Australia news LIVE: Lidia Thorpe thrown to ground outside anti-trans rally in Canberra; PM strikes key peace deal on Voice

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• Treasurer Jim Chalmers has revealed his second federal budget will get a multibillion-dollar boost from higher commodity prices. That’s despite growing concerns about the global economy and increasing pressures to meet unavoidable spending demands.

• Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was emotional as he stood alongside Indigenous leaders to announce the wording of the Voice referendum, after weeks of intense debate.
• Peter Dutton wants to see the legal advice the government received on the wording for the referendum saying it may not satisfy the concerns of conservatives.
• Dramatic footage shows independent senator Lidia Thorpe thrown to the ground by Australian Federal Police, after trying to crash an anti-trans rally attended by One Nation and United Australia Party senators out the front of Parliament House. The incident has been referred to the AFP’s Professional Standards Command
• Vape flavours would be banned, individual product packages would have warning labels and importers would need a permit to bring vapes into the country under a crackdown being recommended by the Therapeutic Goods Administration to stamp out vaping among young people.

• Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson may have ended any chance of rehabilitation and potentially his political career after he lost his cool during a lengthy grilling by the House of Commons privileges committee today as he accused its members of “complete nonsense”.

• In NSW, commuters will now have to wait months before the first batch of NSW’s new intercity trains enters service because modifications agreed to by the state government last November have yet to be made to the multibillion-dollar fleet.
• And in Victoria, the Andrews government’s controversial Lawyer X bill hangs in the balance, with the Greens refusing to pass the proposed laws in their current form. The Human Source Management Bill was drafted in response to Justice Margaret McMurdo’s royal commission into Victoria Police’s use of criminal defence barrister Nicola Gobbo – who was referred to as Lawyer X.

In NSW, commuters will now have to wait months before the first batch of the state’s new intercity trains enters service because modifications agreed to by the state government last November have yet to be made to the multibillion-dollar fleet.

The hold-up to the rollout of the new fleet is also delaying the retirement of decades-old V-set passenger trains, and the transition of Oscar trains to Sydney’s suburban lines.

The new fleet of Korean-built trains was purchased to replace the V-set and Oscar trains on intercity lines between Sydney and Newcastle, the south coast and the Blue Mountains.

Despite the government and union reaching a deal four months ago, multiple sources confirmed that the modifications have yet to be undertaken, which means it will be months before the first of the new trains can start services.

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Dramatic footage shows independent senator Lidia Thorpe thrown to the ground by Australian Federal Police, after trying to crash an anti-trans rally attended by One Nation and United Australia Party senators out the front of Parliament House.

The incident has been referred to the AFP’s Professional Standards Command.

Read the full story here.

Parliament question time has kicked off in federal parliament with an argument over broken promises and soaring power prices.

Opposition MPs repeatedly asked the prime minister to admit the soaring cost of electricity bills, which will rise up to 31 per cent in July, meant that he had broken his election commitment to cut household bills by $275 by 2025.

“The prime minister promised 97 times before the election that he would cut power prices by $275 per year,” said deputy opposition leader Sussan Ley. “Will the prime minister finally admit he has broken his promise?”

Anthony Albanese was not in a mood to admit anything, and fired back with an accusation that the Coalition had broken its own promises when it was in government, when former energy minister Angus Taylor pledged to cap wholesale power prices at $70 a megawatt hour.

“Spoiler alert, it didn’t happen. Not $70, but $286. Missed that much. Promised $70, got $286,” Albanese said.

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton accused the prime minister of “making a mockery” of parliament by refusing to answer the question.

Thanks for joining us today. If you’re just joining us, here’s what you need to know:

• Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has become emotional as he stood alongside Indigenous leaders to announce the wording of the Voice referendum, after weeks of intense debate.
• Peter Dutton wants to see the legal advice the government received on the wording for the referendum saying it may not satisfy the concerns of conservatives.
• Footage shows independent senator Lidia Thorpe has been thrown to the ground by Australian Federal Police, after trying to crash an anti-trans rally attended by One Nation and United Australia Party senators out the front of Parliament House. The incident has been referred to the AFP’s Professional Standards Command.
• One of the United States’ top technology regulators has urged Australia to ban TikTok in its current form, arguing the wildly popular Chinese-owned app is a sophisticated surveillance tool that poses a uniquely troubling national security threat.
• Former Greens leader Bob Brown has taken to the airwaves to double down on his decision to cancel his life membership of the Australian Conservation Foundation, after he lashed the organisation for calling on the minor party to vote in the Albanese government’s climate reform.
• Labour organisers will escalate their concerns about the AUKUS defence pact by moving an annual workers’ march to the NSW city of Port Kembla to oppose its use as a base for a future submarine fleet.