Morning Mail: House price slide spreads across nation; Alan Jones trial due to start; Commonwealth Games conclude

Want to get this in your inbox every weekday? Sign up for the Morning Mail here, and finish your day with our Afternoon Update newsletterGood morning. New figures highlight how house prices have fallen nationwide in recent months – to the surprise of the Reserve Bank governor.There are fears that this year could become the worst on record for First Nations deaths in custody in New South Wales, after two men died last month at the Lithgow and Clarence correctional centres.Exclusive | After two men died in correctional centres in July, First Nations advocates warn that prisons in NSW could exceed last year’s record number of Indigenous deaths in custody.Alan Jones trial | The trial of former broadcaster Alan Jones on charges of indecent assault and sexual touching is scheduled to begin in Sydney, with 76 witnesses expected across four months.Market cools | House prices have fallen in Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth as the market downturn spreads across Australia with the Middle East conflict and tax changes beginning to bite.‘Incredibly far-ranging’ | Queensland is considering a bill to “streamline” major projects by bypassing conservation and planning laws – but it is raising alarm bells for property owners.Temperature Check | Karl Stefanovic’s “great net zero debate” was anything but – so beware the Coalition claims of renewables taking over “two Tasmanias” in terms of land, Graham Readfearn writes. Continue reading...