Hello and welcome to our national news live blog for Monday, August 10. Here’s what is making news today.

• The Coalition has accused Labor of exploiting a $171 million multicultural fund to bankroll its own seats and entrench “ghettoisation” of migrant communities, as the Albanese government quietly shifts funding toward cross-cultural programs over narrower ethnic or religious activities, setting up a clash over border controls and diversity ahead of parliament resuming this week.
• Albanese will also aim to settle an ongoing debate on betting ads in talks with Opposition Leader Angus Taylor this week. Sources close to both leaders told this masthead there was appetite to strike a major party deal on a long-running dispute that has pitted the AFL, NRL and media outlets, who rely on ad revenue, against religious leaders and advocates who have argued for a blanket ban on betting promos.
• Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has warned the US is unlikely to deliver any nuclear-powered submarines to Australia, as he argued the superpower would not be able to build enough Virginia-class vessels to honour its commitments to the defence pact.
• Australia’s confirmed bird flu detections have reached 215, as the Australian Centre for Disease Control say the risk to human health remains low. There are no confirmed detections in commercial poultry or the agriculture system.
• And Iran and Oman remained short of a final deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, while US President Donald Trump signalled the US could wait for Tehran’s economic suffering to soften its stance after Tehran renewed a hefty list of demands for Washington as conditions for a full reopening of the waterway.