Alarm at NSW domestic violence figures, big far-right gains in EU vote, Michael Mosley’s body found

Good morning. We lead today with new figures showing that one in four cases heard by New South Wales courts last year were related to domestic violence. The rising numbers coincide with a lack of funding to help victim-survivors seek justice.

France’s president, Emmanuel Macron, has dissolved the French parliament and called a snap election – as far-right parties make significant gains in early European election results.

Meanwhile, Benny Gantz has quit from Israel’s war cabinet in protest over Benjamin Netanyahu’s handling of the Gaza crisis, the body of British TV doctor Michael Mosley has been found in Greece, and Carlos Alcaraz has won the French Open in a five-set thriller.

When Catherine Holmes’ scathing robodebt royal commission report was released, the names of six individuals referred for further investigation was kept sealed so as not to prejudice those processes. However, the National Anti-Corruption Commission has decided not to launch an investigation into the “robodebt six”. It’s a great disappointment to the victims of robodebt, and Paul Karp asks whether there’s been enough transparency about how the referrals have been handled.

The modern mind is a column where experts discuss mental health issues they are seeing in their work. This week, trauma specialist and psychotherapist Diane Young explores how the brain protects itself from pain by shutting down emotional responses – something that can help us cope with trauma in the short term, but can be problematic when it persists.

A whistleblower alleges that dozens of expectant mothers who attended Queensland’s Redcliffe hospital received substandard maternity care, reports the ABC. The NSW Labor government has ordered Hornsby Shire Council to repay $36m from a controversial grants fund that overwhelmingly favoured Coalition electorates when the Liberals and Nationals were in power, reports the Sydney Morning Herald. Insiders have claimed that the Australian Border Force’s Cape-class boats are plagued with dangerous issues including multiple known – but unresolved – defects, reports the Age.

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