Afternoon Update: Trump refuses to finalise debate plans; Nine journalists on strike; and the navy chief who planned a shipwreck

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Good afternoon. Kamala Harris has accused Donald Trump of “backpedalling” from a previously agreed presidential debate in September, as the Trump campaign said that it would not agree to finalising plans until Harris formally became the Democratic nominee.

Harris, the presumptive nominee, has continued to invigorate her party’s campaign in her first events since Joe Biden bowed out from the presidential race. A survey of 211,219 Black voters across all 50 states found a vast majority trusted Harris and distrusted Trump.

Nine journalists on strike | Editorial staff from newspapers owned by Nine have stopped work for five days as they protest pay offer and job cuts. Read more from Amanda Meade here.

Gladys Berejiklian loses legal challenge against corrupt conduct finding | The former New South Wales premier has lost her legal challenge against a corruption watchdog finding that she engaged in “serious corrupt conduct” after failing to declare a conflict of interest over two government grants.

Queensland corruption watchdog criticises Labor for stalling on police integrity | The corruption commission chair, Bruce Barbour, said there had been no meaningful progress on the establishment of a police integrity unit despite the urgent need.