Good afternoon. A 23-year-old airport worker is assisting border force authorities after they seized 52 vials of suspected hazardous waste during a raid at a Sydney home yesterday. Tributes have continued to flow for Michael Parkinson, who has died at the age of 88.
And the woman at the centre of the suspected mushrooms poisonings, Erin Patterson, has asked the media waiting outside her home to back off. It comes as the Department of Agriculture, which is in charge of making sure imported food is safe to eat, has said it will not be investigating the mushroom supply chain.
Top news
Airport worker questioned after border force raid | The 23-year-old is assisting authorities after they seized 52 vials of suspected hazardous waste. There is no ongoing risk to the communities, authorities have said.
NSW police officer involved in arrest of disabled Indigenous man placed on restricted duties | The police minister, Yasmin Catley, said a video of Tuesday’s arrest, which was revealed by the Guardian, was “difficult to watch”, amid calls for a parliamentary inquiry into the police’s use of force.
Trolls post personal information of jurors in Trump indictment | Far-right trolls are targeting the grand jury that indicted the former president. Several users on Trump’s rightwing social media platform Truth Social have been sharing personal details of grand jury members and encouraging people to “have some fun” with them.
Erin Patterson delivers a warning to waiting media | The woman at the centre of the suspected deadly mushroom lunch has placed a laminated “legal notice” at her driveway telling reporters to stay away.
Long-range missiles will do little and cost a lot, report warns | Australia’s push to get its very own long-range missiles lacks credibility, a new report from the Australian Army Research Centre has warned. Despite this, the defence force largely backs the plan – read more here to find out why.
Michael Parkinson’s most memorable moments | From asking Miss Piggy what it was like being a sex symbol to managing the stony Meg Ryan interview, the late TV host has been remembered for his many classic interviews and controversies.
A-League Women’s season to launch in October after World Cup fever | As the Matildas gear up for their third-place playoff, the A-League has announced it will have a standalone round one week before the men’s competition starts.
US reportedly approves sending F-16 jets to Ukraine from Denmark and Netherlands | But there is uncertainty over how helpful they will be in the current counteroffensive, while Russia has claimed the move poses a “colossal risk” to western countries.
Aukus, company profits and Help debt dominate ALP conference | Debate over nuclear submarines provoked genuine dissent on the conference floor, but there was plenty of other action covered in our live blog.
Violence forces parents to take children out of school in NT | The community of Peppimenarti is facing an outbreak of violence driven by an outback gang, with locals saying they feel unsupported and funding is not getting to where it’s needed.
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Newsroom edition: Australia’s love affair with football – is this a new beginning?
Australia has fallen in love with the Matildas. Despite bowing out in the World Cup semi-finals to England, football fever has spread across the nation and sparked hope that this tournament is just the beginning of a bright future for women’s sport.
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“He should definitely be a strong candidate for the job.”
The former Team USA manager Jill Ellis says the Matildas coach, Tony Gustavsson, should be earmarked as a potential candidate to fix the USA women’s national team, which had an underwhelming showing during the World Cup.
In numbers
More than one-quarter of submissions from individual e-cigarette users to the government’s vaping reforms consultation featured text from an “astroturfing” campaign led by the tobacco and vaping industry, a study has found.
Before bed read
Caitlin Cassidy was not even two weeks into her European holiday when her phone was pickpocketed. The next morning the full weight of realisation dawned on her – she was without a GPS, Google reviews or Instagram. All of a sudden, she was travelling like people did before the internet.
Daily word game
Today’s starter word is: Thou. You have five goes to get the longest word including the starter word. Play Wordiply.
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