Peter Bradshaw looks back at Daniel Day Lewis's extraordinary career of acting artistry after he announced his retirement at the age of just 60. The recipient of three best actor Oscars – the most in history – he has joined Steven Soderbergh, Ken Loach and Jack Nicholson in the ranks of movie greats who have announced retirement earlier than expected. A community legal centre in the Northern Territory is auctioning off donated Indigenous art to raise urgently needed funds to continue offering advice on enviromental issues in the top end, which is besieged by numerous mining projects intruding onto ancestral lands. After funding to the centre was cut in 2015, the auction – which is online and open until Thursday – now provides a third of their operational budget. Well-known artists exhibiting include Jack Green, Nancy McDinny and Stuart Hoosan. Nail salons have become a staple of life in the suburban landscape of Georgia in the US with even the hard men of the south regularly stopping by to have their heels exfoliated, and their calves rubbed. My Ngoc To talks to the women who spend their days hunched over gnarly feet – still trying to forget the wars and poverty they fled in Vietnam. What's he done now? Donald Trump has returned to Twitter with a vengeance, tweeting hard to support the republican candidate Karen Handel , who just won a congressional seat in Georgia in a special election. "Well, the Special Elections are over and those that want to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN are 5 and 0!" Trump tweeted, victoriously. "All the Fake News, all the money spent = 0". Media roundup The Daily Telegraph reports that the NSW police fraud squad has been called in to investigate taxi drivers using hi-tech card skimmers to steal from passengers in Sydney. The Mercury says a booming property market in Hobart is leading the nation and breaking records. For the ABC, Stan Grant writes that the 10th anniversary of the intervention in the Northern Territory, when soldiers were brought in as part of a crackdown on the Indigenous population, "is another moment to reflect on generations of failed policy". He writes: "Whatever the moral arguments at the time – some Indigenous people supported the Howard initiative – the results have been predictably poor. Yet the policy has been maintained – with variations and a name change – by successive governments, both Labor and Coalition." Coming up The New South Wales coroner will hand down his findings into the death of Davey Browne, 28, who was knocked unconscious during a semi-professional bout at Ingleburn RSL in September 2015 and died three days later. Fairfield city council, in Sydney's west, is launching a refugee settlement action plan. Fairfield has the highest intake of refugees out of any local government area in Australia, due in part to its culturally diverse community. Support the Guardian It might take a minute to catch up on the news, but good journalism takes time and money. If you already support Guardian Australia, your generosity is invaluable. If not, and you value what we do, please become a Supporter today. Thanks. |
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