Good morning. As some of Australia’s biggest thinktanks refuse to reveal their backers, we weigh up whether they should be made to be more open about where their money comes from.

Prominent US rightwing activist Charlie Kirk has been shot at a Utah university event, and reportedly died. And the Polish PM says his nation is closer to conflict “than any time since the second world war” after an incursion by Russian drones.

And back home, a new report has laid bare how continued natural disasters will ravage the future economic wellbeing of Australia’s young people in the coming decades.

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Exclusive | A report by Deloitte, commissioned by Unicef, has found the impact of disasters on Australia’s young people aged up to 24 will cost $100bn between now and 2060 . The most signifi

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