Australia news live: brumby law change ‘puts science above politics’; two arrests after fatal daylight shooting in Sydney

Meanwhile former attorney general appointed new special envoy on international human rights. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastHanson-Young says environmental action and business interests linkedHanson-Young was asked if she could guarantee the targets wouldn’t damage the economy or business. She said the Greens were looking at the connection between the two, pointing to the devastating algal bloom in South Australia that had smashed local industry, fishing and tourism.You cannot continue to pretend that somehow the economy is off over there while the environment has nothing to do with it and that the climate has nothing to do with it. If we want a strong economy, we have to transition. We’ve got to do it faster.And the community wants it. No one told South Australians that when the climate crisis hit, they wouldn’t be able to go to the beach in the 40C heat over summer. That is what we are facing this summer. And South Australians want...