Netanyahu unleashes on Albanese, mining threat to Perth’s water, Trump hints at air support for Ukraine

Policy talk | A day into the long-awaited economic roundtable in Canberra, we bring you five takeaways from day one, and Josh Butler brings you the some of the atmosphere of the occasion.

Bibi broadside | Benjamin Netanyahu has launched an extraordinary broadside against Anthony Albanese, labelling Australia’s prime minister “weak” in a social media post.

Exclusive | The New South Wales government has sold more than two-thirds of publicly owned sites identified as surplus and suitable for housing to private developers as a result of its much-vaunted statewide property audit.

AI blunder | A lawyer has been referred to Western Australia’s legal regulator after using artificial intelligence in preparing court documents for an immigration case. The documents contained AI-generated case citations for cases that did not exist.

Water woes | Alcoa’s plan to vastly expand its strip mining of forest near Perth’s dams poses a high risk to the water supply for the city’s 2.3 million people, according to engineers. In NSW, environmental flows necessary to keep wetlands and fish healthy in the Murray-Darling have been stopped due to a legal stoush between the commonwealth and the state.

A moving sermon | After eight years of planning, a cost of more than 500m kronor ($80m) and an early morning blessing, a church in northern Sweden began a slow-motion 5km journey to make way for the expansion of Europe’s biggest underground mine.

Ukraine doubts | Donald Trump has ruled out sending US troops to Ukraine to enforce a potential peace deal with Vladimir Putin, but suggested American air power could be used to secure an agreement. Britian will tell the US it is ready to send troops to defend Ukraine’s skies and seas but not to the frontline with Russia. Our US commentator Sidney Blumenthal argues there is no Trump foreign policy doctrine, just chaos.

Israel deadline | Israel has said it will deliver its response to international mediators by Friday over a new Gaza ceasefire plan accepted by Hamas amid mounting pressure for a truce in a war that has claimed more than 62,000 Palestinian lives.

Rupert role | Guy Pearce will play Rupert Murdoch in director Danny Boyle’s screen adaptation of the award-winning play Ink based on the rise of the Australian media mogul’s empire.

Trump tax | Household electricity bills have increased by 10% since Donald Trump re-entered the White House, a new report has found, with its authors highlighting the impact of the president’s data centre boosterism and cuts to clean energy projects as part of the cause.

Women’s rugby | From winger Desiree Miller to Olympic Sevens gold medallist Tia Hinds, we look at the five Wallaroos