Good morning, everyone. The Coalition senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price emailed her supporters asking if they’d heard about the attack on her from Lisa Wilkinson, who she called a “woke celebrity and voice activist” – in an effort to raise an “urgent” $130,000 fund for the campaign against an Indigenous voice to parliament. And documents obtained by Guardian Australia show how lobbyists secured political support for a controversial fossil fuel project.
Plus: 20 minutes of brilliance from Australia’s bowlers have left the first Ashes Test on a knife edge, and a new analysis reveals how much households can save in each state by switching off the gas supply.
Australia
Middle Arm | Documents obtained by Guardian Australia reveal the key players behind a vast Australian fossil fuel expansion in Northern Territory.
Indigenous voice | The no campaign is fundraising off the back of comments made by The Project host Lisa Wilkinson about the shadow minister for Indigenous Australians, Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, in a leaked recording of conversations with Brittany Higgins.
Energy switch | Getting households off gas for heating and cooking would cut energy bills and is vital for Australia to hit net zero greenhouse emissions by 2050, a new analysis finds.
Housing crisis | The Greens senator Nick McKim will introduce a private member’s bill which seeks to allow the commonwealth to work with states and territories in a similar way to the energy market intervention and freeze rent increases for two years, cap increases thereafter and ban no-grounds evictions.
Youth justice | More than 60% of the workforce at the troubled Cleveland youth detention centre in north Queensland quit during the past three years. That was the same time the state enacted laws designed to lock up more children.
World
Partygate | Michael Gove has apologised for a new Partygate video that shows Conservative officials dancing and laughing as they broke Covid lockdown rules, deeming their actions “terrible” and “indefensible”. People bereaved by Covid expressed disgust at the images.
Exclusive | Scientists have created a model human embryo with a heartbeat and traces of blood in an advance that offers an extraordinary window into the first weeks of life.
Ukraine | Russian occupiers unleashed a reign of terror in the Ukrainian city of Enerhodar, detailed to the Guardian by one survivor of the secret police.
Donald Trump | Some Republican politicians and officials denounced Donald Trump over his handling of classified documents – but also questioned the motives of the US justice department in bringing an unprecedented 37-count indictment against the former president.
Greece | Pakistani nationals appear to have been forced below deck on the trawler carrying refugees that sank off Greece last week, with hundreds of passengers feared dead.
Full Story
The Australian towns losing free legal assistance
In a cost-of-living crisis, demand for free legal help is soaring – but community legal centres are being forced to cut staff and turn people away, as government funding fails to keep up. Nino Bucci speaks to Jane Lee about the crisis in the legal assistance sector.
In-depth
The decline of the daily commute has been good for most but entering the workforce without ever working in an office can be challenging for young workers – one US survey found 82% of generation Z had never worked full-time in an in-person office environment.
“I feel there’s a secret sauce that everyone knows about … that I just don’t get,” says Farhana Ismail of Melbourne, who landed her first professional job in March 2021, after her industry had moved mostly online. “I feel like I’ve missed out by starting my career this way.”
Not the news
Few things divide opinion in the restaurant world like the tasting menu – a mode of dining that got a bad name when it became too serious and expensive, writes Tony Naylor. Now such menus are shorter, cheaper, more inviting – and they’re making a comeback, Naylor says: buffeted by soaring energy, food and staff costs, chef-owners have begun to re-examine the financial stability that tasting menus offer.
The world of sport
The Ashes | The first Test is set to end in a two-innings shoot-out; England is 35 runs ahead of Australia with two wickets down after the third day at Edgbaston. Here’s Simon Burnton’s Ashes diary.
NRL | The Cowboys pipped the Panthers, the Eels shocked the Sea Eagles and the Sharks put the bite on the Dogs as State of Origin 2 lost a gamebreaker.
Golf | The final round of the US Open came down to a duel between old rivals.
AFL | Carlton broke a blue streak and the Bulldogs, Tigers, Lions and Giants notched victories. And the spate of suspensions for dangerous tackles may be the least understood and worst explained change in the history of the sport, writes Jonathan Horn.
Boxing | Australia’s Tim Tszyu delivered a 72-second knockout of Carlos Ocampo in his super-welterweight title defence.
Media roundup
The Australian reports that SAS troops will face unprecedented battle-camera scrutiny to expose misconduct and rebut false claims against them. The Sydney Morning Herald explains how the city’s most toxic river is returning to life after decades of abuse. NT News has pictures from the Darwin Supercars, which attracted “revheads from all corners of the country”.
What’s happening today
State visit | Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei will meet Anthony Albanese.
Timor-Leste | There will be a public hearing on the defence cooperation agreement between Australia and the Timor-Leste.
White Island | A judgment is expected for the family of a man who died amid the Whakaari White Island volcano eruption in New Zealand, and others, against their cruise ship company.
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Brain teaser
And finally, here are the Guardian’s crosswords to keep you entertained throughout the day – with plenty more on the Guardian’s Puzzles app for iOS and Android. Until tomorrow.
