Morning everyone. The Albanese government has work to do convincing voters that this month’s budget measures are the right ones with our latest Guardian Essential poll showing only a third or fewer voters back negative gearing and CGT changes.
We also report on an apparently misguided campaign by the anti-abortion activist Joanna Howe, and the anti-corruption commission is investigating a media leak about the arrest of Ben Roberts-Smith.
Plus: tinned tomatoes get a taste test, and a spectacular Australian win at Roland Garros.
Australia
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Image problem | An image posted on social media by anti-abortion activist Joanna Howe claiming to show aborted twin girls called “Ruth” and “Emma” appears to be from a TikTok video of newborn sugar gliders.
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Polled tax | Labor’s key budget measures on housing and tax have failed to win over Australians, with only a third or fewer voters backing negative gearing and CGT changes. Many doubt the changes will make things easier for first home buyers, according to the latest Guardian Essential poll.
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Syria return | A group of Australian women and children stuck in a Syrian detention camp since the defeat of Islamic State have arrived in Melbourne and Sydney amid a heated political debate about their future. Police said they made no arrests.
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BRS media probe | The federal government’s special investigator for war crimes allegations and the Australian federal police have asked the anti-corruption commission to investigate media leaks about the arrest of Ben Roberts-Smith, Senate estimates was told last night. In a busy hearing, the outgoing head of the National Anti-Corruption Commission, Paul Brereton, said investigations had made staff “terrified of making any mistake of fact or law”.
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BHP ‘should do more’ | The Labor MP Jerome Laxale says it’s “reasonable to expect more” from mining companies, breaking ranks to publicly back changes to the generous tax concessions blamed for holding back decarbonisation after revelations BHP delayed major projects to cut emissions.
World
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Turkish tensions | Riot police in Turkey have fired teargas and water cannon to break up a rally called by ousted opposition leader Özgür Özel days after a court dismissed him from office.
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Peace possibility | Iran has accused the US of breaking the ceasefire but a proposed peace agreement between Iran and the US appeared still to be in play despite US bombings of Iranian targets. Follow developments live.
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Trump test | Donald Trump, who turns 80 next month, has had his routine annual physical at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center after a year of public attention on apparent health issues. He says “Everything checked out PERFECTLY”.
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Water rights | A refusal by a hotel restaurant in the Italian Dolomites to serve a guest tap water has culminated in Italy’s top court ruling that being served water from the tap is not a consumer right.
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Freak accident | A woman in South Carolina died in a freak accident after she was struck in the neck by a restaurant table umbrella picked up by a strong gust of wind.
Full Story
The death penalty returns to Israel
Our senior Middle East correspondent, Emma Graham-Harrison, explains how new laws in Israel will allow the death penalty for Palestinians while Annie Kelly asks whether there are any dissenting voices in the country.
In-depth
Renters, who make up a third of households, are being deprived of significant savings on their power bills because landlords are not being incentivised to install insulation and solar panels. Petra Stock reports.
Not the news
Nicholas Jordan’s latest taste test challenge – supermarket tinned tomatoes – proved to be his most difficult yet. How do you conduct the test? Tasting straight from the can or cooked up in a sauce? Find out about his elaborate workings – and the result.
Sport
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Rugby league | The Blues and Maroons both go into tonight’s State of Origin opener in Sydney with rookie halves, writes Jack Snape, and working under new rules set to change how the teams are picked and how the game is played.
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Tennis | Wildcard Adam Walton has pulled off the biggest victory of his career at the French Open, staying cool in the Paris heat to shock a frazzled Daniil Medvedev. His victory came as Alex de Minaur was given a free pass into the last 32 because of an injury to his second-round opponent.
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Cycling | Jonas Vingegaard underlined his dominance on uphill finishes at the Giro d’Italia, launching a solo attack on the climb to Carì to claim victory on stage 16.
Media roundup
WAtoday reports Anthony Albanese is planning tax concessions to appease small businesses. Julia Gillard has been heckled at a UK writers’ festival by a woman blaming the former prime minister for the recent Tickle v Giggle court case, Sydney’s Daily Telegraph reports. Essendon risk being locked in a doom loop, the Herald Sun reckons, and thinks James Hird could return as coach.
What’s happening today
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Economy | Inflation figures due at 11.30am.
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Politics | Employment minister Amanda Rishworth will outline a major overhaul of the employment system in an address to the National Press Club.
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Canberra | Travis Lovett’s National Walk for Truth arrives at Parliament House.
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Brain teaser
And finally, here are the Guardian’s crosswords to keep you entertained throughout the day. Until tomorrow.
