Want to get this in your inbox every weekday? Sign up for the Morning Mail here, and finish your day with our Afternoon Update newsletterMorning everyone. The good news for Angus Taylor is that support for One Nation seems to have plateaued. The bad news is the Coalition has slipped as well, and his approval rating is dangerously underwater.Meanwhile in Japan, many are feared dead after an earthquake shook the southern island of Kyushu. We also look at whether Ben Carroll can reset Labor’s fortunes in Victoria, Fifa plans to sell off the World Cup and the English club cricketers who are seriously nicked off.Day job | Qantas completed an ultra long-haul commercial flight when its Airbus jet landed in Toulouse overnight, after a flight from Melbourne lasting 24 hours and 24 minutes.Exclusive | One Nation’s primary vote has plateaued and Angus Taylor’s approval rating has crashed, according to the latest Guardian Essential poll. The opposition leader yesterday inadvertently took centre stage in an Icac hearing (he is not accused of wrongdoing) – and as Anne Davies writes, the fallout could be profound. Peter Lewis judges that the Albanese government is in good shape but needs to keep testing its thinking.Carroll service begins | Ben Carroll’s first act as Victoria’s new premier was to announce a royal commission into alleged corruption in the construction sector, with experts saying the move could boost Labor’s hopes of holding on to power in the state. However, our Victorian state politics reporter says his toughest task will be to convince voters he’s not just more of the same.Rex battle | The government will insist Rex Patrick pays up to $150,000 to cover its legal costs if he loses a fight to access documents about the Aukus agreement, escalating a battle in which several crossbench MPs have swung behind the former senator.‘Basic’ errors | Asic has accused banks of “not getting the basics right”, after the regulator found faulty mortgage offset accounts meant borrowers were being overcharged tens of millions of dollars in extra interest payments. Continue reading...
Source: The Guardian Australia
