Australia politics live: Labor says ‘way too soon’ to talk about fuel rationing and government not considering $40 cap on refills

Follow updates liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastQueensland aluminium smelter receives $2bn taxpayer subsidy to remain viableThe government has announced the federal and Queensland governments will each chip in $1bn to Rio Tinto’s Boyne aluminium smelter in central Queensland, to keep it viable into the future.With a considerable public investment, we are catalysing a fourfold private investment that will build out the renewable energy grid and keep thousands of good regional jobs in central Queensland. Continue reading...