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Morning everyone. Angus Taylor’s big moment arrives today, as the opposition leader steps up to deliver his first budget reply speech. He’s expected to outline a plan to restrict the number of people coming to Australia by how many houses were built the previous year. As the budget wash-up continues, we ask whether it spells the end of “rent-vesting”.
Overseas, Donald Trump has arrived in China for his summit with Xi Jinping, and another cruise ship is in quarantine (this time it’s norovirus).
‘Elegant artistry’ | The Melbourne-born writer Lee Lai has become the first non-binary person and first graphic novelist to win the Stella prize after her book Cannon was praised for its “elegant artistry”.
Immigration plan | The Coalition will directly link Australia’s temporary immigration intake to the number of new homes built around the country, using housing completion figures as a hard ceiling for overseas arrivals.
Prison death | A 19-year-old man has died in a unit at Sydney’s Long Bay prison that an independent watchdog previously recommended be closed because it “simply cannot provide a safe environment”.
Palestinians ‘excluded’ | Palestinian voices are being excluded from the debate on social cohesion, the peak body for Palestinians in Australia has said after it was refused leave to appear before the royal commission on antisemitism and social cohesion.
Rugby union | Japan have suspended their head coach, Eddie Jones, for four games and cut his salary for “verbal abuse directed at local officials” during a Japan under-23 team tour of Australia last month.
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