Your afternoon Briefing: GoFundMe ‘buckled against freedom demands’

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Good afternoon readers. Israel Folau’s camp responds after his GoFundMe page is pulled down, and Clover Moore declares a climate emergency.

Israel Folau's GoFundMe page has been closed by the fundraising service. Picture: Supplied

GoFundMe ‘buckled against freedom demands’

Israel Folau‘s representatives say GoFundMe “buckled to demands against the freedoms of Australians” when it pulled down his fundraising page, as churches are inundated with requests to help the former Wallaby.

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A shopper is seen carrying bags at a Coles Sydney CBD store, Sydney, Monday, July 2, 2018. Woolworths says it will hand out free reusable bags for the next 10 days as its customers get used to its ban on single-use plastic bags. Woolies stores in NSW, Queensland, Victoria and Western Australia stopped providing free single-use plastic bags on June 20. (AAP Image/Peter RAE) NO ARCHIVING

Plastic bags had early hit

The nation’s leading supermarket chains have acknowledged the disruption to trading and downward pressure on sales caused by last year’s ban on single-use plastic bags.

Clover Moore at Redfern Oval today to talk about the Waterloo housing estate redevelopment.

Clover declares climate emergency

A formal declaration by the Sydney City Council that the city is in a state of “climate emergency” and Sydneysiders at “serious risk” from climate change is expected to pass at tonight’s council meeting.

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Hannah Green, Sally Fitzgibbons and Ash Barty are all on top of the world but at different stages of their careers. Picture: Getty Images/AP

Who runs the world

Go the girls. Hannah Green, Ash Barty and Sally Fitzgibbons are three athletes at three very different stages of their careers. Their stories are powerful and rewarding. They have evolving tales of coming from nowhere, coming of age and trying to come good before it’s too late.