Morning Mail: House price slide spreads across nation; Alan Jones trial due to start; Commonwealth Games conclude

Want to get this in your inbox every weekday? Sign up for the Morning Mail here, and finish your day with our Afternoon Update newsletter Good morning. New figures highlight how house prices have fallen nationwide in recent months – to the surprise of the Reserve Bank governor. There are fears that this year could become the worst on record for First Nations deaths in custody in New South Wales, after two men died last month at the Lithgow and Clarence correctional centres. Australia’s athletes have ended their Commonwealth Games on a golden high, and the trial of Alan Jones is due to begin today in Sydney. Exclusive | After two men died in correctional centres in July, First Nations advocates warn that prisons in NSW could exceed last year’s record number of Indigenous deaths in custody. Alan Jones trial | The trial of former broadcaster Alan Jones on charges of indecent assault and sexual touching is scheduled to begin in Sydney, with 76 witnesses expected across four months. Market cools | House prices have fallen in Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth as the market downturn spreads across Australia with the Middle East conflict and tax changes beginning to bite. ‘Incredibly far-rangin