What we learned today, Saturday 19 November
That’s where we’ll wrap up our live news coverage for the day.
Here’s a summary of the day’s main news developments:
Residents in low-lying parts of Condobolin were warned to evacuate as the town experiences its worst flood on record.
The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, summarised his achievements at the end of his international summit marathon, hailing “significant steps forward” in Australia’s international relations.
The Victorian opposition leader, Matthew Guy, has distanced the party from an upper house candidate, Renee Heath, who is a member of a conservative church, saying she will not sit with the Liberals following the election.
The Albanese government will make it easier for some visa holders to travel outside Australia. Andrew Giles, the minister for immigration, citizenship and multicultural affairs, said restrictions applying to temporary protection (subclass 785) and safe haven enterprise (subclass 790) visa holders and some permanent visa holders would be amended.
Days after prime minister Albanese met his Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, on the sidelines of the G20 summit, a new trade deal between Australia and India has been approved by a parliamentary committee.
Australia confirmed it supports Taiwan joining the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal after initial confusion over comments made by Albanese.
Have a good rest of your Saturday.
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Man rescued from crocodile-infested flood waters in remote WA
A 45-year-old man was left clinging to the top of his submerged vehicle for hours in the middle of rapidly moving flood waters in Durack last night.
He became stranded at around 7pm but authorities were not notified until a truck driver arrived at the crossing point along the Pentecost River at about 11.20pm to see the man about 100 metres into the river.
Police say:
Kununurra Police attended the scene under emergency conditions and upon arrival established it was too dangerous to enter the water.
The water was flowing quite fast, and the deeper parts of the river are known to be infested with crocodiles.
The officers activated support from DFES State Emergency Service volunteers from Kununurra, who attended the scene with a flood boat.
The SES volunteers deployed their vessel and rescued the man from his submerged vehicle. The man was returned to the road edge about 3.15am and was taken to Kununurra Hospital as a precaution, for a check-up.
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