The Guardian view on private equity in the public sector: children’s services must be freed from debt-fuelled takeovers
Editorial: New analysis by the Guardian has revealed the disturbing extent of these firms’ influence in highly sensitive areas
NAACP urges boycott of college sports in south over voting rights
Eight states have moved to draw new maps after supreme court ruling that severely weakened the Voting Rights Act
Fears Queenslanders could be forced to pay for mine cleanup as LNP reviews environmental ‘red tape’
Mining minister Dale Last says the state has an ‘enormous opportunity’ to become a global leader in critical minerals
Corrections and clarifications
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Off limits to Sydneysiders for more than a century, secretive Spectacle Island is coming up for sale
The Sydney Harbour landmark with its ‘falling down’ heritage-listed buildings is one of 67 Defence-owned properties to be sold – but who will buy it?
Iran seeks to tighten control over strait of Hormuz alongside Khamenei funeral
IRGC warnings force ships in strait to turn back as Tehran uses passages from Qur’an to send messages to Gulf delegations
Florida Republican says deporting Haitians with TPS would be ‘huge mistake’
‘Haiti is a failed state’, says Carlos Giménez, congressman and Miami Cuban exile, after controversial court ruling
Mass fish deaths feared as Minns government promise to restore Murray-Darling rivers in doubt
Grazier is worried towns will ‘run out of water’ if flows don’t improve, urging state government to take action regardless of federal funds
Mysterious debris found on Queensland beaches could be ‘space balls’ – and may contain toxic rocket fuel
Australian Space Agency working to confirm origin of objects as space archaeologist says they may be connected to a rocket launch