Morning, everyone. “The longer you work on the climate change beat, the less surprised you are when the very bad things scientists warned would happen, start to happen ... But this year has felt different.” So writes our environment reporter, Graham Readfearn, as he kicks off the first part of a special series – The weight of the world: a climate scientist’s burden – in which he has talked to Australia’s pioneering experts about what it feels like to have tried – and often failed – to warn about the need for action on the crisis.
In other news, tensions are building about state funding, there’s still hope for a hostage deal in Israel, and we’ve spoken to the Palestine football coach before their match against Australia tonight.
