Good morning. Coalition insiders have a nagging fear that Peter Dutton’s insistence that people should stop working from home might make it hard to win back suburban teal seats. That fear is connected to a broader disquiet about their threadbare policy slate, with an election expected to be called very soon.
Plus – we have a special report on how Australia’s love of huge cars is linked to higher road deaths, Vladimir Putin questions the Ukraine truce plan, the UN calls Israeli attacks on women’s health in Gaza “genocidal”, and the unexpected joy of aqua aerobics.