Morning everyone. New scrutiny on the big four global consultancies and their relationship with government – triggered by the PwC tax advice scandal – has led to calls for a ban on political donations from them. Anthony Albanese is being urged to rethink plans to travel to China in the wake of Hong Kong’s demand for the arrest of exiled activists, and Linda Burney has planned an emotional plea for a yes vote as she sets out what she hopes will be its priorities when it starts up. Plus: how a pathologist found “floating gold” in a washed up whale.
