News live: Marles says US has not asked Australia to send ships to strait of Hormuz

Meanwhile energy minister says it will take ‘some time’ for extra fuel supply to reach regional areas. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA bill requiring government bodies to consider the impact of human rights on all decisions, laws, and policies they make may be a step closer in NSW following a crossbench push for an independent inquiry.The Greens MP for Newtown and human rights spokesperson, Jenny Leong, has written a letter to the NSW premier, Chris Minns, asking for an inquiry into a bill she introduced for a human rights act in October last year.Earlier this year, the ACT supreme court used the ACT Human Rights Act to find in favour of public housing tenants who were challenging evictions handed to them by the government – and they were allowed to stay in their homes. It’s more evidence that a human rights act is far from a lofty, feel-good document: it’s a powerful tool for people in tough positions to access their basic rights like the right to a secure and safe home.The point to make here is we’ve not received a request from the United States in respect of the strait of Hormuz.Clearly, it is in the global interest to see the strait of Hormuz open. I mean, we just need to work through this in a methodical way. And, at this point, we’ve not received any request.Obviously all the requests that we receive, we firstly look to from the perspective of what is Australia’s national interest. Continue reading...