Morning Mail: ‘unusual’ Jam Land meeting revealed, Liberals to defy Howard on voice, Japan shock Germany

Native grassland in the Monaro was cleared by Jam Land, bringing an ‘unusual’ meeting of officials, the NFF and the company. Photograph: Rainer Rehwinkel

Morning, everyone. In April 2019 a meeting took place involving senior government officials, the chief executive of the National Farmers’ Federation and the director of a company called Jam Land to discuss the latter’s clearing of native grasslands. But a briefing note obtained by Guardian Australia reveals that this meeting was described by officials as “unusual”. Find out why below.

Also today: there are more concerns that some remote NSW communities could be cut by flooding off until December, there’s been another World Cup upset, and the Scots have been told they can’t have another independence referendum.