Morning everyone. Our exclusive top story hears from veterans on the frontline of disaster relief calling for federal funding to set up a 10,000 volunteer army to help the recovery from extreme weather events such as last week’s NSW floods.
Overseas, a car has ploughed into crowds celebrating Liverpool’s Premier League win.
Plus, the incident between a president and his wife that has all France talking – but Emmanuel Macron says everyone needs to just calm down.
Australia
High politics | Adelaide’s first skyscraper – planned to be 38 storeys and 160m high – will be a “phallic” construction overshadowing the birthplace of women’s suffrage, critics say.
Exclusive | A veteran-led organisation on the frontline of disaster recovery wants federal government support to help establish a 10,000-strong volunteer army.
Exclusive | Most Australian women are not aware that intrauterine devices are the most effective form of contraception, with experts saying this nationwide “failure in public education” has contributed to low uptake.
Bali accused | An Australian man accused of trying to smuggle drugs into Bali faces “the death penalty or life in jail” if found guilty, police on the Indonesian tourist island said yesterday after parading him in a prison jumpsuit.
Exclusive | One of the architects of the Indigenous voice to parliament, Megan Davis, says Aboriginal Australians increasingly feel the government is not listening to their views on laws and policy design in the wake of the referendum defeat.
World
Liverpool arrest | A man has been detained after a car collided with pedestrians in Liverpool city centre after Liverpool FC’s Premier League victory parade. The home secretary, Yvette Cooper, has called the incident “shocking and horrendous” Follow developments live.
Gloves off | Germany will remove range restrictions on weapons delivered to Ukraine – to enable it to defend itself against Russia. It came after Moscow launched its third consecutive night of drone strikes against Ukraine, killing at least six people, and Donald Trump complained that Vladimir Putin has “gone crazy”.
‘Speak out’ | A former president of Harvard University has urged people to “speak out” to defend “foundational threats” to American values from the Trump administration. In his speech to mark Memorial Day, Trump took credit for the US hosting the 2026 football World Cup (alongside Canada and Mexico) and the 2028 Summer Olympics – and said “I have everything”. Follow developments live.
Gaza strike | An Israeli strike on a school housing displaced people in Gaza killed at least 33 people on Monday, coming after the head of a US-backed private humanitarian organisation distributing aid resigned, saying the operation could not fulfil its mission in a way that adhered to “humanitarian principles”.
Macron moment | Emmanuel Macron has denied he and his wife, Brigitte, had an altercation after a video appeared to show her pushing him in the face as they prepared to get off a plane in Vietnam.
Full Story
Will Labor take its chance to act on climate?
Nour Haydar speaks to Adam Morton about why there will never be a better chance for Labor to deliver on climate.
In-depth
One of the first big decisions that the new environment minister needs to make is whether Woodside can extend the life of the North West Shelf LNG plant in Western Australia. There are concerns about damage to rock art – a report on the issue downplays the risk but our environment editor Adam Morton says evidence buried deep in the document shows that local pollution is now about four times worse than in the 1960s and 1970s.
Not the news
A new exhibition co-presented by the Art Gallery of South Australia and the Art Gallery of NSW celebrates the work and lives of 50 pioneering Australian women who from the late 19th century “traded the antipodes for Bohemian melting pots in Bloomsbury and Chelsea, or Paris’s left bank” to develop their art. Walter Marsh finds out more.
Sport
Rugby league | New South Wales appear to be favourites going into Game One of this year’s State of Origin series in Brisbane tomorrow night.
Tennis | There were major upsets for two of the top American seeds at the French Open overnight, as Taylor Fritz and Emma Navarro crashed out in the first round.
Women’s football | Arsenal’s three Matildas were among the players celebrating with fans as they paraded the Women’s Champions League in north London.
Media roundup
The Sydney Morning Herald claims the Minns government is under pressure to step in and buy back the Northern Beaches hospital after Healthscope went bust, while the Mercury says there are also concerns in Tasmania about the future of Hobart Private. The Telegraph enjoys what it calls the “Origin spy drama” and says the Blues are using drones to find out who filmed their training session. A huge dust storm blanketed parts of Victoria and NSW as it travelled east from South Australia, the Age reports.
What’s happening today
Gold Coast | Forum on overcoming Indigenous family violence.
Health | ABS releases data on serum levels of Pfas for under-12s.
Sydney | First case management conference for Bob Brown Foundation legal action against federal environment law changes.
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