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#theguardian.com. Labor vows to establish federal EPA if it wins second term – weeks after shelving 2022 election promise. Commitment may quell caucus angst about party’s environment credentials, but could face backlash from Western Australia’s industry and government

#theguardian.com. Weather tracker: Severe thunderstorms threaten flooding in northern Australia. A broad trough has dragged in warm, moist air and offers perfect ingredients for heavy rainfall and even supercells

#theguardian.com. Fire ant sting hospitalisations surge post-Cyclone Alfred as reports of first pet death also emerge. Twenty-three people hospitalised with fire ant stings amid a surge in reports of the highly invasive pest in south-east Queensland

#theguardian.com. Sydney woman charged after reports novel contained child abuse material. Police seize hard copies of novel to be forensically examined as 33-year-old charged with producing child abuse material

#theguardian.com. ‘Have you been hacked?’: ALP under fire for ‘repurposing racist meme’ with ‘we love Medicare’ T-shirt. Labor admits it ‘missed the mark’ with social media posts sharing T-shirt that states ‘This is Australia, we eat meat, we drink beer and we love Medicare!’

#theguardian.com. Monique Ryan apologises after video shows husband removing Liberal challenger’s campaign sign. MP’s husband, Peter Jordan, says he thought sign for Liberal candidate Amelia Hamer was illegally placed but says removing it was a ‘mistake’

#theguardian.com. Labor’s bid to protect Tasmanian salmon industry met with unease from pro-environment MPs. Party’s full caucus endorsed legislation on Monday morning after three meetings, meaning it can go before parliament this week

#theguardian.com. Nationals guarantee that Coalition can lower power prices ‘in the short term’ met with scepticism. Energy expert Tony Wood says there is no evidence to support the policy pledge

#theguardian.com. Australia politics live: Crisafulli says Olympic plan negotiated over ‘common sense and cannoli’; Tehan grilled on migration policy. Follow live

#theguardian.com. Police release CCTV footage of ‘targeted’ shooting on Melbourne street. Man shot in ankle in broad daylight in Fawkner in Melbourne’s northern suburbs

#theguardian.com. Alcohol safety ads to target young Australian travellers amid push for answers over methanol deaths. Penny Wong says families of Laos poisoning victims Bianca Jones and Holly Bowles ‘foremost in mind’ as Smarttraveller campaign announced

#theguardian.com. Finance minister reveals a further $2bn in savings before Labor’s next federal budget. Latest round of ‘reprioritised’ spending includes $720m from cuts on consultants, contractors and labour hire as Labor tries to rebuild public service

#theguardian.com. What a $5,000 ticket will and won’t get you at one of Canberra’s budget night fundraising soirees. As you decipher how the budget may alter your life on Tuesday night, your politicians will be raking in the cash by wining and dining donors and lobbyists

#theguardian.com. ‘Apoplectic’ environment groups halt Coalition attack ads to take aim at Albanese over species’ ‘death warrant’. Exclusive: Australia’s top green organisations suspend anti-nuclear power ads to fund campaign against Labor’s move to protect salmon industry

#motorsport.com. F1 Chinese GP: Piastri wins in dominant McLaren 1-2. Oscar Piastri leads home a McLaren one-two as Lando Norris took second with George Russell again on the podium

#theguardian.com. Jim Chalmers says Coalition hints at aggressive NDIS cuts will ‘send a shiver up the spine’ of recipients. Treasurer seizes on shadow finance minister’s comments on ‘out of control’ disability insurance scheme

#theguardian.com. News live: Coalition ‘won’t stand in the way’ of Labor’s $150 energy rebates; US cuts research funding from Australian universities. Follow today’s news live

#theguardian.com. Proposed nuclear power plants in Queensland could not access enough water to prevent a meltdown, research finds. About 1,000 times the combined capacity of Wivenhoe and Boondooma dams was required to cool Japan’s Fukushima nuclear reactors in 2011

#theguardian.com. Fixing a flawed levy on the banks could leave Australia’s budget billions of dollars better off. Australia’s banks have been given an easy ride at taxpayers’ expense. And economists Chris Richardson argues the banking levy is a fraction of what it should be

#theguardian.com. Peter Dutton’s taxpayer-funded flight to ‘long lunch’ on Noosa River was investigated by expenses watchdog. Exclusive: Expenses authority found claim was within parliamentary rules because Dutton attended ‘in his official capacity as a minister’

#aljazeera.com. Piastri takes first F1 pole after sprint second in China. Australia’s Oscar Piastri claims his first Formula One pole at the Chinese Grand Prix with George Russell second.

#motorsport.com. More mistakes for Norris in F1 Chinese GP qualifying. Having won the opening race in Australia, Lando Norris has made a number of errors in his attempt to build his title lead

#motorsport.com. The factors behind Hamilton's rebound in China after difficult Ferrari debut. After an Australian Grand Prix marred by an imbalanced car and fractious interactions with his race engineer, Lewis Hamilton revealed he made an immediate course-correction

#theguardian.com. Changes in Help to Buy housing scheme will make ‘most first home buyers’ eligible, Labor says. Minister announces increase in both income and property price caps as part of 2025 budget

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