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Australia's Meg Lanning takes indefinite break from cricket for personal reasons

SYDNEY: World Cup-winning captain Meg Lanning is unlikely to lead Australia in the tour of India later this year as the skipper is taking an indefinite break from the game to "focus on myself."

The Times of India

Childcare sector reaching crisis point over workforce shortages and low wages

Childcare centres around Australia say they're rapidly losing staff, and there is broad agreement about the root cause of the problem — wages in the sector are just too low.

ABC News

The Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide is about to hand down a big report. Here's what it has heard

After months of hearings around Australia, the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide will hand down its interim report this morning. Here's what we know so far.

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Eggs from Australian inner-city backyard chickens found to contain concerning levels of lead

More than half the eggs analysed exceeded ‘food safety’ threshold, with specific regions of Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane deemed most at risk

The Guardian - AU

The Loop: One Nation websites to be suspended, China's ambassador to Australia on Taiwan, and Domino's Pizza breaks up with Italy

Get up to speed on today's headlines with The Loop.

ABC News

Australia captain Meg Lanning taking break from cricket for personal reasons

The 30-year-old had been due to represent Trent Rockets in The Hundred

The Independent UK

Aust capt Lanning takes break from cricket

Successful Australian cricket captain Meg Lanning is taking a break from the game for personal reasons, with no timeline set for her return.

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CWG 2022 | Hard to digest but need to move on: Harmanpreet Singh on India's hockey final loss

India lost 0-7 against Australia in the gold medal match of Commonwealth Games in Birmingham

The Hindu

Hard to digest but need to move on, says Indian hockey team's defender Harmanpreet on defeat in CWG final

NEW DELHI: The bitter loss to Australia in the Commonwealth Games final is "hard to digest" but the Indian hockey team will have to move on, said star drag-flicker Harmanpreet Singh, promising a thread-bare analysis of the side's performance in Birmingham.

The Times of India

What's causing Australia's egg shortage? A shift to free-range and short winter days

Australia is experiencing a national egg shortage. Prices are rising and supermarket stocks are patchy. Some cafes are reportedly serving breakfast with one egg instead of two. Supermarket giant Coles has reverted to COVID-19 conditions with a two-carton limit.

The Conversation

Monkeypox vaccines in South Australia will first be given to close contacts and those most at-risk

South Australians at the highest risk of contracting monkeypox will be given the first vaccine doses that have arrived in the state.

ABC News

Chinese envoy tells Australia to show 'caution' over Taiwan

A Chinese envoy says Australia’s recent change of government is a chance to “reset” its troubled relationship with China, but the new administration must “handle the Taiwan question with caution.”

The Independent UK

Chinese ambassador to Australia says Beijing will use ‘all necessary means’ for Taiwan ‘unification’

Xiao Qian says reset of China-Australia relationship is possible and suggests Washington had turned Canberra against Beijing

The Guardian - AU

Brave young nurse with cancer travels to Scotland to complete bucket list before dying

Eleanor McCleave, from a small town in western Australia called Esperance, has always planned to travel across since family friend Iain McLeod's vivid tales of his hometown on the Isle of Skye when she was a youngster.

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'Possible reset' for Aust-China trade

Australia and China must resolve their differences with the global economy facing a number of difficulties, the Asian country's ambassador has told journalists.

ABC News

China's ambassador to Australia Xiao Qian warns Beijing will use any means necessary for Taiwan 'reunification'

The Chinese ambassador to Australia uses a National Press Club address to stand firm on Taiwan, saying there is no room for compromise, but he is hopeful about mending ties with Canberra.

The Conversation

Who's holding back electric cars in Australia? We've long known the answer – and it's time to clear the road

New analysis this week found strong fuel efficiency standards would have saved Australia A$5.9 billion in fuel costs and emissions equal to a year’s worth of domestic flights if the policy was adopted in 2015.

Reuters

Chinese envoy says ties with Australia must be mended before solving trade issues

China's ambassador to Australia said that more needed to be done to reset relations between Canberra and Beijing and that the two nations were not at the stage of solving political and trade disputes.

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Award-winning Dessaix goes cold on Russia

Eminent author Robert Dessaix, this week recognised with an Australia Council award, feels deeply embarrassed by his lifelong love of all things Russian.

The Guardian - AU

What happened after a grandma with dementia went viral: ‘I get the trolling – I didn’t enjoy it’

In lockdown, a video of an Australian woman known as ‘Oma’ was watched 100m times and shown on US talkshows. Her son and director of documentary Everybody’s Oma reflects on what happened next

Reuters

Australia, China not yet ready to tackle trade disputes - Chinese envoy

Australia and China have not yet reached the point of talking about how to resolve their trade disputes, the Chinese ambassador to Australia, Xiao Qian, said on Wednesday.

The New Daily

Holden recalls thousands of cars over brakes defect

Thousands of Holden vehicles across Australia are being urgently recalled over a potentially deadly manufacturing defect.

The Guardian - AU

It’s time to tax mining and energy giants properly. Struggling Australians should share in their record profits

The fact that an energy exporter like Australia is having a tough time when the prices of our energy exports are sky high shows just how broken our political debate has become.

The Guardian - AU

Sweet sorrow: lolly lovers lament Starburst’s departure from Australia

Distributor confirms declining popularity and supply chain issues led to fruit chew’s local demise

ABC News

Updates: China's ambassador to Australia addresses National Press Club ⁠— as it happened

Chinese ambassador to Australia Xiao Qian says the relationship between the two countries has been "difficult" in recent times, but adds a change of government has provided an "opportunity to reset" relations — as it happened.

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