{
  "id": 12227489,
  "title": "Morning Mail: Australians buried in unmarked graves; proposal to nationalise supermarkets; and revisiting Sandpapergate",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/morning-mail-australians-buried-in-unmarked-graves-proposal-to",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-05T20:12:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian Australia",
    "slug": "the-guardian-australia",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/06/morning-mail-tuesday-ntwnfb"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Guardian Australia has uncovered a troubling practice where impoverished Australians, including rough sleepers, migrants, and veterans, are being buried in unmarked communal graves. These graves often hold the remains of multiple people and have left grieving relatives and friends outraged. The practice has drawn criticism from the homelessness sector.\n\nFormer Greens MP Max Chandler-Mather has proposed a $25 billion plan to nationalize over 200 Coles and Woolworths supermarkets, along with opening hundreds of government-owned grocery stores. This idea draws inspiration from New York's mayor, Zohran Mamdani's initiative.\n\nAustralian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese arrived in Fiji for the first United Nations climate summit since his appointment, but the gathering was marred by a lack of non-Pacific leaders. Only two individuals from outside the Pacific region attended the preparatory meeting in Nadi.\n\nAs Australia prepares for the Cop31 UN climate summit in Turkey, a recent incident known as Sandpapergate has resurfaced. The term refers to Australia's return to the location of a past crime. Meanwhile, France is bracing for more student unrest, and Siberia has been placed under lockdown due to a lab worker's suspected death from plague.",
  "summary": "Want to get this in your inbox every weekday? Morning everyone. Today, a Guardian Australia investigation reveals how impoverished Australians are being buried in unmarked communal graves, a practice described by grieving relatives as “unspeakable”. We also report on a Greens proposal to nationalise…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}