PM says protests at electorate offices have ‘crossed the line’ – as it happened

Anthony Albanese has said in response to the Trump rally shooting it would be a ‘tragedy’ if Australian politicians had to stop going out in public. Photograph: Darren England/AAP

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What we learned today, Sunday 14 July

And that’s where we’ll leave you this evening. Here are the main things we learned today:

• The suspected assassination attempt of former US president Donald Trump has dominated the news today. The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, responded to the incident, saying: “There is no place for violence in the democratic process. I am relieved to hear reports that former president Trump is now safe.”

• Albanese also said, when asked about political violence, that some of the political protests in Australia have “crossed the line”, and they “need to be called out unequivocally and opposed”.

• The opposition leader, Peter Dutton, also has commented on the shooting at the Trump campaign rally, saying “violence has no place in society”.

• The treasurer, Jim Chalmers, played down the prospect of an early Australian federal election as speculation mounts, saying “The election time is a matter for the prime minister” in an interview this morning.

• The industrial relations minister, Tony Burke, said “everything is on the table” in addressing allegations made in the Nine newspapers about criminal elements in the construction industry and the CFMEU.

• And the bodies of a man and a woman have been found in a major river in inner Melbourne. Police are trying to determine if the deaths are linked or suspicious.

Thanks so much for your company today. We’ll be back with you bright and early tomorrow for another week of live news. Good night.

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This is very good from Peter Hannam – on pumped hydro and Florence the boring machine: