Guardian investigation | A family has been left “shattered” by a Homesafe contract on their mother’s home which means she will only receive about half the sale price, the latest part of our investigation reveals.

Payman’s price | After leading Labor’s leadership a merry dance over the past two weeks, Fatima Payman finally quit the party yesterday. Daniel Hurst and Sarah Basford-Canales unpick the sequence of events that led to her momentous move, which the party’s president, Wayne Swan, claims will “empower Labor’s opponents on the far right”. Our political editor, Karen Middleton, says the young senator has leveraged anger about Gaza to deliver a stinging rebuke to the party.

Gas shortfall | East coast gas shortfalls could emerge even earlier than was forecast six months ago, unless new sources of supply are made available, the competition watchdog has warned.

Road of ruin | Two fatal accidents in a week have reignited the debate about the state of the Bruce Highway, which runs the length of Queensland.

‘Once in a lifetime’ | Light from a thermonuclear explosion on a star has been travelling towards Earth for thousands of years and it will be visible over Australia any time between now and September.

‘Pile of crap’ | Donald Trump has called Joe Biden “a broken-down pile of crap” on the verge of “quitting the race” in a leaked video taken when he was riding in a golf cart with his son Barron. Biden earlier told a radio station he had “screwed up” in the presidential debate but he would fight on.

Britain decides | An exit poll suggests Labour is heading for a landslide victory after voting closed in the UK general election a few minutes ago. The first counts will be completed in just under two hours and you can find out what to watch out for as the results come in. We have some charts showing how 14 years of Tory rule has changed Britain.

France fears | The football superstar Kylian Mbappé has branded the first-round results of France’s snap parliamentary election “catastrophic”, urging voters to turn out in force and fend off the threat of a National Rally-controlled government when polls open for the runoff vote on Sunday.

‘Land grab’ | Israel has approved the largest seizure of land in the occupied West Bank in more than three decades, according to a report released by an Israeli anti-settlement watchdog.

‘She is a fantasy of mine’ | The British TV star Holly Willoughby has said women should not feel “unsafe in their own homes” after a convicted violent offender was found guilty of masterminding a plot to kidnap, rape and murder her.

Tennis | Alex de Minaur has disposed of a familiar opponent to rattle into the last 32 of Wimbledon in the sunshine, but the women’s No 1 Daria Saville crashed out despite having a match point.

Tour de France | Dylan Groenewegen of Team Jayco AlUla won stage six from Mâcon to Dijon after Mark Cavendish was blocked out in the final kilometre of the sprint on the Cours Général de Gaulle.

Rugby union | England’s captain, Jamie George, has vowed to take the game to New Zealand when the two sides meet in tomorrow’s first Test in Dunedin.

Hobart | A Tasmanian supreme court judge will appear in court accused of assault and emotional intimidation.

Queensland | The LNP convention begins in Brisbane, with Peter Dutton and David Littleproud attending.

NSW | The inquest into death of Pippa Mae White from sepsis continues.

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