Qatar meeting | Australian bureaucrats have agreed to hold to clear-the-air talks with Qatar over Canberra’s “unfair” decision to deny the Gulf state’s airline extra flights.

Ranking slip | Almost all of Australia’s top 10 universities dropped places in this year’s global ranking, with only the University of Melbourne remaining in the top 50. It’s a “red-light warning” according to the list’s compilers at Times Higher Education, with more money needed for research especially.

Exclusive | John Margerison, the vanished businessman with links to former Coalition minister Stuart Robert, stands to pocket up to $40m over 10 years in payments from an NDIS charity that he controlled through one of his health services companies.

Privacy reforms | Australians will gain a right to sue for “serious” breaches of privacy under reforms that would also require small businesses to comply with privacy laws for the first time.

Exclusive | Anthony Albanese will do more to accelerate the transition to low emissions after the voice referendum has concluded, declaring the “right decisions” are needed to ensure Australia emerges a winner in the global race to renewable energy.

Armenia ‘genocide’| Armenian Americans are calling for the US to stop the “genocide” in Nagorno-Karabakh, the enclave disputed between Armenia and neighbouring Azerbaijan. An estimated 40% of the region’s population – 50,000 people – has fled into Armenia in the face of Azeri attacks.

Private returns | Travis King, the American soldier who fled across the border into North Korea in July, is back in US custody after Sweden helped broker a deal to send him home.

German raids | Police have carried out raids across Germany as ministers announced a ban on a far-right group described as a “cult-like, deeply racist and antisemitic association” that sought to indoctrinate children with Nazi ideology.

‘Oh Laurence!’ | GB News – run by Australian Angelos Frangopoulos – has suspended the presenter Dan Wootton after misogynistic comments made on his show by the actor and culture warrior Laurence Fox. Wootton apologised but then drew a hostile response from Fox as the fallout for the channel worsened.

Vintage auction | A 1959 Château Lafite Rothschild and a 1961 Château Latour are among the highlights of a wine collection going up for auction that is expected to fetch £41m ($78m).

Cricket | The returning Glenn Maxwell helped Australia beat India by 66 runs in the third and final one-day international in Rajkot overnight, with the allrounder taking a career-best 4-40 with his spinners.

NRL | Newcastle skipper Kalyn Ponga has claimed a shock Dally M medal, pipping heavy favourite Shaun Johnson, while the Knights doubled up when Tamika Upton won the women’s award.

Grand finals | As the grand final buildup goes on, we hear from a Penrith fan who “loves the Panthers too much”, and a family of Brisbane Lions fans who are carrying the flame of the club’s VFL antecedents – Fitzroy.

Euthanasia | The inaugural Voluntary Assisted Dying National Conference in Sydney to help build the future of end-of-life care.

Sydney | Verdict in trial of Sri Lankan international cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka on sexual assault charge.

Economy | The ABS releases date on ABS releases job vacancies, national accounts, regional population and retail trade.

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