Morning everyone. It sounds like an Indiana Jones film with ne’er-do-wells digging for treasure, artefacts smuggled through the jungle and someone trying to right the wrongs. But this is the real story of how Australia came to have a trio of priceless bronzes from Cambodia’s ancient Cham culture and decided to hand them back in an “example to the world”. We’re also reporting on a slightly absurd twist in the murky relationship between government and the consulting industry, plus on-the-spot analysis of Ukraine’s counteroffensive and the latest incredible Women’s World Cup drama.
