Morning Mail: Labor’s budget faces poll test, Trump takes health test, tinned tomatoes get taste test

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Morning everyone. The Albanese government has work to do convincing voters that this month’s budget measures are the right ones with our latest Guardian Essential poll showing only a third or fewer voters back negative gearing and CGT changes.

We also report on an apparently misguided campaign by the anti-abortion activist Joanna Howe, and the anti-corruption commission is investigating a media leak about the arrest of Ben Roberts-Smith.

Image problem | An image posted on social media by anti-abortion activist Joanna Howe claiming to show aborted twin girls called “Ruth” and “Emma” appears to be from a TikTok video of newborn sugar gliders.

Polled tax | Labor’s key budget measures on housing and tax have failed to win over Australians, with only a third or fewer voters backing negative gearing and CGT changes. Many doubt the changes will make things easier for first home buyers, according to the latest Guardian Essential poll.

Syria return | A group of Australian women and children stuck in a Syrian detention camp since the defeat of Islamic State have arrived in Melbourne and Sydney amid a heated political debate about their future. Police said they made no arrests.

BRS media probe | The federal government’s special investigator for war crimes allegations and the Australian federal police have asked the anti-corruption commission to investigate media leaks about the arrest of Ben Roberts-Smith, Senate estimates was told last night. In a busy hearing, the outgoing head of the National Anti-Corruption Commission, Paul Brereton, said investigations had made staff “terrified of making any mistake of fact or law”.

BHP ‘should do more’ | The Labor MP Jerome Laxale says it’s “reasonable to expect more” from mining companies, breaking ranks to publicly back changes to the generous tax concessions blamed for holding back decarbonisation after revelations BHP delayed major projects to cut emissions.