Morning Mail: One Nation’s undercover videos, Trump’s ‘unprecedented’ fortune, Farage v Binface

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One Nation has recently published a string of “undercover” videos in which a party staffer attends leftwing protests and seeks to embarrass protesters in filmed interviews.

It comes as Penny Wong condemns Hanson’s monocultural policy as “melancholic fantasy”.

Plus, a third near-miss at Sydney airport is under investigation, and Donald Trump has been attacked for being “openly corrupt” in amassing a personal fortune during his second presidency.

Last lauf | Dineth Fernando, a 13-year-old from Melbourne, https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/aug/13/lauf-and-minceur-the-words-that-made-a-13-year-old-from-melbourne-a-world-scrabble-champion">has won the 2026 World Youth Scrabble Championship with words including “lauf” and “minceur”.

He moved to Australia from Sri Lanka in February and English is not even his first language.

Exclusive | The owners of a progressive social media page have accused One Nation of impersonating them at anti-Pauline Hanson rallies while shooting a series of https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/aug/14/one-nation-staffer-accused-of-posing-as-leftwing-content-creator-in-undercover-videos-ntwnfb">“undercover” videos.

Labor has escalated its pushback on One Nation’s surging political support, with the foreign affairs minister, Penny Wong, labelling Pauline Hanson’s push for a monoculture a https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/aug/13/penny-wong-labor-rhetoric-pauline-hanson-monoculture-ntwnfb">“melancholic fantasy”.

Third near-miss | The transport safety watchdog is investigating https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/13/transport-watchdog-investigates-another-near-miss-at-sydney-airport">another near-collision between two planes at Sydney airport – which occurred on the same day as one that made national news and raised concerns about air traffic control.

Paying the price? | The buy now, pay later boom arrived in Australia promising to one day replace credit cards.

But with growth slowing and players leaving the market, is it all over? https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/aug/14/is-australias-buy-now-pay-later-boom-at-an-end">Luca Ittimani reports.

Bishop convicted | The former bishop of Broome https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/aug/13/former-catholic-bishop-accused-of-hosting-alcohol-fuelled-parties-to-sexually-abuse-aboriginal-men-found-guilty-ntwnfb">has been convicted of sexually abusing two young Aboriginal men.

Christopher Saunders, 76, who was known for hosting boozy shirts-off parties, was found guilty of 13 sexual offences.