Morning Mail: Marist Brothers face questions; Erin Patterson retrial bid; and Norway flushes Trump with best toilets
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Morning everyone. We have an exclusive top story revealing that lawyers working for the Marist Brothers have been asked to explain why they advised the Catholic order to keep a serial offender out of “the legal arena” lest he implicate church officials.
Erin Patterson will find out today if she has won her appeal for a retrial for the mushroom murders, the long-awaited Sydenham-Bankstown metro extension opens, and 100,000 young Australians are being enrolled in a huge health survey. Key US Senate races are too close to call days before the midterms, Norway fires back at Trump, and Australia are well set to win the series in South Africa.
Patterson verdict | Erin Patterson is set to find out if she could face a longer prison sentence or a new trial, as Victoria’s highest court hands down its decision on two appeals regarding her triple murder case.
Exclusive | Lawyers acting for the Marist Brothers have been subpoenaed to explain a once-confidential document showing they advised the Catholic order to keep a serial offender out of “the legal arena”, suggesting he was too honest and might implicate senior church officials.
‘Awesome day’ | Hundreds of rail enthusiasts and a handful of bewildered commuters have ridden the first service on the long-awaited extension to Sydney’s metro line, bringing an end to more than two years of replacement buses.
Albanese pledge | Anthony Albanese has ruled out major cuts to health, education and essential services in December’s midyear budget update but conceded savings are required as Labor struggles to curb accelerating inflation.
Health challenge | Researchers hope to better understand the drivers of health challenges facing younger people, such as mental illness and rising cancer rates, through the recruitment of 100,000 people for Australia’s largest intergenerational study of wellbeing and ageing.
Farley offer | Anthony Albanese offered the One Nation MP David Farley an additional staff member in an “unsolicited” move the party has branded an attempt to win over the new member for Farrer using taxpayer funds.
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