Top public servant urges ‘more doing, less reviewing’ after 70 inquiries in Labor’s first term, FoI papers reveal

29/06/2025 15:01 The Guardian

Exclusive: Health department secretary Blair Comley tells minister Mark Butler to stop commissioning costly and time-consuming inquiriesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOne of the nation’s most respected public service chiefs has told Labor to stop commissioning so many government reviews, warning the costly and time-consuming inquiries risk swamping bureaucrats and unduly heightening public expectations.The secretary of the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing, Blair Comley, has urged the health minister, Mark Butler, to allow public servants to adopt a more implementation and less analysis mindset in the coming term of parliament, after more than 70 reviews were commissioned, consulted-on or published in Labor’s first three years in office.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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Trump sent ‘explicit’ threat to cut funds from University of Virginia, senator says

Mark Warner says school would face slashes to jobs and financial aid if its president did not resign over DEI practicesThe University of Virginia (UVA) received “explicit” notification from the Trump administration that the school would endure cuts to university jobs, research funding and studen...

29/06/2025 20:16 The Guardian

Tens of thousands flee Gaza City after Israel warns of major offensive

Israeli forces urge people to evacuate eastern areas before ‘military operations that will escalate and intensify’Tens of thousands of Palestinians were fleeing eastern parts of Gaza City in the north of the territory on Sunday after Israel warned of a major offensive.The messages on social medi...

29/06/2025 19:45 The Guardian

Europe on alert as first major heatwave of 2025 pushes temperatures to 42C

Authorities in Spain, Portugal, Greece and France issue extreme heat, wildfire and health warnings Authorities across Europe are on alert as the first heatwave of the summer pushes temperatures up to 42C (107.6F), as the fastest-warming continent continues to suffer the effects of the climate emerge...

29/06/2025 19:41 The Guardian

Britain in 2025: sick man of Europe battling untreated illness crisis

As poverty deepens across Britain, the Guardian visited some of the hardest-hit places where leaders are aiming to shift healthcare from hospitals to communitiesBritain’s ‘medieval’ health inequality is devastating NHS, experts sayThe same 11 young women turn up around the clock at the emergen...

29/06/2025 17:01 The Guardian

Britain’s ‘medieval’ health inequality is devastating NHS, experts say

Exclusive: Health service estimated to be spending £50bn a year on effects of deprivation and child povertyBritain in 2025: sick man of Europe battling untreated illness crisisDowning St has a radical change in mind for the NHS: shifting its focus from treatment to preventionBritain’s “medieval...

29/06/2025 17:00 The Guardian

Chinese authority scams fleece international students in Australia of $5m in five months

National Anti-Scam Centre warns that fraudsters posing as Mandarin-speaking law enforcement officers are becoming more threateningGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastScammers pretending to be Chinese authorities are increasingly targeting international students in Australia, t...

29/06/2025 15:01 The Guardian

Australian influencers warned after several accounts inadvertently promote illegal offshore bookmakers

Exclusive: Leon Australia calls itself ‘Australia’s #1 Interactive Gaming and Sportsbook since 2008’ but is licensed in a tiny island off AfricaSocial media influencers have been inadvertently promoting a gambling company that poses as an Australian outfit but is instead licensed and regulated...

29/06/2025 15:00 The Guardian

UK weather: heatwave could result in hottest ever start to Wimbledon

As temperatures climb, London fire brigade highlights ‘severe’ risk of wildfiresThe latest heatwave is expected to push temperatures close to record levels for June and result in the hottest ever start to Wimbledon.Amber heat alerts remain in place until Tuesday evening for all of southern, west...

29/06/2025 14:54 The Guardian

Palestine Action documentary makers fear being criminalised under anti-terror laws

Exclusive: Directors of To Kill a War Machine take legal advice as Home Office plans to proscribe protest groupThe makers of an award-winning documentary about Palestine Action say they fear they will be criminalised if they continue distributing the work after the group is banned under anti-terror...

