Morning Mail: The ex-Liberal driving One Nation’s expansion; house prices fall again; and Jillaroos break World Cup records

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. Today we focus on the former prominent New South Wales Liberal Mark Jones’s key role in overhauling the selection and vetting process for One Nation candidates determined to beat his former colleagues.Overseas, street protests have boiled over into violent unrest in cities across Europe. And Republicans and Democrats are making a big push in key battleground states as the US midterms reach their final stretch.Housing market tumbles | Australian home values have dropped for a seventh consecutive month, with prices in capital cities now falling at the fastest pace in 40 years as rate hikes scare off buyers.Exclusive | Mark Jones, once on track for one of the Liberal party’s most powerful roles, is now instrumental in One Nation’s expansion by leading the overhaul of its candidate selection process.AI art threat | AI is stealing First Nations art and turning it into “Temu slop”, the Pitjantjatjara artist Sally Scales has said – despite Anthony Albanese’s vow to protect creatives from copyright theft.I swear! | Lexicographers are exploring how once-taboo profanities have become a significant part of Australian cultural identity, particularly as younger generations blur the lines of acceptability.Water stoush | The Northern Territory government has been accused of making a “shameless” attack on nature by planning to delete a legal requirement that water must be allocated to the environment.‘Rebuild trust’ | Former New Zealand PM turned academic Jacinda Ardern has told a Sydney audience that politicians are exacerbating the problem of polarisation within society and need to be better. Continue reading...