Australia politics live: ‘not our job to make a bad bill better’, opposition says of nature laws face-off; Victoria passes changes to assisted dying bill

Coalition says its chief concerns lie in the ‘wide-ranging powers’ of the new environment protection body that will be set up. Follow updates liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralians should be ‘alarmed’ if Labor negotiates with Greens on environment billI told you it would be environment-heavy didn’t I!I think Australians should be alarmed at the thought that Labor would go to the Greens and do a deal on this, because our country would be much worse off. Let’s look at the wealth of our nation and where that wealth has come from. Let’s look at where the money goes from mining into the coffers of state governments, and how they then deliver on hospitals and schools around their nation and infrastructure … We are a long way from doing a deal with Labor on this. Continue reading...