Australia news live: nonstop Sydney-London flights delayed again; anti-abortion bill blocked in SA

Qantas now says first Project Sunrise flight due to take off in November 2027. Follow today’s news live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Environment minister says Hanson stunt not ‘healthy’, but comments ‘entirely appropriate’ Murray Watt , the federal environment minister, said the stunt targeting Pauline Hanson’s National Press Club address yesterday wasn’t the first, but wasn’t “healthy” in that environment. Watt said this morning many politicians had been subject to disruption, including his own address that featured people wearing T-shirts and carrying signs. I do think that the message on the sign was entirely appropriate to raise the point that Pauline Hansen and One Nation have always voted against laws to lift wages, while of course she’s been happy to take a $100,000 pay rise herself as a party leader. But I do think that there are more appropriate ways to get that message out there than what happened yesterday. It’s all very well to get out there and make a speech about who you hate. That’s not going to take the country forward. We need to come together to face the challenges that the country faces and take those opportunities that we have. Continue reading...