Morning everyone. The Liberal National government in Queensland has repeatedly said it would “put victims at the heart” of the state’s justice policies – but we have an exclusive report today on how a panel of victim-survivors of domestic violence saw their report buried after it slammed police handling of cases and called for civilian reviews.
Plus: the incoming Labor president says concerns about personal safety are hindering how politicians do their job, economists say the renewal of the Middle East conflict makes rate hikes more likely here, and Zendaya has been accused of lacking “cultural knowledge” by wearing ancient jewellery.
Australia
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‘Make a difference’ | The incoming Labor president, Kate Ellis, says toxicity in politics is spilling into the broader community and public debate, warning threats against MPs’ safety are limiting how elected politicians do their jobs.
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Exclusive | The Queensland government has buried the findings of its own working group of domestic violence victim-survivors, after their report was heavily critical of police responses and called for a “civilian review mechanism” to escalate complaints about police.
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Surgeon banned | A surgeon has been found guilty of professional misconduct and barred from practising medicine for six months by a tribunal in New South Wales after she failed to detect cancer in one patient and operated on the wrong end of the bowel of another.
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Rate risk | The likelihood of a Reserve Bank interest rate hike has doubled according to market forecasts, as the escalating Middle East crisis once again drives fuel prices higher amid dwindling global oil reserves.
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Family first | An Aboriginal family preservation program aimed at giving at-risk children space to “tell their own stories” has been launched across New South Wales after a historic investment from the state government.
World
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Houthi warning | Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis have warned shipping companies that their tankers risk being attacked if they use Saudi Arabian ports, as the militia moved quickly to enforce a blockade announced the previous day. Nearly 100 US service members have been injured over the last two weeks of escalating strikes on Iran, the Pentagon has said, as Tehran launched a wave of reprisals to the tenth consecutive night of attacks. Follow developments live.
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Trump subpoena | Donald Trump’s administration sought to subpoena phone records of several New York Times journalists – and even those of some of their relatives – who wrote about the $400m Air Force One jet given to the president by Qatar.
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‘No warning’ | Fast-moving wildfires have burned two First Nations communities in Canada to the ground, as members said they were left to self-evacuate without government help or emergency alerts.
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Cosmic flip | Astronomers have found evidence that the Milky Way was flipped on its side following a direct hit from a wayward galaxy long before the solar system was born.
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Zendaya ‘hijack’ | The Odyssey star Zendaya has been criticised for wearing 3,000-year-old Iranian jewellery at an event to promote the film with some academics claiming it was a “hijacking” of Iran’s contributions to humanity.
Full Story
The fallout from Pauline Hanson’s Euro summer
Guardian Australia political reporter Josh Butler speaks to Reged Ahmad about how Pauline Hanson’s controversial trip to the UK could play with voters here.
In-depth
The Victorian government’s signature policy has been the $100bn “Big Build” of road and rail infrastructure projects but it is now threatening to derail Labor under a wave of cost overruns and claims about corruption. Cait Kelly explains.
Not the news
Gloom has descended on Australia’s musical theatre scene after high-profile cancellations of shows such as Waitress. But a revival of Grey Gardens in Melbourne “glows like a rare gem in a production that fully mines its wit and tragic impulse”, according to Tim Byrne, and gives hope to the sector.
Sport
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World Cup | The head of Spain’s La Liga has accused Fifa of “destroying the football industry” and called for its president, Gianni Infantino, to quit amid suggestions the tournament could be increased to 64 teams in 2030.
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Football | David Squires finds some laughs in the World Cup’s drab denouement and contrasts it with how the late, great Kevin Keegan embodied the game’s soul.
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Tennis | The French Open has become the first grand slam tournament to offer players a share of the event’s revenue in a significant step forward in the row over prize money.
Media roundup
Angus Taylor has quashed suggestions of a Liberal-One Nation merger in South Australia as Malcolm Roberts made new conspiracy-theory claims about Covid deaths, according to the Sydney Morning Herald. Almost 70% of voters think the country is heading in the wrong direction and six in 10 believe immigration levels are too high, a poll in the Australian shows. Up to two-thirds of patients with imminently life-threatening conditions are not being seen within the recommended time at the Royal Hobart hospital, the Mercury reports.
What’s happening today
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Economy | The Reserve Bank of Australia issues the results of its survey of public attitudes.
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Canberra | Rohan Pie, Nick Coatsworth and Mary Aldred address the National Press Club on illegal tobacco.
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Courts | Judgment at the federal court in Sydney on the Rebel Wilson defamation battle with Charlotte MacInnes.
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