Overview

• Elbridge Colby’s review could force Australia to increase payments and commit its AUKUS submarines to support US operations in a Taiwan contingency.
• The White House has notified Brazil that a 50% tariff on all imports will take effect on August 1 following a letter from President Trump to President Lula.
• Michael Smith was discharged from Sydney’s St Vincent’s Hospital after receiving the world’s first implant of a next-generation left ventricular assist device that mimics the heart’s pulse.
• Opposition Leader Sussan Ley’s revelation that she once brandished a rifle during a camping threat has become a focal point of public debate.
• The European Court of Human Rights unanimously ruled that Russia and its agents engaged in “manifestly unlawful” conduct when they shot down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in 2014.