Morning Mail: Alan Jones’s ‘credibility’ defence; cuts to flexible learning in Victoria; privacy fears over $89 smart glasses

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. This morning we report on $89 camera glasses now on sale across Australia, which a digital rights expert has called a “privacy nightmare” waiting to happen. We dive into the culture war over educational theory, amid parent concerns that Montessori and Steiner streams are being shut down or phased out in Victoria in favour of “explicit instruction”. And, despite Donald Trump’s claims otherwise, Iranian officials say they’re not yet ready to revive negotiations with the US – but they are speaking with their neighbours about getting shipping moving. Class struggle | Under a policy introduced in 2024, Victoria’s public schools are phasing out the Montessori and Steiner streams embedded in the system. But some parents fear the one-size-fits-all approach to learning will harm their children. ‘Credibility’ defence | As Alan Jones’s trial for historical sexual offences began in Sydney, his legal strategy was apparent from the very first: seek to undermine the “credibility and reliability” of his accusers. Ben Doher