Here’s what’s making news today:

  • Australia has recorded the largest number of building approvals in five years – but the improvements will struggle to make up for pent-up demand for housing.
  • The Albanese government has been told to do more for Indigenous Australians after the Voice to parliament failed, as Coalition frontbencher Julian Lesser makes a speech today calling for a “new direction for Indigenous affairs”.
  • Up to 400 Defence Force personnel will be tracked during weapons training as part of a sophisticated study that follows years of growing complaints about a lack of action on alarming reports of blast injuries among military veterans.
  • One of Australia’s leading constitutional law experts says One Nation’s proposal to create a new ban on foreign fighters would do nothing to block Australians with terror links from returning to the country.
  • And in breaking news, Australia has just won a gold and silver medal in Glasgow: Rose Davies and Jess Hull finished in the top two spots of the women’s 5000m race. Follow the latest here.