Premier Roger Cook said the update was part of a wider plan to toughen the state’s firearm lawsGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe Coalition has questioned why the government is using drones to monitor people released from immigration detention.Cabinet minister Murray Watt confirmed on Insiders earlier that “drones...

One Liberal MP said it would be a ‘terrible look’ to ask 31-year-old Amelia Hamer, who has been preselected for the seat, to step asideGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastLiberal MPs are split over whether Josh Frydenberg should get another chance to nominate for his old seat of Kooyong, after proposed changes to...

Ed Davey’s party is seeking to win over disillusioned Conservative voters in the Surrey Heath seat of outgoing minister Michael Gove Shortly after Rishi Sunak got drenched in a downpour in Downing Street to call a surprise general election, a missive was sent out to party supporters in a key Surrey constituency to rally support.Campaigners were urged...

Labour leader says levels have ‘got to come down’ but declines to specify a figure or timelineSign up for our Election Edition newsletterYvette Cooper is being questioned by Laura Kuenssberg her BBC Sunday politics programme.The shadow home secretary says that Labour is not setting a target for how many people should be allowed to come to the UK, as...

Premier Roger Cook said the update was part of a wider plan to toughen the state’s firearm laws. Follow the day’s news liveGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe Coalition has questioned why the government is using drones to monitor people released from immigration detention.Cabinet minister Murray Watt confirmed...

About 20-50 balloons an hour incoming, warns Seoul’s military, urging public to report but don’t touchNorth Korea has sent about 600 more rubbish-filled balloons containing everything from cigarette butts to plastic across the border, Seoul’s military said on Sunday, adding that security personnel were collecting them as they landed.“North Korea has...