Morning everyone. The cost of living issues clouding Labor’s national conference could become more acute after oil soared over US$100 a barrel again overnight and Donald Trump threatened “a massive attack” on Iran. We have full reports on the worsening situation in the Middle East.We also look at how Pauline Hanson is mining the US president’s playbook after a week of controversy, Elon Musk says money might become meaningless and speculates that the universe is a computer simulation created by aliens, and – speaking of which – the Commonwealth Games have opened in Glasgow with King Charles stepping out of Doctor Who’s Tardis.AustraliaAustralia fans inside the arena in Glasgow. Photograph: Isabel Infantes/Reuters
The Games begin | The Commonwealth Games have opened in Glasgow in a scaled down event forced on the organisers by the late withdrawal of Victoria. Follow the opening ceremony live, while the Commonwealth’s fastest man on two wheels, Matt Richardson, has brushed off the impact of his controversial switch to England as having “zero effect” on him.
Labor ‘allergic’ | Outspoken Labor backbencher Ed Husic claims the party has become “allergic” to dissent and dispute, warning the unity on show at its tightly controlled national conference could backfire.
