Thanks very much for reading Need to Know this Sunday, August 4. Here are the biggest developments of the day so far:

• PM backs Uluru Statement, sidesteps truth commission: Anthony Albanese says the government’s commitment to the Uluru Statement from the Heart still stands despite the failed Voice referendum, but he has stopped short of pledging to embark on a truth and justice commission.

• PM pledges ‘renewal’ of Indigenous policy after failed Voice referendum: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says the government will renew its policy for Indigenous Australians after its referendum on a Voice to parliament failed to garner enough support and caused “considerable hurt” among First Nations Australians.

• Burke backs probe into fatal strike on Australian aid worker in Israel: Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke has backed the Albanese government’s decision to task Air Chief Marshal Mark Binskin with the job of conducting a report into the death of Australian aid worker Zomi Frankcom in Israel.
• No country would send Palestinians back to Gaza now: Tony Burke says it would be unfair to speculate on the future visa status of Palestinians currently in Australia on soon-to-be expired visitor visas.

• Trump proposes alternative election debate, Harris says no: Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump proposed to debate Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris on Fox News on September 4, but the Harris campaign countered that Trump was trying to back out of a debate that had been set to run on ABC.