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 Slovakian prime minister, Robert Fico, is fighting for his life after a “politically motivated” attack. Also today, a special Guardian investigation into allegations of sexual assault by the celebrated...

Cumberland council votes 13-2 to overturn ban on same-sex parenting book. Follow the day’s news liveGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastIt’s always nice to start the morning with a little bit of a lol.In this instance, it is brought to you by former prime minister Scott Morrison, who is in the US and caught up with...

It is impossible for wages to drive inflation when they are actually rising slower than inflationRemember all that talk about wage-price spirals? About wages driving inflation? All that worry about a wages breakout causing interest rates to rise? Ahh yes, good times. It seems that many commentators and economists love fairytales, and the story that...

Labor touts cost of living package as ‘substantial’ but advocates say changes are inadequateFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe federal government’s decision not to further increase funding for jobseeker, housing and domestic violence is a “gaping hole in...

Treasurer says migration ‘important’ but needs to be ‘well managed’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastJim Chalmers has said the projected halving of net migration will contribute to Australia’s inflation fight, ahead of Peter Dutton’s budget reply which is expected...

Announcements are ‘good steps’ to reduce harms caused by employment services system but fall short of the overhaul required, advocates sayFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe Albanese government will relax some of the requirements imposed job seekers as a condition...