Good morning. Today we dig into One Nation’s growing pains as it seeks to match its internal operations to its political ambitions. We reveal the party has ordered its members to dissolve and re-establish branches and agree to strict gag orders after an internal review by the party uncovered “significant risks”.Housing advocates are calling on MPs to reject fearmongering and back Labor’s proposed changes to negative gearing and capital gains tax to “level the playing field” for renters and young homebuyers.There are calls for urgent action over the ballooning numbers of feral horses in Kosciuszko national park. And after a global outcry, Israel says it has now deported foreign activists it seized from a Gaza-bound flotilla.Australia Photograph: Mike Bowers/The Guardian
At a canter | Feral horse numbers have surged in the Kosciuszko national park, with new data estimating populations climbed by thousands after the New South Wales government paused aerial culling in 2025.
Exclusive | One Nation’s rapid expansion of local branches across the country is in disarray, with the party being forced to dissolve and re-establish its new network after less than eight months.
‘Long overdue’ | Housing groups are urging MPs to quickly pass Labor’s changes to negative gearing and capital gains tax, saying the reforms will improve fairness for renters and young homebuyers.
