Good morning. Spain have won the Women’s World Cup, denying England’s Lionesses with a fluid and mesmeric display of football. We have reflections on the game and on a wonderful tournament.

Australians are expected to live longer and remain healthier to an older age while having fewer children over the next 40 years, according to the latest intergenerational report from Treasury. The briefing has found population growth is projected to slow to an annual average of 1.1% over the next 40 years, compared with 1.4% over the past four decades, with overseas migration expected to continue to support Australia’s population growth, along with natural increase – although both are projected to fall.

Plus, Russia’s moon mission has crashed. And we have a question: if an airline advertises a fare that’s almost impossible to find, was it a misleading ad?

Australia is heading into a dry summer with a high fuel load – due to three wet La Niña years – and the Bureau of Meteorology has warned the country could face a season of heatwaves and fires, with warmer than average temperatures and lower than average rainfall forecast through October.

Guardian Australia spoke to fire chiefs about how to prepare your home for bushfire season – and how to read the new bushfire danger rating system.

Archaeologists discovered a small bedroom in a Roman villa near Pompeii that was almost certainly used by slaves. Its contents included two beds and a series of urns and ceramic containers with the remains of two mice and a rat inside.

“What we are learning about the material conditions and social organisation of that era opens up new horizons for historical and archaeological studies,” said Gennaro Sangiuliano, Italy’s culture minister.

The Australian says corporate leaders are urging the federal government to raise the GST rate and remove regulations in order to power clean energy and bolster material wellbeing. There’s a crisis brewing in attracting and retaining school principals due to burnout and social media abuse, according to the Mercury. The Herald Sun covers a new blood test developed by Melbourne researchers that helps detect whether a patient has ovarian cancer.

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