The Coalition will back a plan by Pauline Hanson's One Nation to prevent Australian citizens with links to overseas terror groups from returning home, despite earlier pledges to fight the party's insurgent rightwing movement.
Coalition support for One Nation policy
Nationals leader Matt Canavan and opposition leader Angus Taylor say they will support the bill, which aims to bar Australians linked to overseas terrorist groups from returning to Australia.
The move comes as the Coalition faces pressure from populist forces, with lessons drawn from Malcolm Turnbull's time in power and his doomed attempt to govern from the centre.
Other news in brief
In other developments, the Reserve Bank of Australia held rates at 4.35% on Tuesday, with governor Michele Bullock saying 'inflation remains too high'. Delivery drivers in Australia will be paid a minimum rate of $31.30 an hour and insured for injuries on the job under a landmark agreement approved by the industrial umpire.
A lobbyist under investigation by the NSW corruption watchdog has admitted to commissioning a 'shit sheet' on a former Liberal MP with a view to using it to discredit them. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has rejected calls to apologise to Japan's prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, over a joke he made about her gift of melons.
World and other headlines
Colombian rescue workers are racing to find survivors after the country's deadliest earthquake this century killed at least 240 people and left at least 3,000 missing. A Syrian court has sentenced former president Bashar al-Assad and his brother Maher to death in absentia for crimes against humanity and war crimes during the country's 14-year civil war.
Donald Trump reportedly hid in an airport catering container to board a secret flight in Turkey last month due to an Iranian threat, according to US media reports. The Office actor Lucy Davis, 53, says she has incurable stage-four breast cancer, but says humour is helping her cope. Music streaming platform Spotify will label 'AI persona' artists and exclude them from algorithm recommendations as part of a crackdown on fake performers.
Sport and what's on today
In sport, Australia are taking 'one week at a time' as their mammoth Test schedule begins in Darwin against Bangladesh. Cricket Australia could explore expanding the Big Bash League to 10 teams. Kelly Slater, 54, rolled back the years with a near-perfect surf in Tahiti's monster Teahupo'o swell.
Federal parliament is sitting today in Canberra. A hearing is due to be held in Wollongong in the independent 'public inquiry' into the Aukus security partnership. A hearing is scheduled in Sydney for the man who allegedly killed 15 people in a terror attack at Bondi beach. The trial of former broadcaster Alan Jones on historical charges of alleged indecent assaults continues in Sydney.
