Morning everyone. Our reporters have been digging into the way organisers mobilised support for the weekend’s anti-immigration March for Australia – especially by using the shield of “ordinary mums and dads” to push the idea of white supremacy.
Also today, Labor faces renewed pressure over its aged care and Nauru deportation plans; leaked White House plans for a “Gaza Riviera” have attracted widespread derision; and how the TV show Blue Murder still packs a punch, even after 30 years. Plus: de Minaur is through to the US Open quarter-finals.
Australia
Larrakia return | A collection of weapons and ceremonial objects taken from the Larrakia people more than a century ago is on its way back to the Northern Territory after being returned by Bristol city council in the UK.
Aged care anger | Labor could be forced to bring on immediate funding for new in-home aged care services as the Coalition, Greens and crossbench MPs team up in the Senate in anger over the government’s refusal to address growing shortages, ahead of a new system beginning in November.
Robot reboot | Alex Proyas, the Australian film-maker behind The Crow and I, Robot, claims AI technology will “streamline” the film workforce but will make projects easier and cheaper and help fix a “broken” industry.
‘Daddy quota’ | Rank-and-file Victorian Liberal party members will use this month’s state council meeting to push for a regulated cannabis market for adult use, overhaul heritage and planning laws and introduce a full year of parental leave with a “daddy quota”.
‘A great man’ | Joe Bugner, the British heavyweight who went the distance with boxing legends Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier in the 1970s, has died in a care home in Brisbane at the age of 75.
World
‘Gaza Riviera’ | A plan circulating in the White House to develop the “Gaza Riviera” as a string of hi-tech megacities has been dismissed as an “insane” attempt to provide cover for large-scale ethnic cleansing. It comes as leading genocide scholars back a resolution stating that Israel’s actions in Gaza meet the legal definition of the crime.
Afghan horror | Afghans caught in an earthquake in the country’s Kunar province have described their terror as the “walls collapsed around me” and they saw children and relatives injured or killed. At least 800 people have died.
Russian jam | Russia is believed to have jammed the satellite signal of a plane carrying the European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, over Bulgaria, reportedly forcing it to circle the airport for an hour.
Fed warning | Donald Trump’s attempt to influence the US Federal Reserve could pose a “very serious danger” for the world economy, the head of the European Central Bank has warned.
Bell toll | An 11-year-old boy playing a common prank game of ringing doorbells in Houston, Texas, has been shot dead as he ran away from a house.
Full Story
Australia’s ‘secret’ deportation deal with Nauru – podcast
Ben Doherty speaks to Nour Haydar about why critics have labelled the government’s plan to deport people to its Pacific neighbour “disgraceful and dangerous”. Anthony Albanese has insisted there’s “nothing secret” about a $400m deal with Nauru to offload hundreds of non-citizens to the tiny Pacific island as questions mount over the agreement’s fine print.
In-depth
The weekend’s March for Australia played on “the return to an imagined white Australia”, experts have told our reporters, and organisers used the shield of “ordinary mums and dads” to sell white supremacy. Elon Musk shared a post on social media that wrongly claimed 150,000 people took part in anti-immigration protests in the Australian cities of Sydney and Brisbane, though police estimated the total at about 21,000.
Not the news
Bailey Smith’s celebrity status and a history of indiscretions made many doubt he could fit into Geelong’s winning machine. But the midfielder’s revelations about his struggle with mental health has shone new light on his journey to the top of the game ahead of his team’s finals clash against Brisbane on Friday.
Sport
Tennis | Alex de Minaur (above) is through to the last eight of the US open in New York after a rapid straight sets win over the Swiss qualifier Leandro Riedi. There’s plenty more action to come and you can follow it live.
Athletics | Eliud Kipchoge, the great Kenyan marathon runner, tells Martin Pegan about the transformative experience of distance running, inspiring the next generation and Sydney’s “beautiful and unique” course.
Football | Liverpool have paid a British record £125m ($A250m) to buy Alexander Isak from Newcastle, but a £35m deal to take England defender Mark Guehi to Anfield from Crystal Palace fell through as the transfer window closed. Erik ten Hag has been sacked as Bayer Leverkusen manager after two league games.
Media roundup
Writing in the Age, Bob Carr has defended his decision to attend China’s security summit. Sydney taxi drivers face being banned from Sydney airport if they are caught scamming passengers, the Telegraph claims. Allowing people to throw axes inside a club on Adelaide’s premier party strip is too dangerous despite being an “enjoyable experience”, a judge has ruled, according to the Advertiser.
What’s happening today
Canberra | Farmers for Climate Action will hold the Farming Forever summit.
Sydney | There is a media call for Sydney’s Fringe festival.
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