Morning Mail: Australia could ‘flip’ to renting nation, gender health gap increasing, Rebel Wilson accused

The shift in home ownership rates requires rethinking of tax and housing systems, researchers say. Photograph: Dave Hunt/AAP

Good morning. Australia is on the brink of “flipping” from a nation of homeowners to a country of renters, according to researchers, who have found that three out of five tenants expect to never become owners.

We also investigate why women face higher out of pocket healthcare costs, a dramatic development in Rebel Wilson’s defamation case, and the appeal of a stinking “corpse flower”.