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Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce says Australia will try to meet its net zero target, but has supported his candidate who said it wasn't "binding".

Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce says Australia will try to meet its net zero target, but has supported his candidate who said it wasn’t “binding”.

With COVID-19 pulling the handbrake on Anthony Albanese's roadshow almost a fortnight into the election campaign, it's a good time a time to look at where the nation's leaders have been concentrating their political firepower.

Daily Telegraph condemns ‘offensive posts’. Plus: Crikey correspondent wins plaudits for epic apology

Just when Anthony Albanese was getting his campaigning traction, he’s been felled by COVID. But Labor is having more success than the government in getting its issues into election coverage.

Good morning, early birds. Premier Dominic Perrottet’s comments about transgender children are putting the NSW Coalition minority government at risk, and Prime Minister Scott Morrison has “deeply apologised” for saying he was “blessed” to have children without disability. It’s the news you need to know, with Emma Elsworthy.

Deputy PM Barnaby Joyce stands by a candidate who said "one way to avoid domestic violence is to marry well" in a now-deleted social media post.

Australia won’t make representations to the UK home secretary over whether or not to extradite Julian Assange, Finance Minister Simon Birmingham says.

Australia's two major parties have different views on the role of government in Gladstone's green hydrogen transformation. This is what they have to say.