Good morning. Liz Truss will become Britain’s next prime minister. Albanese promises to work with the resources sector to “reduce emissions in a predictable and orderly way.” And the Guardian Essential poll tracks a worrying fall in Australians’ trust in government.
Liz Truss will become Britain’s next prime minister after beating Rishi Sunak in the Conservative leadership contest. The foreign secretary won 81,326 votes (57.4%) of Tory members to the former chancellor’s 60,399 (42.6%) and will take over from Boris Johnson, who was ousted by his own MPs earlier this summer. But the euphoria of victory will quickly give way to the hard reality of the economic challenges ahead, with the country gripped by a cost of living crisis leaving families struggling to pay their energy bills this winter.
A majority of voters think Scott Morrison should resign from parliament, and that he “diminished the reputation of government” by secretly appointing himself to five additional portfolios while prime minister, according to the latest Guardian Essential poll. The poll also finds trust in government in steady decline. Scott Morrison has said he didn’t immediately apologise for having himself secretly sworn in to multiple ministries because he didn’t want to be caught up in a “political circus” of criticism.
Anthony Albanese has promised to work with the resources sector to “reduce emissions in a predictable and orderly way” and that Australia will continue to be a “trusted and stable supplier of energy” to trading partners. Albanese told the minerals industry parliamentary dinner on Monday the “cooperation and dialogue” Labor achieved at the two-day jobs and skills summit should be the rule not a “48-hour exception”. On Monday the Greens introduced new “climate trigger” laws into parliament that would ban emissions intensive projects.
Australia
The Greens and Jacqui Lambie Network have moved to disallow a controversial $18m grant to a leadership foundation for which the governor general, David Hurley, personally lobbied the Morrison government.
Patients are demanding greater regulation of the cosmetic facial filler industry as they report devastating injuries, pain and side-effects after undergoing a common reversal procedure.
Gender equality for the chief executive roles of Australia’s top public companies is still 100 years away based on current trends, a new report has found, with progress at the executive level moving at a “glacial pace”.
More than 58% of boys referred to a Queensland forensic service for sexual assaults were exposed to domestic or family violence before their crimes, a study has found, as researchers call for an overhaul of youth justice programs.
Progressive critics of the Indigenous voice to parliament need to “check themselves” to avoid repeating the same types of messages as a “racist no campaign”, the head of GetUp says.
After 17 years in a prime time spot and 40 years on television, Tracy Grimshaw will step down from hosting Nine’s A Current Affair in November.
Australia’s press watchdog has received multiple complaints about a widely condemned News Corp column by Steve Price in which he complained he was among a white “minority”, a claim that flies in the face of evidence on media diversity.
Australians with mortgages are so far mostly managing to cope with higher interest rates, but the full impact of recent rises is yet to be felt and increased costs for energy are still to take effect, economists say.
The world
Pakistan’s biggest lake is on the verge of bursting its banks after attempts by authorities to drain it in a controlled way failed, a senior local official has warned. In a last-ditch effort to avoid a catastrophe, officials breached Lake Manchar on Sunday, a move they acknowledged could displace up to 100,000 people from their homes but also save densely populated areas from floods.
Environmental destruction in parts of the Amazon is so complete that swathes of the rainforest have reached tipping point and may never be able to recover, a major study carried out by scientists and Indigenous organisations has found.
Gas prices surged on Monday and the pound and euro slumped after Russia shut down a big pipeline indefinitely. Germany is to temporarily halt the phaseout of two nuclear power plants in an effort to shore up energy security after Russia cut supplies of gas to Europe’s largest economy.
Two areas of Somalia are likely to enter a state of famine later this year as the country battles an unrelenting drought and flare-ups of conflict, the UN humanitarian chief has warned.
A federal judge has granted Donald Trump’s request to have a “special master” appointed to review documents the FBI seized from his Mar-a-Lago estate that could be subject to privilege protections in the investigation into his unauthorized retention of government secrets.
A manhunt was under way in western Canada on Sunday night as police searched for two men suspected in a series of stabbings that have killed 10 people and wounded at least 15 others.
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Stagnant wages, skills shortages and an ageing workforce are plaguing Australia’s economic future. Political reporter Paul Karp talks to Jane Lee about how Labor’s jobs and skills summit tried to tackle these issues in two days.
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Sport
The AFLW’s switch to an August start is being hailed a success as league hierarchy pushes for more Indigenous women to join the competition.
Media roundup
Australia’s Catholic Bishops Conference will advise Catholic schools not to assist in gender transition affirmation, the Australian reports. And the Sydney Morning Herald says the New South Wales government is considering new road user charges to reduce congestion.
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Refugees and asylum seekers rally in Canberra for permanent visas.
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