Coalition’s net zero standoff; pope condemns Gaza ‘barbarity’; fears of a superbug surge

Good morning. Today we survey the latest skirmishes in the Coalition’s climate wars, where the net zero issue threatens to permanently fracture the decades-old alliance between the Liberals and the Nationals.

Pope Leo XIV has condemned the “barbarity” of the war in Gaza after scores of Palestinians were reportedly killed while queueing for food.

And: a new study has revealed how superbugs could kill millions of people across the globe as the US and UK make cuts to projects that combat antibiotic resistance.

Sydney’s Rainbow Lodge is a home for men who are on bail or who have just been released from prison. It presents an alternative option, a chance for change – and sees cultural workers, psychologists and men with lived experience run programs for the residents such as art and music therapy. Jordyn Beazley visits the facility helping to break cycles of trauma, violence and jail.

Sometimes, it feels as if you can’t turn on a TV without seeing news bulletins devoted to interest rate updates, fake-tanned celebrity realtors hawking white McMansions or middle-aged men stroking their chins at a tasteful mid-century reno. In his new one-hour special for Foxtel and Binge, satirist Mark Humphries talks with realtors and squatters – and puts Alan Kohler in a bathtub – to explore Australia’s toxic real estate obsession.

Management of Healthscope’s failed private hospital business is mulling an alternative option even as bidders line up for its 37 hospitals, the Age reports. The federal government is facing pressure to add dental to Medicare amid “overwhelming” wait times, ABC News reports. Defence officials are remaining tight-lipped about the “hard landing” involving an Australian army helicopter last week, reports NT News. Researchers at the University of Sydney’s Fisher Library have unearthed a treasure trove of work by artist Norman Lindsay, the Sydney Morning Herald reports.

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