Tuesday: A double whammy of interest rate rises expected over next two months. Plus: Winston Churchill’s ‘magnificently idiotic’ platypus quest
David Fleay, who was tasked with finding a platypus for Winston Churchill.The colonisation of Australia coincided with a boom in European interest in exotic animals – so kangaroos, dingoes, wombats and more were shipped off, regardless of practicalities.
Ah yes: the police detective who returns to their home town only to be ensnared in an investigation with shockingly personal implications. We’ve been down this road many times before. In True Colours – a four-part drama co-created by Erica Glynn and Warren H Williams – Rarriwuy Hick plays detective Toni Alma, who isOne of the most interesting aspects of the script are the ways in which Indigenous customs and laws rub up against white-oriented policing.
, Jane Lee speaks to medical editor Melissa Davey about how Australia got to this point and what the numbers tell us, and Liz Beardon, who lost both her parents to Covid.Sorry your browser does not support audio - but you can download here and listen https://audio.guim.co.uk/2020/05/05-61553-gnl.fw.200505.jf.ch7DW.mp3
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