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Good morning. Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said he’s prepared to work under Donald Trump’s “strong leadership” to bring about peace in Ukraine. Meanwhile, British MPs attacked “disrespectful” JD Vance and Justin Trudeau called Trump’s tariffs “very dumb” as the US president prepares for a major speech on trade.
At home, technology companies are complaining about what they say is a glaring omission in the Albanese government’s social media ban for under-16s, there are shocking new figures on how much Australians lose on gambling, and Australia have been dumped out of the Champions Trophy by India.
Trump v Zelenskyy and the 10-minute tirade that changed the world
Washington bureau chief David Smith tells Nour Haydar why the withholding of US military support is a “devastating blow” to Ukraine and what it means for a changing international order.
Trump v Zelenskyy and the 10-minute tirade that changed the world
After the release of gender pay gap data on Tuesday, we now know which radio station pays men twice as much as women, which bank has a pay gap nearly double the national average, and which large supermarket chain pays the best. Kate Lyons crunches the numbers.
The latest instalment of Harry and Meghan’s Netflix portfolio landed on the streaming service overnight. Our TV reviewer thinks With Love, Meghan, in which the duchess gives tips on how to be a perfect hostess (or something like that), “vibrates with vacuous joylessness”. Marina Hyde writes that Meghan could have accidentally made an important TV show by inadvertently portraying the death of the social-media/celebrity obsessed world washed away by Trump’s global realpolitik. And then there are five key takeaways on crudites, daytime drinking and gardening porn.
Tropical Cyclone Alfred is expected to dump 1,000mm of rain on the Gold Coast when it makes landfall tomorrow, according to the Bulletin. The Telegraph says the coming storm means the Dolphins’ NRL home game against Souths has been moved, and the Herald Sun says AFL’s opening weekend has also been affected. A homeowner in Frankston has agreed to pull down his DIY sea wall after complaints, the Age reports.