Morning everyone. Our exclusive top story reveals how Pauline Hanson and Barnaby Joyce claimed expenses to attend fundraising and donor events on board a luxury cruise ship, hosted by the mining billionaire Gina Rinehart.With a noisy backlash under way against Labor’s tax changes, we follow the money to see who is behind the campaign against the reforms.Plus: Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered his troops to seize “70% of the Gaza Strip”, world No 1 Jannik Sinner is out of the French Open, and we have another episode of the award-winning Full Story podcast.AustraliaNSW players celebrate their series win. Photograph: Dave Hunt/AAP
Rugby league | New South Wales have secured the first whitewash in Women’s State of Origin since the series shifted to three matches in 2024, after grinding out a 12-4 victory over Queensland in game three.
Exclusive | Pauline Hanson and Barnaby Joyce billed taxpayers more than $3,000 to attend fundraising and donor events on board the luxury cruise ship The World, hosted by the mining billionaire Gina Rinehart.
Taxing question | Ninety per cent of young Australians will be better off under the Albanese government’s tax proposals, the Treasury claims, as Labor moves to pass its changes into law.
