With that we’re wrapping up the blog. Before we go, here are the major stories from Sunday:
The environment Minister, Murray Watt, is adamant Labor will pass its overhaul of the country’s environmental laws;
Watt also confirmed that the minister will maintain the power of project approval rather than the Environmental Protection Authority under the new reforms;
Australia must ‘step up to prevent catastrophic and preventable loss of life’ caused by Trump cuts, former US Centre for Disease Control boss says;
Nationals senator Matt Canavan will “present work” on net zero review to Coalition this week;
Barnaby Joyce says he remains with Nationals but will not attend party room meetings this sitting fortnight;
The climate and energy minister, Chris Bowen, has urged parliament to pass environmental reforms to aid energy transition;
Large parts of Australia’s east coast, from Victoria to Queensland, are being hammered by severe thunderstorms expected to continue into the week;
A 19-year-old man located near an alleged machete brawl in Melbourne’s north on Saturday night is in a stable condition in hospital, police say;
A Queensland man has been charged with violating a domestic violence order following a car crash that killed a three-year-old.
We’ll pick things up again tomorrow.
