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  1. Australian ski resorts smash July climate records with temperatures 12C above average
    By Graham Readfearn Environment and climate correspondent

    Resorts in NSW and Victoria face a warm and dry start to the season with only sporadic falls of natural snow in many alpine areas

    theguardian.com/australia-news

    #Australiaweather #NewSouthWales #Victoria #Australianews #Climatecrisis #Environment #TheGuardian #GrahamReadfearnEnvironment #climatecorrespondent

  2. Mockbuster review – how to survive the nightmare of directing a terrible low-budget horror film
    By Phil Hoad

    Struggling to make it in Australia, aspiring director Anthony Frith cold-calls the team behind Sharknado and bites off more than he can chew in this making-of documentary

    theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/

    #Film #Documentaryfilms #Horrorfilms #Filmindustry #Business #Culture #Australianews #Worldnews #TheGuardian #PhilHoad

  3. Mockbuster review – how to survive the nightmare of directing a terrible low-budget horror film
    By Phil Hoad

    Struggling to make it in Australia, aspiring director Anthony Frith cold-calls the team behind Sharknado and bites off more than he can chew in this making-of documentary

    theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/

    #Film #Documentaryfilms #Horrorfilms #Filmindustry #Business #Culture #Australianews #Worldnews #TheGuardian #PhilHoad

  4. Australia spent more than $9m for each asylum seeker held on Nauru last year – so why can’t they afford to buy food?
    By Sarah Basford Canales

    Many of the more than 100 people awaiting processing on the tiny Pacific island are skipping meals to make ends meet, a new survey has found

    theguardian.com/world/2026/jul

    #Nauru #Australianpolitics #Australianimmigrationandasylum #AsiaPacific #Australianews #TheGuardian #SarahBasfordCanales

  5. Australia spent more than $9m for each asylum seeker held on Nauru last year – so why can’t they afford to buy food?
    By Sarah Basford Canales

    Many of the more than 100 people awaiting processing on the tiny Pacific island are skipping meals to make ends meet, a new survey has found

    theguardian.com/world/2026/jul

    #Nauru #Australianpolitics #Australianimmigrationandasylum #AsiaPacific #Australianews #TheGuardian #SarahBasfordCanales

  6. Taxpayers could pay millions to abuse survivors if Christian Brothers goes bankrupt, court documents reveal
    By Christopher Knaus

    Catholic order with a record of child abuse could be subject to hundreds of redress claims worth up to $65m

    theguardian.com/australia-news

    #Australianews #Christianity #Catholicism #Australianlaw #Religion #Childprotection #TheGuardian #ChristopherKnaus

  7. Taxpayers could pay millions to abuse survivors if Christian Brothers goes bankrupt, court documents reveal
    By Christopher Knaus

    Catholic order with a record of child abuse could be subject to hundreds of redress claims worth up to $65m

    theguardian.com/australia-news

    #Australianews #Christianity #Catholicism #Australianlaw #Religion #Childprotection #TheGuardian #ChristopherKnaus

  8. Contaminated children’s play sand sold in Australia can release toxic airborne asbestos, research finds
    By Catie McLeod Consumer affairs reporter

    Exclusive: New study contradicts statements that play products removed from shelves because of asbestos concerns were ‘low risk’

    theguardian.com/australia-news

    #Consumeraffairs #Australianews #Health #Asbestos #Children #TheGuardian #CatieMcLeodConsumeraffairsreporter

  9. WA police facial recognition trial launches with a real-time arrest – and backlash over privacy
    By Ima Caldwell

    Live video feeds can scan hundreds of faces a minute, instantly cross-referencing their profiles. But critics fear false alerts, algorithmic bias and ‘function creep’

    theguardian.com/australia-news

    #Australianpoliceandpolicing #WesternAustralia #Australianews #Privacy #Surveillance #TheGuardian #ImaCaldwell

  10. WA police facial recognition trial launches with a real-time arrest – and backlash over privacy
    By Ima Caldwell

    Live video feeds can scan hundreds of faces a minute, instantly cross-referencing their profiles. But critics fear false alerts, algorithmic bias and ‘function creep’

    theguardian.com/australia-news

    #Australianpoliceandpolicing #WesternAustralia #Australianews #Privacy #Surveillance #TheGuardian #ImaCaldwell

  11. Amy Shark, stripped back: ‘Everyone thinks being famous is amazing, and it’s not. It’s quite ugly’
    By Katie Cunningham

    Ten years after Adore sparked a major-label bidding war, the Gold Coast singer’s fourth album ditches the pop production and the drums – and delivers the best work of her career

    theguardian.com/music/2026/jul

    #Australianmusic #Popandrock #Music #Australianews #Culture #Australiantelevision #TheGuardian #KatieCunningham

  12. Victoria announces new social media ‘demasking’ powers for accounts accused of vilification
    By Australian Associated Press

    New laws would give Vcat power to force social and AI platforms to identify anonymous users in move premier says will protect children

    theguardian.com/australia-news

    #Victoria #Australianews #Technology #Socialmedia #AIartificialintelligence #TheGuardian #AustralianAssociatedPress

  13. Victoria announces new social media ‘demasking’ powers for accounts accused of vilification
    By Australian Associated Press

    New laws would give Vcat power to force social and AI platforms to identify anonymous users in move premier says will protect children

    theguardian.com/australia-news

    #Victoria #Australianews #Technology #Socialmedia #AIartificialintelligence #TheGuardian #AustralianAssociatedPress