Good afternoon. Anthony Albanese has stood firm on the decision not to set up a federal royal commission into the Bondi beach terror attack, calling for national unity and criticising the politicisation of the incident.
The energy minister, Chris Bowen, had earlier accused Sussan Ley of “disgusting” conduct, saying she was “not the arbiter of grief” after her broadside yesterday on the foreign minister, Penny Wong. The opposition leader, for her part, made “no apology for my passion”.
