Morning, everyone. Hours after using parliamentary privilege to accuse a fellow senator of sexual assault, Lidia Thorpe returned to the Senate chamber last night and dramatically withdrew the allegations. But she has said she will make another statement today in a story likely to dominate the day of politics ahead. There’s plenty more going on though – overseas, scientists have created synthetic human embryos from stem cells, and back home we have taken a deep dive into the voice referendum polls to work out what’s going on.
