Morning Mail: One Nation candidates pay their own way; Albanese’s message at Cop; and the Finnish embassy goes viral

Want to get this in your inbox every weekday? Sign up for the Morning Mail here, and finish your day with our Politics, really newsletter. Morning everyone. Our exclusive top story reveals how One Nation candidates standing in the Victorian election have been forced to fund their own campaigns and will only be reimbursed if they win more than 4% of the primary vote.Anthony Albanese spruiked Australia’s renewables record in his speech to the Cop31 summit but failed to mention fossil fuels at all, and we explore how a post about the opening hours of the Finnish embassy went viral. And a cameo by David Walliams has been cut from an upcoming Australian film based on one of his books.Fossil fail | Anthony Albanese said governments had a “solemn responsibility” to act on climate change in a historic speech to the UN’s climate summit, but one which failed to mention the fossil fuels driving the crisis. The president of the embattled Marshall Islands told delegates “the world we know is over” without urgent climate action.Exclusive | One Nation candidates in a number of winnable Victorian seats say they have been left to fund their own campaigns, with several questioning the party’s strategy ahead of the election. A One Nation candidate in Victoria has apologised for a series of offensive comments about Australian-Indians, Muslims, and women.Walliams cut | The distributors of an upcoming Australian film based on a book by children’s author and television personality David Walliams have confirmed he will be removed from the film and its publicity run after sexual harassment allegations were made public. In the UK, pressure is on the entertainment and publishing industry to improve protections.Closing time | David Jones is set to close 19 of its 38 department stores with the loss of hundreds of jobs under a sweeping restructure, the appointed receivers said.Alcohol warning | Rising numbers of young Australians are suffering severe, irreversible liver disease as alcohol-related hospital admissions remain above pre-pandemic levels after peaking during Covid. Continue reading...