The Saturday Paper

This week Alan Belford Jones, Australia's most successful broadcaster and famed former Wallabies rugby coach, was arrested and charged with 26 offences, including aggravated indecent assault, against nine male victims. The charges are yet to be tested in court and Jones has denied any misconduct through his lawyer.

There is a sad irony in the fact that vicar and vicarious share the same root, that they both trace back to the Latin for substitute. It is within this grim, shared meaning that the church now argues it is not responsible for the actions of its priests. It employs some people but not others and in that gap is endless space for misconduct.

Isabelle Burke was just 20 years old when her mother, Christine, was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. “It was quite a shock,” says Burke. “We had very limited knowledge or even awareness of what the disease was.” What contributed to the shock, Burke says, was her mum's age: 54. Burke was in her first year of university in Melbourne at the time.

Ukraine: Ukraine attacked sites inside Russia with United States-made long-range missiles after the White House lifted restrictions on their use, prompting Russian President Vladimir Putin to threaten to respond with nuclear weapons.

I heard the bike, the sound that slit the day in two. My little kid looked up at me with big eyes. He was a standing sort of baby then, one that held my hand and walked slowly, distracted by anything and most things. We were waiting where the farm's road met bitumen and the morning was still early and wet. My aunty slowed the bike, came to a stop in front of us. She wasn't my real aunty, she was the kind you could rely on, who took me out for a beer when I needed it and listened without judgement.

A controversial crackdown on misinformation on social media has been ditched by the federal government after widespread criticism from the opposition, Greens and members of the cross bench.

The Greens will wave through two Labor housing bills, ending a lengthy stand-off after attempting to pressure the Albanese government to dig deeper for the housing crisis.

Labor is scrambling to pass 37 priority bills on the final sitting day of parliament today, and will bid to “guillotine” debate to legislate its agenda.