Good morning. Documents seen by Guardian Australia reveal that controversial comments made by a detective after the murders of Hannah Clarke and her children were part of a media strategy that “went wrong”.

Plus: we look into claims that notorious serial killer Ivan Milat may have killed many more people, and we launch a new series looking at First Nations communities reclaiming their languages.

Plus: Oscar Piastri had to settle for second in Qatar after an unfortunate decision by McLaren – so the battle for the F1 title is still up for grabs.

AustraliaA wall in the NSW state parliament office of MLC Jeremy Buckingham is dedicated to notorious serial killer Ivan Milat and his alleged victims.
Photograph: Jessica Hromas/The GuardianWorldA fire burning at a residential building after a Russian attack in Vyshgorod, Ukraine, this weekend. Photograph: Efrem Lukatsky/APFull StoryElla Archibald-Binge visits Boobera Lagoon west of Boggabilla, NSW. Composite: Blake Sharp-Wiggins/Guardian

Bringing Indigenous languages back from the brink

More than 250 languages were spoken across Australia before British colonisation. Now, only half are still in use as a result of policies that suppressed and prevented First Nations people from speaking their mother tongues. Indigenous affairs reporter Ella Archibald-Binge hears from elders, teachers and students about efforts to revive native languages and close the education gap.

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In-depthElla Archibald-Binge visits Boobera Lagoon west of Boggabilla in New South Wales. Photograph: Blake Sharp-Wiggins/The Guardian

For the past few months, Indigenous affairs reporter and Kamilaroi woman Ella Archibald-Binge has been travelling around Australia to communities who are leading the charge to revitalise dormant Indigenous languages. But first she visited her own country and that of her late grandfather, dipping her toes in the waters of Boobera Lagoon, the place where many Kamilaroi stories began, to explore the intersection between language, place and culture.

This story is the first in a new series called Speaking to country by Guardian Australia’s Walkley award-winning Indigenous affairs team.

Not the newsThe social media ban will create a hole in many young lives but parents can help navigate the shift emotionally and practically, experts say. Photograph: imagebroker.com/Alamy

The social media ban is looming large, and will create a hole in many young lives. For parents of children who are facing having their social media access restricted, the road ahead may be complicated. But, as Natalie Parletta finds out, experts have advice on how to navigate the shift emotionally and practically: listen, be on their side and don’t try to justify the new rules.

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There’s increasing evidence that the soaring sales of next-gen weight loss drugs in Australia are changing consumer behaviour and reshaping supermarkets, ABC News reports. The University of Wollongong’s decision to become the first foreign university in Saudi Arabia has raised eyebrows across the sector, the Sydney Morning Herald reports. Supporters of the proposed Macquarie Point stadium say it’s now or never to secure an AFL team for Tasmania, the Mercury reports.

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QLD | The Small Island Developing States forum is being hosted in Brisbane this week.

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QLD | The coronial inquest into the 2023 Sea World helicopter collision deaths continues.

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