Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, this week insisted the military must retain a presence on the border between Gaza and Egypt, defying mass protests in Israel that urged him to agree to a ceasefire and prioritise the release of hostages. satpa.pe/2twUF2j

'The Lasting Harm: Witnessing the Trial of Ghislaine Maxwell' is not, as author Lucia Osborne-Crowley tells us, a story about “billionaires or private jets or Prince Andrew”, or even primarily about Jeffrey Epstein or Maxwell, writes Linda Jaivin. satpa.pe/k7jlZxx

"Even when the competition isn’t either illusory or obviously skewed... unbridled competition ends in tears," writes @emfarelly. "I give you the housing crisis, the climate crisis, the disappearance of public trust and, well, Donald Trump."  satpa.pe/rrzvKhu

“The NACC betrayed its core obligation and failed to carry out its primary statutory duty... None of the reasons given were compelling. Indeed, they could be described as fatuous”. thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/law-crime…

Exclusive: Dr Andrew Johnson, the head of the Bureau of Meteorology, announces to staff that the department is essentially broke and is now relying on future funding to pay for its current operations, Rick Morton reports. satpa.pe/1v4gRf7

Editorial: Most politicians want to be liked but most also believe they are. Bill Shorten was not. He knew he was not the smartest person in the room. He knew success would require the charisma of others. #auspol satpa.pe/O1B7QiJ

If the government takes a cue from what worked this week, and extended it to land clear messages on the things that matter most in election campaigns, such as cost of living, it could just make retaining majority government possible, writes Chris Wallace. satpa.pe/7s2Pb3O

An Aboriginal body at the heart of a long-running battle over industrial development on the Burrup Peninsulasays it is powerless to object to new projects.  Royce Kurmelovs reports on the opposition to Woodside's LNG plans: satpa.pe/SJkEtxl

Exclusive: The chaos inside the NSW Liberal Party has pushed the branch into a federal takeover, with a suggestion that Tony Abbott might become state director. satpa.pe/rHSp8wg

"Muscle your way through the schoolkids and trainspotters to the front-and-centre picture window and behold a mesmerising journey – flying along the sinuous, diving rails, the tunnel lit only by a string of safety lights casting a weak glow in the murk." satpa.pe/JwIFTcN

“In 1950, Liberal Party membership comprised 11 per cent of Liberal voters and 4 per cent of all voters. There would barely be a street in the nation without two or three party activists.”  Does Australia need to rethink its electoral system? satpa.pe/a9LpXGM

Editorial: With Shorten’s departure, the Albanese government loses one of its best performers. Anthony Albanese also loses one of his main rivals. At the announcement on Thursday, the prime minister could scarcely contain his happiness. #auspol satpa.pe/a0ehlcS

"The policy the Greens announced this week is an appeal to the third of Australians who rent, tapping into the deep and understandable frustration with a broken property market," writes @michaelpascoe01. "But it is not practically solving the crisis." satpa.pe/GAg81p0

French filmmaker Martin Provost has long been interested in investigating the lives of unfairly neglected women artists.  His latest, 'Bonnard, Pierre & Marthe' looks at the hidden life of Pierre Bonnard’s wife, Marthe. satpa.pe/hCUPNRx

Editorial: Shorten's key miscalculation was that he believed that if something was true it would also be popular. His tax reforms were so obviously fair he couldn’t understand why people didn’t want them. Shorten was the country’s last reforming leader. satpa.pe/Vpd5GIg

Editorial: One of the perverse realities of Australia is that the electorate could prefer Scott Morrison to Bill Shorten. People were so afraid of change they voted for a man promising to do nothing. #auspol satpa.pe/hc1YNqJ

Editorial: The night Bill Shorten lost, the room where he was standing tasted of cigarette smoke and sour cheesecake. The lights burnt the wrong colour. At the podium, he said he was “proud we argued for what was right, not what was easy…” satpa.pe/FkQtC49

Better than expected growth in the 12 months to the end of June has buoyed the mood inside the government, writes Chris Wallace. “There was a sense Labor was finally snapping out of hibernation and standing up to fight.”  #auspol satpa.pe/fJdX23h

World’s greatest city? Top-ranking university? Highest-yield suburbs? Coolest street?  The urge to measure and rank everything should be put right back in its box. Why? Because if we let it, it will destroy our civilisation, writes Elizabeth Farrelly.  satpa.pe/i61yQWU

Nikos Papastergiadis’s memoir of his youthful friendship with John Berger can be read in an afternoon, though admirers of the British poet, activist and art critic will find their progress repeatedly thwarted by the need to return to the original works. satpa.pe/aGFi6rk