Good morning. The New South Wales environmental regulator has known for more than a decade that asbestos and lead-contaminated soil fill might have been used in childcare centres, schools and parks, according to documents obtained by Guardian Australia. Investigations by the regulator in 2013 and 2019 found widespread rule breaches by waste facilities but in 2022, the regulator walked away from a proposal to tighten the standards.
On Labor’s changes to the stage-three tax cuts, read our data dive into which electorates stand to benefit (and the few that don’t) from the overhaul. Meanwhile, Jannik Sinner has sunk Daniil Medvedev in an extraordinary comeback to win his first slam title at the Australian Open, and three US soldiers have been killed in Jordan.
