Good morning. Today we report that the aged care regulator has launched an investigation amid scores of complaints that care home residents across Australia have been charged for services they can’t use or understand.

Overseas, Donald Trump is contradicting Tehran’s claims that it has closed the strait of Hormuz as the US and Iran exchange strikes in a new wave of violence in the Middle East.

Jannik Sinner has powered past Alexander Zverev to win back-to-back Wimbledon titles. And: we explore the fascinating third kingdom of life in one of Australia’s last true wilderness areas.

AustraliaPauline Hanson’s One Nation will likely have to win three-quarters of the upper house seats in outer metropolitan and rural and regional areas to attain government, a pollster says. Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP

The Crunch | One Nation’s spectacular rise to first or second in some recent political polls has upended Australian politics. But does Pauline Hanson really have a path to government?

Exclusive | The Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission launched an investigation after it received 199 complaints about fees, funds and service charges to residents in the first half of 2026.

Explainer | The Labor government has been accused of exploiting international students and permanent residents after non-refundable visa fees were hiked by up to 200%. So why have they gone up?

Anti-racism standard | Universities will be required to adopt definitions on antisemitism, Islamophobia and racism towards Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people from next year.

Digital declarations | The days of filling out paper arrival cards are to end for millions of travellers, with digital passenger cards to be rolled out at Australia’s international airports and seaports.

WorldUS forces launch a missile from one of their naval vessels in the Gulf region. Photograph: US Central Command/ReutersWorld CupArgentina’s Julian Alvarez celebrates scoring his team’s second goal against Switzerland in their World Cup quarter-final. Photograph: Agustín Marcarian/ReutersFull Story Composite: Mick Tsikas/AAP

Where are the Greens?

Support for the Greens has flatlined in the polls. So why is the progressive party failing to cut through to voters? Nour Haydar speaks with Sarah Basford-Canales about why voters moving to the right rather than the left.

In-depthLawyer Marziyah Razi is concerned about recent political statements about Australia being a single language country. Photograph: Christopher Hopkins/The Guardian

Pauline Hanson’s claims that Australia’s social cohesion is at risk due to a “language problem” caused by immigration have been criticised as devaluing the contributions made by migrants to Australia. Adeshola Ore spoke with a lawyer who arrived a decade ago with little English – and is now on a mission to give a “voice to the voiceless”.

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Takayna/Tarkine is revered as one of Australia’s last true wilderness areas. For 65m years, this landscape has sheltered all manner of astonishing creatures. But some of its most fascinating life forms are even older: fungi. Visiting Australia’s largest cool temperate rainforest, Alexis Buxton-Collins unearthed an unexpected appreciation for the third kingdom of life.

SportJannik Sinner with his Wimbledon trophy after winning the men’s singles final. Photograph: Victoria Jones/Shutterstock

Twenty-five years after Peter Falconio’s murder, the family of his killer say the story is “far from over”, NT News reports. The Coalition has pledged to spend billions on rural road upgrades in Victoria – including repairing 1m potholes – as it looks to gain voter support, the Age reports. The Minns government will halve spending on health infrastructure as a percentage of New South Wales’s economic output until the end of the decade, the Sydney Morning Herald reports.

What’s happening today

NSW | Hearings in the royal commission into antisemitism are scheduled to continue in Sydney.

Queensland | A coronial inquest is being held in Brisbane into the fatal 2023 Sea World helicopter collision.

WA | A public hearing is scheduled in Perth in the inquiry into racism, hate and violence towards Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

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