Emily KowalUpdated June 30, 2026 — 7:17am,first published 7:03amThis morning’s headlines at a glanceBy Emily KowalLatest Posts7.17amMichaelia Cash dismisses calls for Liberal party ‘rebrand’By Nick NewlingLiberal Senate leader Michaelia Cash has repeatedly rebuffed questions over the Coalition’s record low polling, insisting that Opposition Leader Angus Taylor’s leadership is safe.“There’s a long way to go between now and the next election, and our focus is on putting forward a credible plan to the Australian people that will improve their standard of living,” Cash told Nine’s Today this morning.“I walk through shopping centres and people come up to me, and they say: ‘Please change the government. We cannot afford any more of a Labor-Greens dirty deal’,” Cash said before dismissing a question over the uncertainty of Taylor’s leadership.The questions come after dual polls this week showed the Coalition’s primary vote falling to between 17 and 18 per cent, sparking calls for a party “rebrand” from frontbencher Melissa McIntosh. Cash dismissed the statement.“Australians don’t want us to rebrand, they want us to change the country that is actually going backwards under Larissa Waters, the Australian Greens, and Anthony Albanese,” she said.7.00amChristian Brothers cry poor to abuse survivors after transferring elite schools for $1By Cameron Houston and Caroline SchelleThe Christian Brothers in Australia transferred some of its most valuable colleges to a separate trust for just $1 each but now claims it will be broke by September and unable to compensate hundreds of survivors of shocking clerical abuse.At least three prominent schools in NSW, including Waverley College in Sydney’s eastern suburbs, were passed by the Catholic order in 2018 to the Trustees of Edmund Rice Education Australia.Some boys have been expelled from Waverley College after an incident with younger students.James BrickwoodDocuments obtained by this masthead reveal other NSW schools including St Patrick’s College in Strathfield and St Pius X College in Chatswood were also transferred that year for the nominal consideration of $1 each.The move came just months before state governments across Australia removed the controversial Ellis Defence, which had limited civil claims against churches since 2007.The transfer of schools between the two entities has fuelled claims by abuse survivors and their lawyers that the Christian Brothers engaged in a deliberate strategy to shield its assets from civil claims.Read the full investigation here. 6.46amWhy Australia’s ski slopes are looking muddy and bareBy Nick O'Malley and Benjamin PreissA striking absence of snow has left Australia’s slopes muddy and bare as the ski industry pins its hopes of a salvageable season on a late downfall to cover the alps.Skiing businesses rely on the winter school holidays to bring hordes of families to the Australian alps to kick off the ski season.But as students begin their holidays in Victoria and start marking off the last days before winter holidays begin in NSW this weekend, a glum would-be skier posted a clip of himself standing beneath chair lifts on a slope of dull muddy grass marked by a strip of manufactured snow.Snow coverage in Australia is in long-term decline due to increasing temperatures caused by climate change, data from the Bureau of Meteorology shows. This year’s season is also expected to be hit by the onset of an El Nino weather pattern, declared by the Bureau of Meteorology on June 16, which causes warmer and drier conditions.Snow guns at Perisher are struggling to build a bed of snow in warm, rainy conditions.Alex EllinghausenHowever, resort operators in NSW and Victoria insist the lacklustre start to the season is not uncommon.Read the full story here.Pinned post from 6.37amThis morning’s headlines at a glanceBy Emily Kowal1 of 1