Afternoon Update: Fauci takes aim at News Corp journalist; Bikram Lama’s body returns home; and what to do about cultural collapse

Want to get this in your inbox every weekday? Sign up for the Afternoon Update here, and start your day with our Morning Mail newsletterGood afternoon.Dr Anthony Fauci, the pandemic-era US chief medical adviser, has described a book by News Corp investigative journalist Sharri Markson backing the “lab leak” theory of Covid-19’s origins as a “bunch of nonsense” in his newly released diaries.‘Warring kingdoms’: cofounder of religious Reformers compares NSW Liberal party factionalism to BraveheartFederal Labor MP Luke Gosling charged with assaulting NT administratorBen Carroll will not rule out redirecting Suburban Rail Loop funds to other projectsQueensland MP pens ‘White Men Can Sprint’ social media post after Lachlan Kennedy takes silver in GlasgowAfter eight months, Bikram Lama’s body is going home to Nepal. ‘My heart will finally find some peace,’ his mother saysDeath toll in Japan earthquake rises to 23 as aftershock and heat complicate rescue effortsGina Rinehart lobbied for controversial plan to move 2032 Olympic rowing to crocodile-inhabited river Continue reading...