Australia news live: Anthony Albanese pledges to deliver environment protection agency; famed scientist Rinaldo Bellomo dies

Prime minister tells 7.30 he wants to create a body that also stands up for jobs and mining. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGood morning and welcome to our live news blog. I’m Martin Farrer with some of the top overnight stories and then Rafqa Touma will be your guide.Anthony Albanese might have won an election victory for the ages but his problems aren’t going away. MPs on both sides of the factional divide are lobbying furiously for representation in the prime minister’s new cabinet, we’re reporting this morning, with Victorian MPs demanding that what they consider as a bias towards the NSW right faction be corrected. And speaking on 7.30 last night, Albanese pledged to deliver an agency that can protect the environment while also standing up for jobs and the mining sector. More on that – and all the news on the seats still too close to call, and the Liberals’ leadership fight – coming up. Continue reading...

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