Australia news live update: Morrison says Qld premier ‘consulted’ on emergency declaration; Rio Tinto ditching Russia; 21 Covid deaths

Australia news live update: Morrison says Qld premier ‘consulted’ on emergency declaration; Rio Tinto ditching Russia; 21 Covid deaths

6.24am GMT 06:24 In-person visits in Victorian prisons will resume on 12 March, having been restricted as part of Covid control measures. At 6 March, there were 14 total active Covid-19 cases in Victorian correctional facilities according to Corrections Victoria. PK (@paulkidd) People incarcerated in correctional facilities in Victoria will be allowed to have in-person … Read more

Australia politics live news updates: PM apologises to Brittany Higgins as parliament acknowledges history of bullying, harassment, sexual assault

Australia politics live news updates: PM apologises to Brittany Higgins as parliament acknowledges history of bullying, harassment, sexual assault

In the final sitting week of 2021 the Independent Review into Commonwealth Parliamentary Workplaces was published by the Sex Discrimination Commissioner Kate Jenkins. Today, on the first sitting day of 2022, we deliver this statement on behalf of the Parliamentary Cross-Party Leadership Taskforce recommended by Commissioner Jenkins and as a reflection of the Parliament. We … Read more

Australia news live update: at least 44 Covid deaths recorded nationally; Qld says using ADF to evacuate aged care facilities ‘a last resort’

Australia news live update: at least 44 Covid deaths recorded nationally; Qld says using ADF to evacuate aged care facilities ‘a last resort’

4.05am GMT 04:05 Neighbours reportedly axed by Channel 5 in UK Channel 5 in the UK has confirmed that Neighbours will be dropped from its summer scheduling, after airing for more than a decade on the network, according to a report from Digital Spy. It likely spells the end of the iconic show because it … Read more

Australia live news updates: Barnaby Joyce to give press conference after text reveals he called PM a ‘liar’; Western Australia bushfire crisis

Australia live news updates: Barnaby Joyce to give press conference after text reveals he called PM a ‘liar’; Western Australia bushfire crisis

Good morning, We’ve reached the weekend, which means – I hope – no more weird photo opportunities in hair dressers for prime ministers. It’s Caitlin Cassidy, here to guide you through this morning’s news. The deputy prime minister, Barnaby Joyce, has apologised to Scott Morrison after the leaking of a text message in which he … Read more

Australia news live updates: NSW records sharp rise in Covid cases with 516 new infections; Victoria reports 1,206 cases and two deaths

Australia news live updates: NSW records sharp rise in Covid cases with 516 new infections; Victoria reports 1,206 cases and two deaths

Today we can announce there have been more than 40m doses of vaccine delivered in Australia and that is a great achievement by the entire team who have been involved in delivering these doses all around the country. Now, from that first day, I was there back in February and we’ve had around 137,000 doses … Read more

Australia politics live: Scott Morrison in last-ditch talks with Nationals on net zero

Australia politics live: Scott Morrison in last-ditch talks with Nationals on net zero

Ready for more climate talk? Because you’ll be hearing a lot of it today. Again. Despite being one of the governing parties for the past eight years, and being heavily involved in the climate policy wars, the Nationals, led by Barnaby Joyce, have apparently never before considered a net zero by 2050 target. All we … Read more

Australian politics live: Barnaby Joyce says Nationals ‘not chained to a script’ on net zero

Australian politics live: Barnaby Joyce says Nationals ‘not chained to a script’ on net zero

I hope not. We don’t suggest that. A lot of times – I have been through them all – the single desk debate, the ETS debate, the Telstra debate – well, I wasn’t there for the guns debate, but we all remember that. And, you know, these are trying times and we think, for what … Read more

Australia Covid news live update: Victoria records 1,571 cases, 13 deaths; NSW 444 cases, four deaths; federal cabinet to debate net zero target

Australia Covid news live update: Victoria records 1,571 cases, 13 deaths; NSW 444 cases, four deaths; federal cabinet to debate net zero target

I think the Victorian Liberal party have a lot to answer for … What I did within 24 hours, along with Daniel Andrews of the Channel Nine revelations on 60 Minutes, was expel Adam. We then went and intervened into the Victorian branch … We suspended operations of the membership committee. We wrote to every … Read more

Australia Covid updates live: Victoria records 779 new cases and two deaths as regions await lockdown fate

Australia Covid updates live: Victoria records 779 new cases and two deaths as regions await lockdown fate

Victorian regions plunged into a seven-day lockdown will find out today if restrictions will lift amid concerns over case numbers in Geelong and Mitchell Shire. Follow the latest updates live NSW frontline medical staff gagged as health system braces for Covid peak NSW and Vic restrictions; Vic hotspots Vaccine rollout and rates tracker; Cases and … Read more

Australia Covid live news update: Victoria records 603 cases and one death as state braces for construction industry fallout

Australia Covid live news update: Victoria records 603 cases and one death as state braces for construction industry fallout

Well, what I say, Lisa, is this – in all careers, even if a person goes to jail, there’s a time when they come out and we believe they get a second chance. We don’t condemn them forever. We don’t just kick someone to the curb and never pick them up again. It’s not the … Read more