Morning Mail: The lonely death of ‘the birdman’, US shoots and seizes Iranian ship, and the independent fighting for Farrer

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. About 100,000 people walked unknowingly past the body of Bikram Lama, nicknamed “the birdman”, who died a lonely death in the centre of Sydney’s bustling CBD. Today we reveal how his hopes and dreams soured, and what it tells us about a glaring gap in our safety net. Donald Trump has again threatened to bomb Iran’s power plants, and the US says it has shot at and seized an Iranian ship, as the impasse over the strait of Hormuz continues. We meet the independent candidate hoping to thwart One Nation’s Farrer ambitions. And we chat to Aaron Chen about his move to the US and how a sitcom changed his life. Housing crisis | An aged care development on a site at risk of serious flooding in Sydney’s inner west is looming as a key test of the New South Wales government’s plans to boost housing supply. Exclusive | When Bikram Lama died, Sydney commuters streamed past his body for days. His lonely death exposes a glaring gap in Australia’s homelessness services. So, what went wrong? Tackling racism? | Federal Labor has been ac