Logging on | The Tasmanian Liberal party has promised to open 40,000 hectares of protected native forests to logging if re-elected next month, prompting accusations it will accelerate damage to the environment.

Exclusive | Coalition senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, the face of the voice’s no campaign, was billed almost $70,000 by Whitestone Strategic, a political consultancy group that helps conservative politicians campaign on social media, an investigation using freedom of information laws has revealed.

Spy’s defence | The Asio boss, Mike Burgess, last night defended his decision not to name the former politician who he said had “sold out” their country to a foreign spy network. Peter Dutton had called for the politician to be “outed and shamed” .

The wanted | Australia’s approach to investigating and prosecuting allegations of serious international crimes “is not working”, the Greens have said after the Guardian/Four Corners investigation into genocide in Rwanda.

Exclusive | The Queensland government is planning to introduce new “police efficiency” laws that would empower officers to issue on-the-spot year-long domestic violence protection orders, amid ongoing political pressure to devote more frontline resources to youth crime.

Exclusive | A conservative economist with radical ideas on privatising social security has been recruited by Project 2025, a vast rightwing effort to advance policy proposals for Donald Trump’s possible White House return.

‘Historic step’ | G20 ministers meeting in Brazil – including the treasurer, Jim Chalmers –are exploring plans for a global minimum tax on the world’s 3,000 billionaires. It comes as some of the US’s most profitable corporations have slashed their tax bills in the years since the passage of the Trump tax cuts.

Putin warning | Vladimir Putin has told Nato countries that they risk provoking a nuclear war if they send troops to fight in Ukraine, in an annual state of the nation speech ramping up his threats against Europe and the US.

Gaza deaths | More than 100 Palestinians have died when desperate crowds gathered around aid trucks near Gaza City and Israeli troops opened fire, though early reports differ as to the cause of the majority of the deaths. Joe Biden says it will complicated ceasefire talks – follow our live blog for the latest.

Titan reborn | A colossal statue of Atlas that lay buried for centuries among ancient ruins has been reconstructed to take its rightful place among the Greek temples of Agrigento in Sicily, after a 20-year research and restoration project.

Football | France’s World Cup-winning midfielder Paul Pogba, once the world’s most expensive player, has been banned from football for four years for taking drugs.

Cricket | A defiant century from Cameron Green helped Australia recover to a respectable total on the opening day of the first Test against New Zealand.

Women’s football | This weekend only women’s voices will be heard on broadcasts for an entire A-League Women round and Kate Allman explains why she’s proud to be part of it.

Formula One | Christian Horner has said Red Bull have “never been stronger” after he was given the green light to remain as team principal after accusations of inappropriate controlling behaviour towards a female colleague.

Sydney | Mardi Gras parade preparations, and there’s a vigil for Jesse Baird and Luke Davies and a Pride in Protest rally against policing.

Economy | The CoreLogic housing market figures for February to be released.

Sport | NRL team captains hold a media conference to launch the new season.

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