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 from a sneak preview of next week’s federal budget is that many households will see their disposable income increase. The bad news is that there will be no extra money for people on...

Foreign affairs minister says she has repeated Australia’s objections to a new ground offensive. Follow the day’s news liveGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAllowing super withdrawals to pay for first home would blow multibillion-dollar hole in budget, modelling findsLetting Australians access superannuation to...

Edel Hsieh, who is linked to HyperVerse CEO, alleges police tortured him into signing a false confessionAn American cryptocurrency entrepreneur locked in a legal dispute with the CEO of the collapsed crypto fund HyperVerse has been detained in Dubai and alleges police have tortured him into signing a false confession, the Guardian can reveal.Edel Hsieh,...

Deloitte modelling for Super Members Council finds move could cost budget up to $2.5bn a year by end of the decadeFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastLetting Australians access superannuation to buy their first home would blow a hole of up to $2.5bn a year in...

People living on the shores of Ballarat’s Lake Burrumbeet say they have to choose between rent or food and petrol – and they have chosen the latterSign up for the Rural Network email newsletterJoin the Rural Network group on Facebook to be part of the communityAn old black billy hangs above a doused fire at the front of John Cleeland’s caravan, nestled...

Royal commissions into disability and aged care found ‘a fundamental problem’ with how the drugs were usedFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastGlenda Parkin was 56 when she was diagnosed with younger-onset dementia, a rare visual variant of Alzheimer’s disease...