29/06/2025 14:00 The Guardian

Beyoncé faces backlash after wearing shirt with anti-Indigenous language

T-shirt worn during a Paris concert sparked criticism for calling Native Americans ‘the enemies of peace’A T-shirt worn by Beyoncé during a Juneteenth performance on her Cowboy Carter tour has sparked a discussion over how Americans frame their history and caused a wave of criticism for the Hou...

29/06/2025 13:26 The Guardian

‘Explosive increase’ of ticks that cause meat allergy in US due to climate crisis

Unusually aggressive lone star ticks, common in the south-east, are spreading to areas previously too cold for themBlood-sucking ticks that trigger a bizarre allergy to meat in the people they bite are exploding in number and spreading across the US, to the extent that they could cover the entire ea...

29/06/2025 11:00 The Guardian

Iran says it has ‘serious doubts’ over Israel’s commitment to ceasefire – Middle East crisis live

Iran’s armed forces chief of staff says it is ‘ready to respond with force’ if attacked again; Iran says airstrikes on Evin prison killed at least 71 Back to some news regarding Iran. The country’s armed forces chief of staff Abdolrahim Mousavi has said Tehran is not convinced Israel will ho...

29/06/2025 10:23 The Guardian

How Fox News helped champion Trump’s attacks on Iran: ‘I agree with the president’

Network was awash with fawning praise after the strikes, as a series of guests lined up to cheer on the presidentThe US bombing of Iran last weekend prompted sober reporting from the mainstream US media, along with considered discussion of whether the US had violated international law in attacking a...

29/06/2025 10:00 The Guardian

Festivalgoers fight to keep cool as 30C heatwave hits Glastonbury

Organisers issue advice about drinking water, and point to medical facilities, as amber heat warning issuedGlastonbury festivalgoers are bracing themselves for what is expected be the hottest day of the huge gathering with 30C forecast across Somerset.Across a site with little shade, about 200,000 t...

29/06/2025 06:00 The Guardian

As cage eggs are phased out around the world, how can producers lower the risks of free-range ‘hen heaven’?

Disease and predation are problems in populations that are allowed to roam but animal advocates argue those issues can be mitigatedSign up for the Rural Network email newsletterNear Lake Macquarie on the central coast of New South Wales, Belinda Stauner-Dawson is running what appears to be a chicken...

29/06/2025 00:00 The Guardian

Crowds gather for Budapest Pride march despite Orbán’s threat of ‘legal consequences’ – as it happened

Organisers of Budapest Pride said the government was attempting to restrict peaceful protests by targeting themJeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez are preparing for the last party of their three-day wedding festivities in Venice as demonstrators mobilise for a final protest against the couple’s opulent...

28/06/2025 18:03 The Guardian

Week of sweltering US heat – is this the new normal in a warming world?

Experts say brutal temperatures across much of US set to become more common as planet continues to heat upThe list of climate-related disasters in the US was long last week as vast swathes of America sweated under a brutal heatwave.There was a “mass-casualty event” of fainting high-schoolers in...

28/06/2025 16:00 The Guardian

NHS hospital funding in England to be tied to patient ratings, ministers say

Health leaders say financial penalties are not the answer, warning NHS faces existential threat unless it reconnects with publicMoney for hospitals in England is to be linked to patient ratings, ministers have announced, as one of the health bosses tasked with implementing the government’s 10-year...

28/06/2025 12:26 The Guardian

EU ‘cannot linger at the margins’ of Gaza conflict, says former top diplomat

Josep Borrell says Europe has a duty to intervene but has been ‘relegated to the sidelines’The EU must come up with a more assertive response to the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza and the violations of international law, the bloc’s former chief diplomat has said.In a strongly worded article,...

28/06/2025 11:35 The Guardian

‘You open the fridge – nothing’: renewed threat of US hunger as Trump seeks to cut food aid

Critics warn cuts to Snap program would throw millions of Americans – such as Jade and her daughter Janai – back into food insecurityJade Johnson has a word to describe the experience of going hungry in one of the world’s richest countries. “Humbling.”The last time she endured the misery o...

