Morning everyone. Iranian attacks on shipping in the strait of Hormuz have ratcheted up the stakes in the Middle East conflict and prompted a massive release of oil reserves. And a preliminary investigation has reportedly determined that the US was responsible for a deadly February strike on an Iranian school that killed scores of children.
At home, the royal commission into antisemitism and the Bondi attack has suffered a blow after former spy chief Dennis Richardson quit the inquiry two weeks after it started. Plus how government subsidies are encouraging fossil fuel use, an exclusive on senators calling for an inquiry into "overt" racism in parliament, and the forgotten "genius" of Australian art.
'More Australian babies!' where will Matt Canavan take the Nationals now?
Senior political correspondent Dan Jervis-Bardy speaks to Nour Haydar about how the Queenslander won the vote and whether this now means he will pull the Nationals, and the Coalition, further to the right. We also have a separate profile piece from Dan on the man who must now do battle with his former mentor Barnaby Joyce as the Nationals seek to take down One Nation.
Tooba Sarwari, an Afghanistan-born cricketer, left everything behind when she fled to Australia on a humanitarian visa in 2021 amid the fall of Kabul. She tells Adeshola Ore how the Iranian footballers who sought refuge in Australia will face huge challenges but that "everything takes time".
Harold "the Kangaroo" Thornton, eccentric artist and self-styled genius, would have loved it if he knew that 22 years after his death he was being talked of as something of a lost master who deserves a gallery devoted to his work. Joseph Earp paints a picture of a fascinating life.
Big events on Victoria's multicultural calendar have been accused of becoming partisan promotions, the Age claims, with the premier's private office vetting invitation lists and speakers at publicly funded dinners. The sports broadcaster Mel McLaughlin has revealed she has cancer, the Telegraph reports. Regional diesel supplies have run dry due to panic buying in city areas, according to WAtoday. Daintree residents stranded by floods have had emergency fuel supplies airlifted in along with special mail deliveries, the Cairns Post reports.
And finally, here are the Guardian's crosswords to keep you entertained throughout the day. Until tomorrow.