Morning Mail: Council refuses Gaza mural; fifth rate rise looms; and inside the midterms’ record spend
Want to get this in your inbox every weekday? Morning everyone. It has been shown at Parliament House in Canberra, and many other cities across Australia, but a council in New South Wales is refusing to exhibit a world-renowned art installation about children killed in Gaza. We have the full, exclusive story.
Our Full Story podcast looks at whether Labor can be blamed for the worsening economy as the RBA is forecast to lift rates again today, a poll suggests Australians are falling out of love with the Melbourne Cup, and supermarkets in Europe have been hit by another cyber-attack in which fridges and freezers were turned off.
Exclusive | A record number of Australians are turning their backs on the Melbourne Cup, with more than two-thirds surveyed in our Guardian Essential poll saying they have low or zero interest in the annual horse race. Exclusive | A NSW council has refused to show a world-renowned artwork about children killed in Gaza after asking organisers to investigate hiring “armed guards” to counter the risk of “community conflict” over the mural.
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