Your afternoon Briefing: Downturn in start-ups as businesses fail

Good afternoon, readers. Why Australian businesses are failing and John Millman can’t believe he beat Roger Federer either.

Good afternoon, readers. Why Australian businesses are failing and Australia’s John Millman can’t believe he beat Roger Federer either.

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Reality check for businesses

The number of start-ups declined last financial year and the failure rate for Australian businesses shot up amid tight credit and a lukewarm economy.

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NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 03: John Millman of Australia shows his emotions during the men's singles fourth round match against Roger Federer of Switzerland on Day Eight of the 2018 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 3, 2018 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. Alex Pantling/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

I’m in disbelief: Millman

Australian John Millman has claimed his biggest scalp and one of the biggest upsets in US Open history by beating Roger Federer in four sets.

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Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk speaks during Question Time at Parliament House in Brisbane, Tuesday, September 4, 2018. (AAP Image/Dan Peled) NO ARCHIVING

KAP refers Qld premier to CCC

Katter’s Australian Party has referred Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk to Queensland’s corruption watchdog after she axed its staff.

Sunrise breached broadcasting standards for accuracy and provoked serious contempt on the basis of race when it aired an all-white panel discussing the adoption of Indigenous children and child abuse, the media watchdog has ruled.The Sunrise segment, featuring Prue MacSween, Samantha Armytage and Ben Davis, was found in breach. Supplied

NT assault ‘makes my heart cry’

Scott Morrison says revelations that another Tennant Creek toddler has been the victim of sex offences make his “heart cry”, while Chris Kenny writes that it is deeply worrying we have yet another quango quashing free debate with its ruling of against Seven Network.

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Nauru's President Baron Waqa attends a press conference after the Small Island States meeting in Aiwo on September 3, 2018, ahead of the start of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF). - Official talks at the 18-nation Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) starting on September 3 will centre on the threat climate change poses to island states and China's rising influence in the region. (Photo by Mike LEYRAL / AFP)

China delegate walks out on host

China’s representative at the Pacific Island Forum in Nauru has stormed out of talks after a dispute with host nation leader, President Baron Waqa, and New Zealand journalist Barbara Dreaver has been detained by police at the event after she was seen talking to refugees.

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A camera is on view at the Polaroid booth of the upcoming IFA, the world's leading trade show for consumer electronics and home appliances, in Berlin on August 29, 2018. (Photo by Tobias SCHWARZ / AFP)

New snapshot from a bygone age

For the young it’s something new — a revamped Polaroid that develops a photo you can frame and that’s not on your phone. For older readers, you might remember this as a photo.