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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has named Anthea Harris, a former chief of Australia's energy regulator, as the national coordinator of the taskforce.

The prime minister will convene a virtual gathering of state and territory leaders tomorrow, with the talks to focus on strengthening state-federal cooperation in the face of demand-driven shortages on fuel.

The United States president has declared America does "not need the help of anyone" in the war he launched against Iran, days after he called on allies to help reclaim a key shipping route.

One Nation MP Barnaby Joyce says he regrets not doing more when he was in government to secure fuel reserves, as Australia grapples with supply shortages triggered by war in the Middle East.

Former ASIO boss Dennis Richardson says he resigned from the royal commission into antisemitism because he felt he was overpaid and "surplus to requirements".

Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke says one of the seven members of the Iranian women's football delegation granted asylum in Australia has changed their mind and wants to return to Iran. Iranian embassy officials have collected the woman from the hotel where she was under police protection. 

The Queenslander cried as he spoke to reporters, saying it had been a "pretty rough" time since the May election.

Josh Burns also acknowledged the government had not always acted fast enough to deal with antisemitism and said it was necessary to be "humble" in the wake of the Bondi terror attack. 

The upcoming Farrer by-election is already being talked about as a litmus test for the new opposition leader and an ascendant One Nation. It'll also be a measure of major party politics.

Two Liberal senators cross the floor to vote for Labor's motion that censured the One Nation leader for "inflammatory and divisive comments" that sought to vilify Muslim Australians.  

The One Nation leader qualified her earlier remarks, which had been met with condemnation, while reiterating calls for tougher vetting processes for Muslim migrants.

Angus Taylor wrote to the prime minister pitching the plan just days after being elected leader of the Liberal Party. 

The Victorian senator was unceremoniously turfed from Sussan Ley's ministry after being tarred personally with much of what went wrong in the Coalition's cataclysmic loss. On Friday, she ascended to the Liberal's second-in-command.

Sussan Ley vowed to be a different opposition leader, one who consulted widely and listened to her broad church. But it left many wondering what, if anything, she stood for. 

The prime minister and opposition leader have both condemned the alleged attempted bombing of an Invasion Day rally more than a week ago, after police revealed it was being prosecuted as a terror incident.

The Nationals leader has refused to disclose whether he will reject an offering for the Coalition to reunite with a list of conditions, including a six-month suspension from the frontbench for three Nationals senators.

Sussan Ley has given David Littleproud a list of non-negotiable conditions, which if accepted could see the Coalition reunited before the end of the week. 

Shadow treasurer Ted O'Brien says it is his "assumption" that Liberal frontbencher Angus Taylor still supports Sussan Ley, despite days of speculation that he's planning to challenge for the leadership. 

Liberal frontbencher Andrew Bragg says Australian Muslims need to take some responsibility for extremist incidents and that a proposal for a register of Islamic preachers is worth considering.

Services Australia has known it was not fully complying with new child support laws since 2019, according to a scathing report released by the Commonwealth Ombudsman.

Labor's watered-down hate law reform has passed the Senate with the support of the Liberal Party but not the Nationals, who opposed the legislation due to freedom of speech concerns.

Liberal MPs gathered to discuss the draft laws at a party room meeting in Canberra on Monday evening after Opposition Leader Sussan Ley and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese met to hash out an agreement.

A broad of coalition of Australia's most influential religious leaders have urged the prime minister to scrap Labor's proposal to outlaw the promotion of racial hatred.

The Greens have thrown up a roadblock for Labor by declaring it will not support the government's sweeping changes to hate and gun laws without amendments as the Coalition also backs away from the reforms. 

Liberals are backing away from a push to tackle antisemitism with stronger racial hatred laws, with some senior figures in the party also voicing freedom of speech concerns.