Morning Mail: who is funding our thinktanks, Donald Trump ally shot in US, Tim Wilson’s costly sharemarket bet

Uniform disclosure rules would ensure a level playing field for thinktanks, Transparency International Australia says. Composite: Getty

Good morning. As some of Australia’s biggest thinktanks refuse to reveal their backers, we weigh up whether they should be made to be more open about where their money comes from.

Prominent US rightwing activist Charlie Kirk has been shot at a Utah university event, and reportedly died. And the Polish PM says his nation is closer to conflict “than any time since the second world war” after an incursion by Russian drones.