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OPINION - Lineker has played into Tory hands: for them, a row on migrants is good

Gary Lineker has had quite the week. Let’s deal first with the claims that the much-loved commentator should be sacked because, as his critics say, he has broken BBC impartiality rules and angered licence-fee payers because he expressed his views on political matters. Arguments in his defence are clear to…

Evening Standard

One year on from Brisbane's devastating floods, many families are still living in limbo

Alysia Mann and husband Adam can't find a builder to begin construction and don't think the home will be finished for at least another year

ABC News

NSW paying more for insurance on fire, flood tax

After years of fires and floods, insurers are calling for an end to the Emergency Services Levy which sees residents in NSW paying more for their premiums.

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Myanmar Diaries review – gut-punching guerrilla testament to military coup violence

This powerful Berlin prize winner mixes smartphone footage and allegorical segments to expose the trauma of the 2021 coup

The Guardian - UK

After the floods: Eugowra awaits the insurance payouts that may not come

Central-west NSW residents left homeless by November’s devastation are still waiting for claims, with many uninsured against floods

The Guardian - AU

In flood-ravaged towns like Eugowra, residents face 'nonsensical' flood insurance premiums

Flood insurance claims since 2020 have surpassed $12.3 billion and flood victims say they can't afford to pay premiums — but what can be done about it?

ABC News

Insurers 'abandon' flood-hit NSW towns

The mayor of the flood-affected NSW town of Forbes says insurance companies have imposed a moratorium on providing flood insurance to properties in the area.

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How a photograph uncovered my grandmother's republican activism during the Irish revolution

The memories I have of my paternal grandmother, Máirín Beaumont, mostly involve sweets. She lived with me in Dublin until her death in 1972, when I was five. Our house, a long bungalow by the sea, was divided in two with my grandmother living in the top end and my…

The Conversation

Christine Eccles obituary

Other lives: Theatre director and impresario whose productions in the 1970s had a radical community focus

The Guardian - UK

The art and soul of the party... Your definitive guide to all things Frieze Week

From what not to say at a performance piece to why Tottenham is London’s new hotspot, ES presents the definitive guide to all things Frieze Week. Compiled by Amah-Rose Abrams

Evening Standard

Wolfgang Tillmans on making the ICA rave: ‘It is underground, progressive and has a really late licence’

London’s Institute of Contemporary Arts has a new director tasked with making the place party until 6am, and an art auction to raise funds organised by Tillmans, the venue’s chair

The Guardian - UK

Toilets, towers and Tony Blair: the crazy world of cult film-maker John Smith

The director talks about his intellectual, political and hilarious body of work, as a retrospective is staged with contributions from his former students Carol Morley and Jarvis Cocker

The Guardian - UK

Alan Kohler: Reserve Bank the best bet to save humanity from climate crisis

Here’s a crazy idea: give the job of dealing with climate change to the Reserve Bank, Alan Kohler writes.

The New Daily

Music venues hit with increasing public liability insurance premiums as fears grow for future of industry

Just as musicians and venues find their footing after COVID-19 lockdowns, the industry has been hit with a new crisis, which some fear could have "cataclysmic" consequences for the future of live music in Australia.

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Qld-NSW floods were 3rd costliest disaster

The unprecedented floods that swept through southeast Queensland and northern NSW earlier this year caused $4.8 billion in insured damages.

The Guardian - UK

‘Germany was 10 years behind’: how Brexit helped Europe’s galleries

Curators who left the UK after the referendum took with them experience that is reshaping their cities’ art scenes

The Guardian - UK

Picasso faces down his hero while Henry Moore gets stoned – the week in art

Picasso goes toe to toe with his unlikely hero Ingres, Moore’s primordial forms go on show in Somerset, and punk feminist Penny Goring lets rip

ABC News

Insurance Council says cost of northern NSW and south-east Queensland floods now at $4.3 billion

The combined floods are now considered the "fourth most expensive disaster" in Australia's history, with the cost expected to rise.

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Bangkok Post

Singaporeans dash for passports as borders reopen

Singaporeans are flocking to apply for passports after travel restrictions eased, unlocking pent-up wanderlust after two years of Covid-19 restrictions.

The Independent UK

US artist Leigh recasts colonial imagery at Venice Biennale

American sculptor Simone Leigh is the first Black woman to headline the U.S. Pavilion at the Venice Biennale contemporary art fair

ABC News

Sydney news: COVID-19 close contact laws tipped to change in New South Wales

MORNING BRIEFING: The NSW government is set to announce its decision on changes to close contact rules this morning.

The Guardian - AU

Scott Morrison caves in to co-funding Queensland flood resilience package after fierce criticism

Backflip comes a day after PM rejected the request, prompting the Insurance Council of Australia to accuse the federal government of shirking responsibility

The Guardian - AU

Scott Morrison refuses Queensland’s request to split $741m flood resilience funding

Acting premier accuses PM of not caring about flood victims after Morrison says resilience package ‘outside the scope’ of federal responsibility

The Guardian - UK

A Night of Knowing Nothing review – kaleidoscopic doc is cinephilia at its best

Payal Kapadia’s award-winning film sees artistic creativity go hand in hand with the fight for political freedom in Modi’s India

ABC News

River levels finally fall in disaster zones as flood fears rise in other communities

Governments are being urged to take urgent preventative measures amid warnings that more communities will be in the "firing line" for devastating future floods.

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