TRANSCRIPT:
- The Coalition deciding on its formal net zero climate position;
- Britain to announce massive changes to its asylum seeker policies;
- The Wallabies record a major loss to Ireland in their Dublin tour match.
A party room meeting is underway in Canberra as the Nationals and Liberals determine the Coalition's formal energy policy.
Both parties have already separately announced they're dumping their commitment to Australia's net zero emissions by 2050 target, a move that Nationals leader David Littleproud has largely taken credit for.
The meeting is to rubber stamp the Coalition's formal adoption of this position.
Prior to the meeting, Liberal senator Jonathon Duniam told Sky News Sunday Agenda that the Australian public could be fairly confident about the meeting's outcome.
"You obviously have a flavour of where the Liberals and Nationals were, and you would not be surprised to learn of course that the ultimate makeup of that policy will make up what you've already seen in the public domain, both from David Littleproud and Sussan Ley."
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has brushed off concerns about the potential cost of the next global climate summit in Adelaide next year.
The hosting rights are still to be decided, with Australia still lobbying Turkiye for COP31 honours ahead of a final decision at COP30 this week.
The Australian Financial Review has suggested the conference could cost up to $2 billion, citing anonymous sources reportedly close to the bid.
But Mr Albanese has labelled such reports as pure speculation, focusing instead on the impact of extreme weather.
"Climate change is a real issue. The science of climate change is real. The natural disasters in Australia, we've always had them, but the science told us they would occur more often, and they'd be more intense. That is exactly what has been happening here in Australia. We see it, whether it be bushfires, floods, tropical cyclones in non-tropical areas, we see the impact, which is there."
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A northern New South Wales council is expected to review its annual motorcycle rally event after a 'freak' accident that injured a group of spectators.
New South Wales Police say the accident happened when an on-track collision in the demolition derby sent a speedway car with a 27-year-old driver crashing through the fence and into a mobile grandstand at Walcha's showgrounds, 90 kilometres from Tamworth.
Two people remain in a serious but stable condition after the crash, while others have been transported to hospitals in Armidale, Tamworth and Walcha.
Walcha Council mayor Eric Noakes says the council will examine if the event can be held again, but he's told Channel 9 their immediate concern is supporting the families - and community.
"Our main thoughts at the moment are with the family and the people who have been injured. This is certainly not something any town wants to have or any people want to have. So our thoughts and wishes - best wishes - are with those people at the moment."
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Sweeping changes have been announced to Britain's controversial asylum system as polls show immigration has overtaken the economy as voters' top concern.
The Home Office says the statutory duty to provide housing support and allowances to certain asylum seekers will be revoked, refugee status will become temporary and subject to regular review, and that those granted asylum will have to wait 20 years before even being able to apply for permanency.
The Labour government has been hardening its immigration policies as it seeks to stem the surging popularity of the populist Reform UK party, which has driven the immigration agenda and forced Labour to adopt a tougher line.
A formal announcement is expected tomorrow - but Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has already flagged a tougher approach, notably at the party's conference in September.
"We can only be open to the world if we are able to determine who comes in, and who must leave."
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A longtime ally of Donald Trump has raised concerns for her safety after being publicly dis-endorsed by the US President.
Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has posted on social media platform X that she has been receiving what she's called 'a hot bed of threats'.
She says private security firms have been in touch to offer warnings about her safety, and that as a woman she takes threats from men very seriously.
The Congresswoman has become a vocal critic of Mr Trump on several fronts, including the government shutdown, U-S military aid to Israel, and most recently, the Epstein files.
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To sport and in rugby news,
The Wallabies have been comprehesively defeated by Ireland in Dublin, 46 to 19.
Beleaguered coach Joe Schmidt has been left to admit that the best Australian on the pitch was Mack Hansen, the maverick ex-Brumby made in Canberra who notched up a hat trick of tries for the Irish within the first half hour of the game, after being snapped up by his mum's home country.
The loss leaves the side just one defeat away from recording their first winless European tour in 67 years.
