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Greens leader Adam Bandt has confirmed his party will vote for the government's climate change bill, though he says it's still too weak.
The Greens have been calling for an end to all new coal and gas mines across Australia, but Labor has refused to negotiate on the issue.
The party instead will push for a climate trigger on environmental laws, which will force consideration of environmental impacts on all new projects.
The government will need the support of one other crossbencher in the Senate to pass the bill.
Stuart Ayres has resigned from the New South Wales ministry and as the state's deputy Liberal leader.
A draft review into the John Barilaro New York City job scandal found he may have breached the ministerial code of conduct.
The recruitment process for the New York-based trade role is the subject of a New South Wales parliamentary inquiry.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he acknowledges there are diverging views among Indigenous Australians on the Voice to Parliament and the Uluru Statement from the Heart.
The Labor government is committed to implementing the Uluru Statement from the Heart in full, with a treaty the second aspect of the process.
The prime minister says this national discussion may not be easy but it is sensible.
"Do I expect every Australian on the roll to vote yes? No, I don't. That's important that people are able to express their views. But overwhelmingly this is a sensible proposition."
The federal government is announcing 'medically vulnerable' children aged six months to under five years of age can now receive the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.
It means some 70,000 children who are immunocompromised, living with complex health conditions , or a disability can receive a smaller version of the dose.
The head of the Comanchero Motocycle Club, Mark Buddle, has been arrested in Australia after fleeing the country in 2016.
Australian Federal Police say the 37-year-old was arrested in Darwin following his deportation from Turkey.
He is accused of importing more than 160 kilograms of cocaine into Melbourne in May last year.
Foreign Minister Penny Wong has called for calm and a de-escalation of tensions between Beijing and Washington after US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan.
Ms Pelosi became the highest-ranking American official in 25 years to visit the country.
China has condemned the visit by Ms Pelosi, saying it's a threat to peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait.
The Australian Electoral Commission says its partnership with online platforms during the federal election campaign resulted in less false information being circulated.
Commissioner Tom Rogers says the decision to link with Facebook, Twitter, Google and Microsoft helped prevent the spread of harmful content online.
The Commission identified 31 pieces of misinformation on Twitter alone, and referred several posts for removal.
Former Victorian Labor MP Jane Garrett will be honoured with a state memorial in September afer she died from cancer last month.
Ms Garrett died aged 49 in early July.
I'm Greg Dyett and that's SBS News in Easy English.
