As it happened: Last-minute legislation on final sitting week agenda; Deputy PM’s chief of staff sues over workplace bullying complaint

And that’s where we’ll leave our live coverage today.

If you’re reading us on the commute home, or just catching up, here’s what made headlines today:

• Foreign Minister Penny Wong has given her strongest suggestion that the federal government would comply with the International Criminal Court’s arrest warrant of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, saying its decisions “will be informed by international law, not by politics”.
• Israeli police say security forces were responding to a “civilian under attack” and had “rocks and slabs” thrown at them when an Australian student was allegedly shot at in her West Bank apartment.
• Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has confirmed that the Australian Federal Police have offered to assist Laotian authorities investigate the deaths of Bianca Jones and Holly Bowles following their deaths from methanol poisoning.
• Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek says it is “outrageous” that supermarkets are charging more for fruits and vegetables which are not packaged, and has suggested a state crackdown is on the horizon.
• During question time, the opposition sought to whack the government over future climate targets.
• A man has been arrested at Sydney Airport over an anti-Israel vandalism spree.
• In Melbourne, flights were delayed due to foggy conditions.
• In sport, Emma McKeon, the most decorated Australian athlete in Olympic history, has announced her formal retirement from competitive swimming.
• And overseas, the governor of Bali’s Kerobokan prison has heard nothing from his government about the proposed release of the remaining Bali Nine drug smugglers.

Returning to Canberra, where independent senator Lidia Thorpe has told the ABC’s Afternoon Briefing that her push for a Senate review into racism was not solely motivated by her recent censure for interrupting an event featuring King Charles.

Thorpe is co-sponsoring the motion with former Greens colleague Mehreen Faruqi. The pair want the Senate’s procedure committee to investigate racism and sexism in federal parliament.

“That’s been lots of motivators,” Thorpe said. “[It’s about] my workplace and wanting it to be safe for future generations. The censure was just a process they felt they needed to go through because they were upset I told the King off for the genocide that his family are guilty of.”

Asked what would happen if the review isn’t established – and whether she has a “breaking point” for dealing with racism – Thorpe said she had no intention of quitting parliament.

“I wouldn’t let the racists have that much fun without me for the next 3½ years. I’m happy here to stand up against misogyny and racism. And there’s no breaking point. It’s just who I am.”

Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen says the government has not committed to spending any taxpayer money on agreements arising from a major United Nations climate change conference.

Asked by Liberal MP Ted O’Brien how much taxpayer money had been committed by the government to spend on agreements arising from COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, this month, Bowen said: “Zero.”

Bowen went on to say:

Last week, the government was requested by other governments to enter into certain agreements and arrangements that we did agree to. The member for Fairfax implies there was a cost, there was zero cost.”

Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek says it is “outrageous” that supermarkets are charging more for fruits and vegetables which are not packaged.

Asked by independent MP Monique Ryan how the government was holding supermarket chains accountable “for fuelling Australia’s plastic pollution”, Plibersek said supermarkets had walked away from their recycling responsibilities and that the government was working with state and territory governments on packaging regulations, including reducing unnecessary packaging.

“It really is quite outrageous that the supermarkets are actually making it more expensive for families to do the right thing when they are doing their shopping,” Plibersek said. “Bananas come in their own packaging, oranges in their own packaging. They do not need to be wrapped in plastic as well.”