Morning Mail: concerns over aged-care funding tool; UK condemns West Bank ethnic cleansing; and a US Open tie

Want to get this in your inbox every weekday? Sign up for the Morning Mail here, and finish your day with our Politics, really newsletterGood morning. Documents have revealed how health officials warned of “catastrophic” outcomes just days after the launch of an algorithmic aged-care funding tool that left clients and assessors distraught.Overseas, the UK has announced sweeping new sanctions on trade with Israeli settlements – after accusing Israeli “terrorists” of carrying out ethnic cleansing in the West Bank with government backing.‘Opportunistic pathogens’ | Research shows turbulent toilet flushes create a “plume” of aerosols that can transmit diseases including influenza and norovirus – and closing the lid won’t stop their escape.Exclusive | State health officials were so alarmed by a controversial aged-care funding tool that they kept a log of hundreds of cases where vulnerable older Australians were severely under-assessed.Explainer | Modelling has revealed how electric car owners could save hundreds of dollars a year through incentives offered under the government’s solar sharer plans – here’s how it all works.Russell Island blaze | A landlord was repeatedly warned about improperly installed smoke alarms before a house fire that killed a father and five children in Queensland in 2023, a coroner has heard.Class divide | Public school students are more than two years behind their independent counterparts and Australia’s classroom disruption remains among the worst in the world, a global report has found. Continue reading...