Morning everyone. Another day, another diplomatic mission for Anthony Albanese as he heads to London for talks with the leaders of the UK and Canada – an “axis of moderation” perhaps – after a successful week in New York. The prime minister’s statesmanship has contrasted sharply with Coalition turmoil at home and we examine Andrew Hastie’s emergence as a potential leader of Australia’s “Maga right”. We also look at what higher inflation means for the economy, a skull find that suggests early humans did not emerge from Africa, and what’s the greatest duet of all time?
Australia
‘Truly listen’ | A grieving mother has pleaded with doctors to “truly listen to parents” after she watched her toddler die from sepsis as clinicians stuck to their diagnosis that she had a fever. Miranda Jowett was speaking after an inquest in Melbourne found that doctors could “potentially’ have saved Dio Kemp’s life.
Diplomatic victory | Anthony Albanese has staked his claim to be taken seriously on the world stage as he promoted Australian ideas about the Middle East, climate action and social media bans during a successful week in New York. He will wrap it up by meeting Keir Starmer and Mark Carney in London to discuss how progressives can counter the surge of the far right.
Centrelink glitch | Hundreds of thousands of Centrelink payments were illegally cancelled because of a glitch in the automated system that runs the government’s controversial mutual obligations scheme, the peak body for community legal centres has said.
Inflated fears | This week’s inflation figures came as a bit of shock to markets, with expectations of more rate cuts immediately being hosed down. But there are reasons to be optimistic, our economics editor reckons.
Burning question | China has announced its first target to cut emissions but it could be bad news for Australia’s budget with revenue from coal and LNG exports expected to fall as a result.
World
Exclusive | Microsoft has terminated the Israeli military’s access to technology it used to operate a powerful surveillance system that collected millions of Palestinian civilian phone calls made each day in Gaza and the West Bank, the Guardian can reveal. Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian Authority president, has decried Israel’s “war of genocide” and settlement expansion in a speech to the United Nations by video link after he was barred from the US. He also said Hamas would hand over its weapons in any postwar settlement.
Sarkozy jailed | The former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has been given a five-year prison sentence after being found guilty of making a corruption pact with the late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi to receive election funding. His conviction is a turning point in the country’s battle against graft.
Prime suspects | Amazon has agreed to pay $US2.5bn in fines and redress to Prime subscribers to settle a lawsuit by the US trade watchdog which accused the retail giant of signing users up for the service without their consent and making it difficult to cancel.
‘Drone wall’ | European ministers are to meet for urgent talks on building a “drone wall” to defend against incoming incursions from the skies after Denmark said it had been the victim of a “hybrid attack” on four airports in the second such incident in days.
Outside of Africa? | A million-year-old human skull suggests that the origins of modern humans may reach back far deeper in time than previously thought and raises the possibility that Homo sapiens first emerged outside of Africa.
Full Story
Newsroom edition: Trump’s war on truth reverberates in Australia
After Donald Trump’s UN speech, Bridie Jabour talks to the editor, Lenore Taylor, and the national news editor, Josephine Tovey, about the globalisation of misinformation and why facts are more important than ever.
In-depth
Despite all the attention on events in New York, back home the Liberals have continued slugging it out among themselves with Andrew Hastie emerging as a possible king across the water or, in his case, across the desert in WA. Dan Jervis-Bardy traces Hastie’s rise from Tony Abbott protege to self-styled defender of western values, but encounters doubts in Coalition ranks about whether his brand of faith and nostalgia would cut it in the key urban seats of Sydney and Melbourne.
Not the news
It’s 30 years since Nick Cave and Kylie Minogue recorded their unlikely duet of Where The Wild Roses Grow. It scores highly for improbability, but is it the greatest duet ever made? Our pop critic ranks the top 20 best pop duets.
Sport
Bledisloe Cup | Injuries and long-distance flights have hampered the Wallabies’ preparation, but they’ll still be hoping they can break their Eden Park curse against the All Blacks in Auckland tomorrow night.
AFL | Memories of three successive flags in the early 2000s sustained the faith for Brisbane Lions fans like our own Joe Hinchliffe during barren years. To win back-to-back grand finals would be a dream come true.
Women’s rugby | Underdogs Canada are confident they can “burst” England’s aura of invincibility in the Women’s Rugby World Cup final (1am Sunday AEST), says their most-capped player, Tyson Beukeboom.
Media roundup
A Perth grandmother has lost her appeal in Japan against a six-year prison term for alleged drug-trafficking, WAtoday reports. The Age claims to have the “inside story” on why Andrew Hastie has chosen this moment to rock the Coalition boat. Qantas and Jetstar have both cancelled some flights from Brisbane to Melbourne, the Courier Mail reports, angering Lions fans heading south for tomorrow’s AFL grand final. Two Sydney chefs have gone to war over a $36 breakfast, the Australian Financial Review reports.
What’s happening today
Sydney | Launch of report into anti-Palestinian racism in schools.
Queensland | Hearing at Toowoomba district court house into Bruce Lehrmann’s application to permanently stay his trial.
Diplomacy | Anthony Albanese will visit Keir Starmer in Downing Street and address the Global Progress Action summit.
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