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| | | | 20/06/2025 Trump’s two-week window for Iran attack, Olympics ditch diversity, the five ways we’ve changed |
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| | | Morning everyone. Donald Trump has given himself two weeks to decide whether or not to attack Iran, according to the White House. Plus, Queensland’s government is reversing the diversity quotas for the Brisbane Olympics board, John Pesutto’s $1.5m lifeline, and the five key ways in which the lives of Australians are changing. |
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| Recycling reboot | States should double the current 10c refund for returning bottles and cans if Australia wants to improve its record on recycling, campaigners say. | Brisbane Olympics | The Queensland government plans to repeal a requirement that half the board overseeing the organising of the 2032 Games be women and at least one member Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander. | Pesutto lifeline | The Victorian Liberal party has thrown a $1.5m lifeline to former leader John Pesutto to ensure he can pay Moira Deeming’s legal fees and avoid bankruptcy. | Koala gap | The long-promised great koala national park is not expected to get any additional funding in next week’s New South Wales budget despite being a centrepiece of the state government’s environment policy. | Pay to play | Parents are now paying more than $500 a year on average for their children to play football, cricket and basketball, according to a national survey, as states pledge millions of dollars to ensure sport is not just for the wealthy. |
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| Bibi’s ‘sacrifice’ | Benjamin Netanyahu has cast the conflict in the long view by comparing it to the liberation of Jewish people from captivity in Babylon 2,500 years ago by the Persian ruler Cyrus the Great. Earlier he visited a hospital that was hit by an Iranian missile and pointed to his own family’s sacrifice: the second postponement of his son’s wedding. | Bunker doubts | Donald Trump has denied a report in the Wall Street Journal that he has approved US plans to attack Iran’s underground nuclear site with “bunker-buster” bombs, while our reporting suggests he is not persuaded of the bomb’s ability to destroy the complex. The White House said a decision would be made “within two weeks”. Follow updates from Washington live. Our defence editor judges that the conflict has exposed Iran’s weaknesses but things could yet turn in its favour. | Gaza deaths | Dozens more Palestinians were killed or injured in Gaza as they sought desperately needed aid overnight, with reports that Israeli forces close to one distribution point had opened fire – the third such incident in as many days. | Climate blockers | Rampant climate misinformation is turning the crisis into a catastrophe, according to a new report, which says climate action was being obstructed and delayed by fossil fuel companies, politicians and governments. | Pride plan | The mayor of Budapest has vowed to go ahead with the city’s Pride march next weekend, declaring he will “come up with a plan C” even if the police try to impose a government-backed ban. |
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| Newsroom edition: the consequences of the Israel-Iran war Bridie Jabour speaks to Guardian Australia’s international editor, Bonnie Malkin, and deputy editor, Patrick Keneally, about how the Israel-Iran war erupted and what could happen next. | | |
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| Australia’s changing way of life is highlighted by five key trends in two pieces of research released today by the e61 Institute and by KPMG. Luca Ittamani finds that young people are living with their parents for longer compared with 25 years ago thanks to the housing crisis, and are less likely to be living with a partner. Another result of expensive housing is that young families are more likely to move around to find cheaper accommodation. |
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| In Europe the fashion for taking a dip in an urban waterway is becoming quite the thing. From Berlin to Oslo and from Paris to Copenhagen our correspondents speak to people taking advantage of their local rivers. |
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| Rugby union | Joe Schmidt (pictured) has picked his 36-man Wallabies squad to take on the British Lions but he might come to regret the lack of playmakers, writes Angus Fontaine. | Football | Kylian Mbappé has been admitted to hospital with acute gastroenteritis after he missed Real Madrid’s opening game of the Club World Cup in the US. | Cricket | Ben Stokes has called for his England team to do better when “we’re up against the wall” as they prepare to start a four-match series against India at Headingley. |
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What’s happening today | New South Wales | Directions hearing for mothers suing police over “disruptive and intimidating” home visits. | Darwin | Indigenous Australians minister to attend meeting on Closing the Gap. | Sport | Launch of device to make AFL more inclusive for vision-impaired fans. |
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