Good morning, this is Emilie Gramenz bringing you the main stories and must-reads on Monday 20 April.

Top stories

People on lower incomes are twice as likely to lose their jobs due to coronavirus restrictions in Australia, according to new research. The Grattan Institute has warned higher earners are safer than lower earners, with restrictions impacting a range of service industries that mainly employ women and young people. Two more people died from Covid-19 on Sunday, including a 94-year-old man from the aged care facility in western Sydney that has recorded 39 cases. The health minister, Greg Hunt, said elective surgery and IVF could resume within days thanks to an increase in personal protective equipment equipment available to Australia’s healthcare system.

Covid-19 fatalities in Europe have now exceeded 100,000, though the rate of death in Spain is slowing. The UK prime minister, Boris Johnson, who is facing mounting criticism over his handling of the pandemic, missed five consecutive emergency meetings in the buildup to the coronavirus crisis. Now a vital shipment of protective medical equipment for the UK has been delayed on its way from Turkey. A group representing aged care homes in the UK has estimated 4,000 residents have died and are calling on the UK government to do more to protect vulnerable people. And a medical union wants NHS staff protected with legal immunity. Elsewhere in Europe, Portugal’s government says its swift action on closures and restrictions has helped it avoid the worst of the crisis. Germany, Israel and South Korea are among the countries beginning to lift restrictions.

A senior adviser to Scott Morrison has apologised for sending unauthorised copies of Malcolm Turnbull’s memoir to 59 friends. On Sunday, lawyers for Turnbull and his publisher Hardie Grant said they believed unauthorised digital copies of the book had been widely distributed and sent a letter of complaint, which, according to Turnbull, resulted in a late Sunday acknowledgement. The book, officially published today, discusses the leadership spill that saw Turnbull lose the top job and has piqued intrigue in Canberra and beyond. You can read an extract of the chapter that covers Turnbull’s relationship with the mercurial Donald Trump.

Australia

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said it was only fair that media companies that created the content got paid for it. Photograph: Mike Bowers/The Guardian

The federal government has ordered the ACCC to develop a mandatory code of conduct for digital giants, which would force Facebook and Google to share advertising revenue with Australian media companies. The code is a response to a digital platforms inquiry, and would require digital platforms to negotiate how to pay news media for the use of their content, among other requirements.

Two people have been charged after police seized a yacht allegedly packed with drugs off the New South Wales coast. The two men face potential life sentences after being charged with importing a commercial quantity of drugs.

The world

A Canadian police officer was killed and another injured after a gunman went on a 12-hour shooting rampage in Nova Scotia leaving “multiple victims” in his wake, police have said. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said the incident occurred in the small Atlantic coastal town of Portapique, about 130km north of the provincial capital Halifax.

Donald Trump has warned that China should face consequences if it was “knowingly responsible” for the coronavirus pandemic. US cases have topped 730,000 and fatalities in the country approached 39,000.

The Trump administration and Russia are blocking efforts to win binding UN security council backing for a global ceasefire to help fight the coronavirus pandemic. It has been almost one month since UN secretary general, António Guterres, called for an immediate end to fighting in all conflict areas.

A prominent Chinese human rights lawyer has been prohibited from reuniting with his family after a 14-day quarantine period following his release from prison. Rights groups and his family fear authorities are using the coronavirus pandemic as a pretext to hold Wang Quanzhang indefinitely.

Hackers are exploiting the thirst for content during coronavirus lockdowns, creating more than 700 fake streaming websites. Cybersecurity firm Mimecast has identified scam websites impersonating services such as Netflix and Disney+ that seek to harvest personal information from users.

Recommended reads

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Actors Amit Yahav and Shira Haas shine in the compelling Netflix series Unorthodox. Photograph: Anika Molnar/Netflix

Unorthodox is a thrilling coming-of-age story exploring rebellion and freedom, writes Brigid Delaney. The Netflix hit follows Esty, a young woman raised in a Hasidic Jewish community in Williamsburg, who flees to Berlin and triggers a chase by her husband, Yanky. “Esty is resourceful enough to flee there with papers from her grandparents, to find shelter, make friends, and ultimately secure an audition at a prestigious music school. All of this is remarkable when juxtaposed against her backstory, told through flashbacks.”

Could coronavirus lockdowns finally solve workplace burnout? Johanna Leggatt wonders – hopes – the pandemic forces a rethink of our obsession with work and the culture of busyness. She writes: “Now that everything is upended we are forced to evaluate what and who we love, what brings us joy and what drains the absolute life from us.”

As we enter a second month of our new, heavily restricted reality, Josephine Tovey is developing an appreciation, even a reverence, for the humble neighbourhood park. With outdoor exercise one of the only activities where one can be social (albeit in very limited numbers), she writes that “the park is the new pub for some of us”, arguing the public spaces we once took for granted must now be appreciated and protected.

Listen

Today’s Full Story looks at Justice for Tanya Day. Calla Wahlquist explores the coronial inquest into the death of the Yorta Yorta woman and her family’s campaign for justice.

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Sport

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Scotland v Italy in the 2019 Six Nations Championship. Photograph: Lee Smith/Action Images via Reuters

Rugby Union must see the enforced break as a chance to hit the reset button, writes Ugo Monye. Among the changes he proposes is a global calendar that would work for teams in both hemispheres.

In Italy, where the top league is suspended, players from Roma football club have agreed to go without four months’ salary. Serie A has been suspended since March and it’s not known when the season will resume.

Media roundup

In Queensland, councils have developed a $600m plan to save 14,000 jobs in the state, reports the Courier Mail. Bike shops in Sydney are struggling to keep up with demand as cyclists flood the now-quiet streets, according to the Sydney Morning Herald. The Australian has a story about a call by the small business ombudsman to legislate 30-day payment times, amid concerns about big business delaying payments to smaller suppliers during the coronavirus pandemic. And in case you missed it at the weekend, the Saturday Paper examines what went so wrong in north-west Tasmania – an Australian epicentre of the Covid-19 outbreak.

Coming up

The NRL will meet with broadcasters again today. The relationship has been tense lately, with the league asking for financial help from broadcasters before it secured a funding lifeline from overseas. Indigenous leaders will also meet today to call for action on remote food security.

And if you’ve read this far …

Facebook Twitter Pinterest The Elysée Palace in Paris has been the site of sexual intrigues, but president Emmanuel Macron appears to have bucked the trend. Photograph: INTERFOTO/Alamy Stock Photo

“We’re bored stiff at the Elysée. No one bonks any more,” said an unnamed butler at the French presidential palace to magazine Le Figaro. But it wasn’t always so, according to a new book exploring the scandals behind closed doors at the Elysée Palace. In Une Histoire Érotique de l’Elysée, author Jean Garrigues examines the conduct of powerful politicians with a modern lens, informed by the #MeToo movement.

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