Broadscale treatment under way after nests found at Nirimba in Queensland’s south-eastFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastFire ants have been found on the Sunshine Coast as the super pest continues to spread beyond a containment zone in Queensland’s south-east...

Want to get this in your inbox every weekday? Sign up for the Afternoon Update here, and start your day with our Morning Mail newsletter.Welcome, readers, to Afternoon Update.The immigration minister, Andrew Giles, has revealed the government is using drones to track people released from detention as Labor deals with the fallout of some serious criminals...

Independent MP Zali Steggall has raised the issue of an increase in domestic violence at the time of State of Origin games, citing a link with alcohol and gambling, and asked Anthony Albanese what the government is doing to keep women safer. The prime minister responded: 'There is nothing wrong with having a beer, there is something wrong with excessive...

Premier Steven Miles announces expansion of free school breakfast program to lunch as cost-of-living crisis bitesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe Queensland government will serve up free school lunches to some students as part of a pre-election policy roundly...

Asked by opposition leader Peter Dutton why a 'weak' and incompetent' Anthony Albanese 'put his close and sycophantic relationship with Jacinda Ardern ahead of the safety of Australians', the prime minister responded by saying Dutton's 'anger is there in just one question'. Albanese was answering a question from Dutton on policy issues around ministerial...

Immigration minister says ‘we know where they are’, as Labor talks tough during fallout over visa cancellation and indefinite immigration detentionFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe government is using drones to track people released from detention as Labor...