
Alexei Navalny posts photo of himself walking down stairs after poisoning
One of Russia’s most prominent opposition figures, Alexei Navalny, says he is recovering his verbal and physical abilities one month after he was poisoned by a suspected Soviet-era nerve agent.
Coronavirus: Which countries have confirmed cases?
New cases of the novel coronavirus that emerged in the central Chinese city of Wuhan in late December are being reported daily around the world. More than 942,800 people have died from COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, while over 29.9 million infections have been confirmed in
Tracking Africa's coronavirus cases
Most countries on the continent have put in place restrictions to prevent the spread of the virus [Afolabi Sotunde/Reuters] The outbreak of the new coronavirus has reached every nation in Africa, a continent of 1.2 billion people. As of September 19, the confirmed coronavirus death toll on the
Rodriguez, Calvert-Lewin shine as Everton batter 10-man West Brom – Reuters UK
Rodriguez, Calvert-Lewin shine as Everton batter 10-man West Brom Reuters UK
Carlisle become first EFL club to welcome back fans – Reuters India
Carlisle become first EFL club to welcome back fans Reuters India
Alexei Navalny posts photo of himself walking down stairs after poisoning
One of Russia’s most prominent opposition figures, Alexei Navalny, says he is recovering his verbal and physical abilities one month after he was poisoned by a suspected Soviet-era nerve agent.
Coronavirus: Which countries have confirmed cases?
New cases of the novel coronavirus that emerged in the central Chinese city of Wuhan in late December are being reported daily around the world. More than 942,800 people have died from COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, while over 29.9 million infections have been confirmed in
Rodriguez, Calvert-Lewin shine as Everton batter 10-man West Brom – Reuters UK
Rodriguez, Calvert-Lewin shine as Everton batter 10-man West Brom Reuters UK
Carlisle become first EFL club to welcome back fans – Reuters India
Carlisle become first EFL club to welcome back fans Reuters India
Alexei Navalny posts photo of himself walking down stairs after poisoning
One of Russia’s most prominent opposition figures, Alexei Navalny, says he is recovering his verbal and physical abilities one month after he was poisoned by a suspected Soviet-era nerve agent.
Rodriguez, Calvert-Lewin shine as Everton batter 10-man West Brom – Reuters UK
Rodriguez, Calvert-Lewin shine as Everton batter 10-man West Brom Reuters UK
Carlisle become first EFL club to welcome back fans – Reuters India
Carlisle become first EFL club to welcome back fans Reuters India
Alexei Navalny posts photo of himself walking down stairs after poisoning
One of Russia’s most prominent opposition figures, Alexei Navalny, says he is recovering his verbal and physical abilities one month after he was poisoned by a suspected Soviet-era nerve agent.
Coronavirus: Which countries have confirmed cases?
New cases of the novel coronavirus that emerged in the central Chinese city of Wuhan in late December are being reported daily around the world. More than 942,800 people have died from COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, while over 29.9 million infections have been confirmed in
World News
Rodriguez, Calvert-Lewin shine as Everton batter 10-man West Brom – Reuters UK
Rodriguez, Calvert-Lewin shine as Everton batter 10-man West Brom Reuters UK
Carlisle become first EFL club to welcome back fans – Reuters India
Carlisle become first EFL club to welcome back fans Reuters India
Alexei Navalny posts photo of himself walking down stairs after poisoning
One of Russia’s most prominent opposition figures, Alexei Navalny, says he is recovering his verbal and physical abilities one month after he was poisoned by a suspected Soviet-era nerve agent.
Coronavirus: Which countries have confirmed cases?
