Summary
We are going to put this little news blog to bed now. Thanks all for your comments, company and correspondence today. Be well, all of you.
As we go, a recap of the major stories:
- Australia recorded 102 Covid deaths, including 44 in Victoria, and 41 in NSW (if you can, please mask up, if not for you, for others)
- Home affairs minister Clare O’Neil said the former Morrison government subverted Australia’s democracy, undermined the public service and endangered members of the defence force when it pressured public servants to reveal details of an asylum seeker boat on election day.
- Australian javelin champion Kelsey-Lee Barber has won gold at the world athletics championships, joining Cathy Freeman as the only Australian to successfully defend a world athletics title.
- Australian anti-China activist Drew Pavlou has been arrested in the UK over a false “bomb threat” delivered to the Chinese embassy in London, that he claims came from a fake email address designed to frame him.
- It is still wet at Splendour in the Grass
🇦🇺 Gold for Australia in the women's javelin as Kelsey-Lee Barber throws 66.91m.
— AW (@AthleticsWeekly) July 23, 2022
🇺🇸 Kara Winger snatches silver with a dramatic last round 64.05m.
🇯🇵 Haruka Kitaguchi of Japan wins bronze with 63.27m. #Oregon2022 pic.twitter.com/cbPiUPav9L
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Drew Pavlou arrested in London
Australian anti-China activist Drew Pavlou has been arrested in the UK over a false “bomb threat” delivered to the Chinese embassy in London, that he claims came from a fake email address designed to frame him.
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