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Morning Mail: WHO declares mpox emergency, mortgage payments soar, ‘jaw-dropping’ Stonehenge discovery

Want to get this in your inbox every weekday? Sign up for the Morning Mail here, and finish your day with our Afternoon Update newsletterGood morning.Amid higher interest rates and soaring living costs, new data shows how the percentage of income that Australian mortgage holders are spending on their loans has rocketed to levels not seen since before the 2008 global financial crisis.Housing pressure | Mortgage holders are spending well over 20% of their pre-tax income on their loans, representing one of the highest levels on record, data compiled by the Commonwealth Bank shows.Paul Brereton | The perceived conflict that resulted in the anti-corruption commissioner recusing himself from decisions on robodebt referrals was an apparent “close association” relating to his service in the army reserve.London stabbing | An 11-year-old girl who was stabbed eight times in Leicester Square this week is an Australian national visiting London with her mother at the time of the attack.Exclusive | As it seeks to keep pace with scientific advances, the government is set to announce an inquiry looking to modernise human tissue laws last comprehensively reviewed 50 years ago.Online advertising | More than half of cryptocurrency-related ads on Facebook analysed by Australia’s consumer regulator were scams or violated Meta’s policies, a court has heard. Continue reading...

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