New cases of the novel coronavirus that emerged in the central Chinese city of Wuhan in late December are being reported daily around the world. More than 942,800 people have died from COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, while over 29.9 million infections have been confirmed in
Tracking Africa's coronavirus cases
Most countries on the continent have put in place restrictions to prevent the spread of the virus [Afolabi Sotunde/Reuters] The outbreak of the new coronavirus has reached every nation in Africa, a continent of 1.2 billion people. As of September 19, the confirmed coronavirus death toll on the
Timeline: How the new coronavirus spread
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared a pandemic over a new coronavirus, which causes an illness known as COVID-19 that has spread to nearly every country. The disease has killed more than 952,000 people and infected more than 30.5 million, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. More than 20.8
Business & The Economy
Ugly numbers of Trump’s tax cuts serve a warning for Scott Morrison
Radical Republicans rammed the Trump tax law through Congress without a single hearing or Democratic vote. The numbers are in: the rich made out like bandits and the rest got three-fifths of bugger all, writes David Cay Johnston.
Consulting giants targeting net zero but is it enough?
On Tuesday, KPMG Australia’s head of oil & gas Jonathon Peacock sent out strong note of support for the government’s gas plans announced that day, despite widespread criticism on environmental and economic grounds. So how is the rest of the company thinking on...
On why we still want to pull up stumps and move to New Zealand
News from the Front Desk, Issue 497: The release of Australia’s “gas-fired recovery” plans this week – topped off with new rules to allow government clean energy finance to flow towards carbon capture and storage –should hardly come as a surprise. We’ve known from the...
Govt cut ABC and SBS from tech news code: Sims
It was the government’s decision to exclude the ABC and SBS from the news content bargaining code with Google and Facebook rather than the competition watchdog which designed the scheme, ACCC chair Rod Sims has said. Mr Sims told an Australia Institute webinar on Thursday that the Australian Competition
How about a European Bauhaus for co-creating a renovation wave?
Europe’s president Ursula von der Leyen has called for “NextGenerationEU to kickstart a European renovation wave and make our union a leader in the circular economy”. She promised to set up “a new European Bauhaus – a co-creation space where architects, artists,...
Coal’s deadly legacy in Australia and the US
Australia, like the US is trying to stick to the coal agenda despite cleaner sources of energy making the fossil fuel irrelevant to our futures. COVID is now a known airborne killer but there’s another one at large that also attacks through the air we breathe: coal. A...
Environment
JinkoSolar is Number 1 on Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition’s Latest Scorecard
JinkoSolar is the top manufacturer in Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition’s (“SVTC”) latest Solar Scorecard. The post JinkoSolar is Number 1 on Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition’s Latest Scorecard appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Too much regulation could limit innovation in rooftop solar and battery storage
Rather than putting our focus on regulation which looks at safety, reliability and market mechanisms, we need to turn our attention towards innovation as our solution. The post Too much regulation could limit innovation in rooftop solar and battery storage appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Snowy 2.0 rapidly turning into “$10 billion white elephant,” experts say
Open letter to the PM warns that Snowy 2.0 pumped hydro project will blow out to roughly double original cost estimates to around $10 billion. The post Snowy 2.0 rapidly turning into “$10 billion white elephant,” experts say appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Three little PV pigs: UNSW PhD candidate’s winning tale of solar cell efficiency
University of NSW delivers reminder of its world-leading role in solar research and development – using three pigs, three home solar systems, and just 180 seconds. The post Three little PV pigs: UNSW PhD candidate’s winning tale of solar cell efficiency appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Energy Insiders Podcast: Coalition’s gas plans, changing ARENA into ACCSA, and Battery Day
The Coalition’s energy week begins with big gas plans and finishes with more support for carbon capture and storage. And we talk to lithium market expert Rod Hooper ahead of Tesla’s Battery Day. The post Energy Insiders Podcast: Coalition’s gas plans, changing ARENA into ACCSA, and Battery Day appeared first
Bob Brown report questions viability of Tasmania’s Battery of the Nation plan
Report commissioned by Bob Brown Foundation questions viability of Marinus Link and Battery of Nation project, saying battery storage may be cheaper and smarter plan. The post Bob Brown report questions viability of Tasmania’s Battery of the Nation plan appeared first on RenewEconomy.
