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G20 Brisbane
Yesterday more than 400 protesters on Bondi beach buried their heads in the sand to mock the Australian government’s reluctance to put climate change on the summit’s agenda, and protesters briefly interrupted a pre-G20 event sponsored by Peabody Energy, the world’s biggest privately-owned coal company.
Up to 75,000 top Australian businesspeople who regularly travel to the UK are to be given new rights to be fast-tracked through British airports - a move likely to benefit Lynton Crosby among others.
An activist who hoped to challenge US president Barack Obama over the treatment of Chelsea Manning and Julian Assange has been banned from the G20 meeting, but says he has not been given a reason.
Everett True in Brisbane asks where the city’s culture of protest is, as local bands take part in “the Campbell Newman G20 sideshow”.
And how much do you know about the personalities around the table? Take our leaders quiz and find out.
Australian news and politics
• The current Victorian government has the worst environmental record since the 1960s, according to the state’s four leading environment groups.
• Bill Shorten has accused Tony Abbott of “stubborn isolationism” in his stance on climate change, saying it could hurt Australia’s international trade in the long term.
• The intercepted phone call at the centre of the case against a man charged with a terrorism offence after raids in NSW has a “glaring error” in the translation, his lawyers have claimed.
Around the world
• Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has apparently surfaced alive, calling for attacks in Saudi Arabia, after he was reported to have been killed in a US air strike.
• The US military is considering sending combat troops to battle Isis forces in Iraq, a move which would contravene Obama’s pledge not to put boots on the ground.
• Three trials of experimental Ebola drugs will start next month in west Africa.
• Jailed al-Jazeera journalist Peter Greste could be returned to AUstralia before the end of his prison sentence in Egypt, after a presidential decree allowing the deportation of foreigners accused of committing crimes on Egyptian soil.
More from around the web
• Among the most viewed on the Guardian today: Rosetta mission controllers have some tough decisions to make due to the Philae lander’s tight landing spot, in the shadow of a cliff which blocks sunlight to its solar panels. We have all the latest developments here.
• A third Australian warship has been sent to intercept the Russian flotilla bound for Brisbane, news.com.au reports; meanwhile, the Courier Mail reports that police commissioner Ian Stewart has warned Russians “will be dealt with” if they arrive packing guns.
• A heatwave is forecast for Brisbane this weekend, with a severe fire warning issued as the G20 leaders arrive, Brisbane Times reports.
• The Queensland government has been denounced for a bidding process for a new mine that took place in a single day, denying Indigenous people a stake in developing a rich bauxite deposit, the Australian reports.
• World Cup organiser Fifa has criticised Australia’s bidding process to host the competition, but cleared winners Russia and Qatar of any wrongdoing, the SMH reports.
One last thing
Jennifer Gerson Uffalussy writes about that picture of Kim Kardashian - and the rather different reaction to Keira Knightley’s topless photos.
Have an excellent day – and if you spot something I’ve missed, let me know in the comments here or on Twitter @newsmary.
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