Fines against WA climate protester ‘absurdly excessive’, Human Rights Watch says; refund for Myki charges during outage – as it happened

Joana Veronika Partyka spray-painted a Woodside Energy logo onto perspex glass protecting Frederick McCubbin’s work Down on His Luck. Photograph: HUB Disrupt Burrup Hub

6.54am GMT

Final news summary for 12 February

We’ll close off our live news coverage for the day. Thanks to Royce Kurmelovs for covering the bulk of the day. And thanks to you for being with us.

Here’s what happened.

• Treasurer Jim Chalmers does not foresee a budget surplus for the next four years and has rejected the country is heading for a “wage price spiral”.

• Chalmers also said he expects Australia will avoid a recession.

• New Zealand’s North Island is preparing for torrential rain and gale force winds between now and Tuesday as ex-Tropical Cyclone Gabrielle bears down on the region.

• Firefighters in Queensland issued warnings for three blazes this afternoon, including an emergency alert for people to immediately leave the Montrose area in the south of the state.

• Large parts of central and southern Queensland are in the first day of a widespread heatwave, the Bureau of Meteorology has said. Temperatures in some areas could hit the low 40s over the next three days.

• Commuters across Victoria incorrectly charged after a peak-hour outage of the Myki system across the public transport network will be automatically refunded.

• The NSW Liberal-led Coalition has promised 30,000 locations to charge electric vehicles by 2026 if elected next month. The state only has 1,000 chargers currently.

• Deputy Liberal leader, Sussan Ley, wants a woman to be the party’s candidate at the upcoming byelection in Melbourne after Alan Tudge’s decision to quit.

Take care and if you can, enjoy the rest of your Sunday.

Updated at 6.57am GMT

6.26am GMT

Heatwave warning for large parts of Queensland

Large parts of central and southern Queensland are in the first day of a widespread heatwave, the Bureau of Meteorology has said.

For the next three days, temperatures will be in the high 30s or low 40s with little relief at night where temperatures will stay in the low 20s.

Severe Heatwave Warning for: #Central Coast and #Whitsundays, #Capricornia, #Central #Highlands and #Coalfields and #Wide Bay and#Burnett Districts. Seehttps://t.co/NtCd4sShx9 for details. pic.twitter.com/XspcMZYzGX

— Bureau of Meteorology, Queensland (@BOM_Qld) February 12, 2023

Updated at 6.31am GMT