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

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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. Australia 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…

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