28/06/2025 11:00 The Guardian

Wall Street shivers over ‘hot commie summer’ after Mamdani’s success

New York’s financial elite compare the city to crime-riddled Gotham after democratic socialist bests Cuomo in Democratic mayoral primaryWhen Zohran Mamdani, a 33-year-old self-described socialist, won New York’s mayoral Democratic nomination last week over a seasoned but scandal-scarred veteran,...

28/06/2025 11:00 The Guardian

‘Everything is opportunistic’: Can Netanyahu expect more years in power after Israel’s war with Iran?

Loyalists hope for boost after apparent victory, but political divisions and 7 October security failures still loom largeWhen Benjamin Netanyahu described the opportunities for peace that Israel’s successes in its brief war with Iran might bring, supporters took him at his word.“This victory pre...

28/06/2025 10:08 The Guardian

Qatar sees ‘window of opportunity’ for Gaza truce as dozens reported killed by Israel – Middle East crisis live

At least 34 people were killed across Gaza by Israeli strikes, health staff sayWhen Benjamin Netanyahu described the opportunities for peace that Israel’s successes in its brief war with Iran might bring, supporters took him at his word.“This victory presents an opportunity for a dramatic wideni...

28/06/2025 09:44 The Guardian

Budapest Pride expected to be a rallying cry against Orbán’s rollback of rights

Record numbers expected at march despite Hungary’s leader saying those attending will face ‘legal consequences’Record numbers expected at Budapest Pride march despite attempts to ban it – Europe liveRecord numbers of people are expected to take part in Budapest Pride on Saturday, with Hungar...

28/06/2025 04:00 The Guardian

US charges 11 people in Russia-based scheme to bilk Medicare of $10bn

Prosecutors allege more than a million Medicare recipients had their information stolen and used by the defendants for fraudulent claimsUS federal prosecutors charged 11 people on Friday in a Russia-based scheme to bilk Medicare – the American health insurance program for the elderly and disabled...

28/06/2025 03:38 The Guardian

Torrential rain expected to hit Sydney next week as wild weather system brews off Australia’s east coast

Bureau of Meteorology warns of damaging winds and possible flooding on Tuesday and Wednesday as potential east coast low developsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSydney and parts of the New South Wales coast should brace themselves for a fast-developing weather system expec...

28/06/2025 03:12 The Guardian

US Senate votes against resolution to limit Trump’s Iran war powers – as it happened

This blog has now closed. Read our latest story hereThe Trump administration is readying a package of executive actions aimed at boosting energy supply to power the US expansion of artificial intelligence, according to four sources familiar with the planning, Reuters reports.US and China are locked...

28/06/2025 01:58 The Guardian

US reaches deal with China to speed up rare-earth shipments, White House says

China confirms details amid efforts to end trade war but reiterates it will continue to approve export permitsThe US has reached an agreement with China to speed up rare-earth shipments into America, officials confirmed on Friday. The news sent US stock markets to fresh highs amid news of wider effo...

27/06/2025 19:01 The Guardian

Hegseth announces new name of US navy ship that honored gay rights icon Harvey Milk

Defense secretary said the vessel will be renamed after Oscar V Peterson to take ‘politics out of ship naming’The US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, has formally announced that the US navy supply vessel named in honor of the gay rights activist Harvey Milk is to be renamed after Oscar V Peterso...

27/06/2025 18:40 The Guardian

US attacks on Iran redraw calculus of use of force for allies and rivals around globe

Perceived readiness of US to employ force instead of negotiations could have knock-on effects around the worldUS politics live – latest updatesFor US allies and rivals around the world, Donald Trump’s strikes on Iran have redrawn the calculus of the White House’s readiness to use force in the...

27/06/2025 16:47 The Guardian

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